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    cannot save assemblies

    You may want to do a sw defrag and set for large assembly in Option, also check to see if you have enough RAM.
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    Help needed for ex ProE user

    Like Solidworks, a sketch doesn't have to be fully constrained, the method allows for more flexibility and freedom in design, there's also an option to have the sketch "fixed" if you don't want it to change. Depending on the user, I used all three, and to me I think proE is a bit complicated...
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    How to add symbol to NOTES

    What are ways to add (attached) symbol to notes specifications such as a triangle?
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    Auto BOM that can link to blocks

    What I'm looking for is the other way around, I need the BOM to be updated when I changed or inserted a block.
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    Auto BOM that can link to blocks

    Awesome, thanks TCARPENTER1.
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    How to align two T-sections

    <a href="http://s425.photobucket.com/albums/pp338/socalpt/?action=view&current=pipes2.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp338/socalpt/pipes2.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
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    How to align two T-sections

    Hypothetically, the distance is not an even number and I am trying to have the two T-sections aligned.
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    How to align two T-sections

    How do you make two T-sections align parallel to each other given the exact distance are not known?
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    3D Sketch Constraint

    I'm using IV2008.
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    3D Sketch Constraint

    Photo: <a href="http://s425.photobucket.com/albums/pp338/socalpt/?action=view&current=PIPES.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp338/socalpt/PIPES.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
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    3D Sketch Constraint

    I am doing a simple pipe run but I don't know how to use the constraint to make the lines parallel to the Axis.
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    3D Sketch Constraint

    Can someone tell me what are the methods for 3D constraint in sketches?
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    How to print all sheets in a drawing.

    I'd just found this out AutoCAD: Print -> All layout tabs
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    member modification

    The following article explains how to name parts from the frame generator. http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=408742
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    How to print all sheets in a drawing.

    Thanks IFRs.

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