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  1. DISH

    SW crashes on a save

    SW is crashing when I hit save. This happens randomly not each time I hit save. Any comments on this happening to any one else?
  2. DISH

    Assembly Mates folder NOT in Feature Manager

    Has anyone else experienced this. In an Assembly if a part is expanded in the feature manager it should have a folder inside of it named "MATES IN XX Assembly" containing the mates used to constrain the part to the other parts in the assembly. I can see that the mates are active in the...
  3. DISH

    reducing file size

    Help I've had some negative feed back on the fie size that my drawing are getting. The are in the range of 18mb+. I am drawing in ACAD2000. The process that I follow is to draw the solid objects in 3D. Inserting blocks as needed. I used to insert as X-Refs But got flack for that because of the...
  4. DISH

    2D WIREFRAME DISPLAY SOMETIMES NOT SHOWING HORIZONTAL LINES

    In Acad 2000 when in paper space, working with solids I select the viewport to display in 2D wireframe. Usually it turns out fine but sometimes the display shows only vertical lines and not many horizontal lines. Has anyone else experienced this and how do i fix this? The horizontal lines return...
  5. DISH

    OXIDE STEEL?

    Does anyone out there know the speciality about black oxide-steel? one of out suppliers speccified this on a shaft collar, but i don't know exactly what is special about this type of steel.
  6. DISH

    Revision Number HELP

    Does anyone know how to activate this feature. I find it in the properties dialogue box, but think that it would be handy on my layout.
  7. DISH

    SEEING DIMENSION BEFORE SELECTING FINAL LOCATION

    I AM LOOKING FOR THE SETTING THAT ALLOWS ME TO VIEW THE DIMENSION BEFORE I SELECT ITS FINAL LOCATION. I HAD IT WORKING AT ONE TIME AND NOW IT ISN'T. CURRENTLY IT POPS UP AFTER I SELECT THE LINE LOCATION, BUT I KNOW THAT IT SHOULD MOVE WITH MY CURSOR, TILL I SELECT THE LOCATION. ANY HELP IS...
  8. DISH

    BEST HARDWARD UPGRADE OFR THE $

    JUST WANTING SOME OF YOR INPUT ON WHAT IS THE BEST BANG FOR YOU BUCK WHEN IT COMES TO CAD. IS THE VALUE IN THE PROCESSOR,RAM.VIDEO CARD? WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF YOUE EXPERIENCES? ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED
  9. DISH

    REMOVING "COPY HISTORY " FROM RIGHT CLICK OPTIONS

    DOES ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW HOW TO REMOVE THIS OPTION? OCCASIONALLY I ACCIDENTLY SELECT IT WHEN I AM ON MY COMMAND LINE INSTEAD OF JUST "COPY" AND THEN WHEN I GO TO PASTE SOMETHING INTO THE COMMAND LINE IT SPEWS OUT A LIST OF THE THE LAST HOURS COMMANDS. i HAVE NOT NEEDED COPY HISTORY...
  10. DISH

    3d video card suggestions

    I'm looking for your experiences with video cards. I had an NVIDIA GeForce3 on my system but it got traded in for an ATI Radeon 9700/9500 series video card. The NVIDIA was slow and this card is better but still tediously slow when doing a photo real render or even a plot that involves hidden...
  11. DISH

    defining fn keys (eg. F12)

    I am looking for a script that will allow me to program my "F12" key to pull up a program like microsoft calculator Anyone out there accomplished this yet?
  12. DISH

    SUBTRACTING ".dwg" FROM DWGNAME EXPRESSION

    Has anyone found out how to get rid of the extension ".dwg" from the rtext->diesel expresion: $(getvar,"dwgname"). The drawing file name comes out in the drawing but I don't really want to show what file type it is. Any help out there would be appreciated

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