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We use Spotlight on windows a much better monitor to see what is going on with the whole system resources. A freeware tool and very useful indeed much better than the standard task manager. http://www.quest.com/spotlight/overview.aspx http://www.quest.com/spotlight-on-windows/

Thta's what we've done now. Thanks

We have been sent a Turbocad (.tcw) file and need to re-save it as either a dwg or dxf to enable us to use it in Solidworks. Does anyone have or know where you can download a free convertor / translator to do this?? Thanks Woolly

Hi there, Does anyone have or know where I can download a 3D model of a standard size suitcase?? Thanks Woolly

I seem to remember being told not to install desktop search in a previous version of SW, is this still the case with SW2008? Does it cause any performance issues? Thanks Woolly

Try adding a mate reference onto the part you are inserting, this will speed up the process, but will create new mates not use the existing ones. Woolly

All, Does anyone have or know where to download bathroom furniture? I've got some from 3D content central but i'm still looking for a sink and quadrant shower? Thanks Woolly

All, Does anyone know from SW World or otherwise if SW are thinking of re-writing the code to utilise all cores of a processor rather than just one. I know SW uses more than one core for certain things but not opening files and this is where we have our major performance hit. If they were to...

Stefan, Will this work for older versions i.e Windows 2000 server? If so what is the function required for this? Also does this apply to PDMWorks server installations, as this is what would be installed on the server not Solidworks?? Thanks Woolly

Yes same here. Woolly

Chris, Thanks for the info, but I was already aware that 2000 server wasn't supported, I just wondered if anyone was in the same situation as us and had already tried it with SW2008. Thanks Woolly

Does anyone have experience of running SW2008 x64 with Windows 2000 server. We are currently running SW2007 on it with no problems, by this I mean the vault (PDMWorks) is running on the server. I know it isn't supported by SW, but we aren't upgrading our server until the last quarter of 2008...

fcsuper, thanks for that but not really what I'm looking for. Woolly

fcsuper, thanks for that but bot really what I'm looking for. Woolly

Does anyone have a macro / API code for adding the DateCompleted to existing SW parts / assemblies. I can get it to add into new files by adding it to the custom properties in the templates. I've also added it to the custom properties in the Vault Admin tool. The problem I have is PDMWorks...