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  1. J-C

    ANSI vs ISO - Alignment

    Our European parent company is forcing us in America to go to ISO drawings standards, metric, and 1st angle projection. Metric I can wrap my head around with time, but why this dimension alignment of following the dimension line? It makes the drawing harder to read, no one is rotating the sheet...
  2. J-C

    Initials vs full name

    Is it part of ANSI standard to put the initials in the title block? That is what we have traditionally done but are considering using full names of the engineers and drafters. If ANSI doesn't specify, what would be the pros/cons of doing this? Jason SolidWorks 2017
  3. J-C

    Inspecting a large number of holes

    We have sheetmetal panels with up to 500 holes. The parts are punched or laser cut then inspected before forming. Traditional, there is an X-Y coordinate table on the drawing with the X and Y position and hole size for each hole with 0,0 on the lower left corner of the part. The hole positions...
  4. J-C

    Part Family Part Numbers

    We model part families as configurations in SolidWorks. The model file has a Prefix number and the part number adds a suffix to that number. The Prefix is also the drawing number. 000001 (Drawing/Family number) 000001.001 000001.002 000001.003 000002.001 The question is in regards to trying to...
  5. J-C

    Software Opengl Setting

    This setting just sometime checks itself for no apparent reason. Its greyed out with no documents open and you have to reboot to clear it. Just wonder if anyone else has seen this. Quadro FX 3500 Jason SolidWorks 2007 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2 SolidWorks 2008 SP0.0 on WinXP SP2
  6. J-C

    Lenny's File macro (DSOfile version)

    I'm an API noob at worst but was trying to run Lenny's InforFileBuild(DSO) version. http://www.lennyworks.com/solidworks/SWXMacros/InfoFileBuild(DSO).zip I think the problem is the Dsofile.dll which this macro relies upon to read the file properties. The Dsofile makes this faster I've read...
  7. J-C

    Driveworks

    Does anyone here have experience with the full Driveworks product (not express)? Any idea of the cost of the different licenses? Does it have an API for additional customization beyonds its current capabilities? Jason SolidWorks 2007 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2
  8. J-C

    Equation woes

    Situation: I have a part that is modeled in-context of an assembly. Basically a C-Channel. Its extruded depth is linked to a "layout sketch" in the c channel part file. The layout sketch is linked in-context to a sketch in the assy. Problem: I need a pattern of holes, equally spaced along the...
  9. J-C

    Top down or Skeleton

    Got a new project to create a parametric assembly. 200 or so parts with some sub-assemblies. Question is, top-down.....or the skeleton approach. Any suggestions? I've done some top down in the past but have only played a little with the skeleton approach. Jason SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1 on WinXP SP2
  10. J-C

    In house Training

    Guess what!!! I'm now in charge of training in Solidworks for our company. Question is what material (books) to use and provide for the class? Of course it will be customized for our type of work. I thought at one time you could buy the manuals from your VAR (haven't asked yet), not sure if...
  11. J-C

    SolidWorks 2008 Beta

    The Swx 2008 beta registration is open. If you have never signed up....please put my email down as a referral ;P gildashard at gmail dot com http://beta.solidworks.com/ Jason UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3 UG NX4.01.0 on Win2000 SP3 SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 on WinXP SP2
  12. J-C

    Family of Parts and PDM

    When dealing with part families and a PDM system, in this case eMatrix, is there a recommended setup? Matrix supports part families in UG but we don't have Matrix setup to handle a "Template" file. So the question is what would we name this file. All the famaly members will have 8 digit part...
  13. J-C

    Early Visibility for SP1

    Early Visibility SP1 for SolidWorks 2007 is up on the website for those brave few who wish to sacrifice their souls......... Jason UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3 SolidWorks 2006 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2
  14. J-C

    Solidedge 2d is now free

    This is interesting......think Solidworks will counter? Not sure if there are any strings attached (watermarks, etc.) http://www.solidedge.com/free2d Jason UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3 SolidWorks 2006 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2
  15. J-C

    SolidWorks Survey

    Greg Jankowski, customer satisfaction manager for SolidWorks posted this survey for your top ten wants. He mentioned that he would followup with a summary of the results. So fill it out with your needed enhancements and/or bug fixes. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=711482492767 Jason UG...
  16. J-C

    SolidWorks 2007 Beta4

    Beta 4 is available for download in the subscription site. Jason UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3 SolidWorks 2006 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2
  17. J-C

    Solidworks 2007

    A little 2007 info from http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/ Some 2007 enhancements *Balloons now link to any attribute, not just part numbers. *Leaders automatically provide full datum information *Chamfers and fillets are automatically noted in leaders, and double leaders can be created...
  18. J-C

    Solidworks World 2006

    For those of us that didn't get to go, Solidworks has posted some podcast mp3's on their website. http://www.solidworks.com/pages/news/MediaPcasts.html So far, some of things announced look very interesting. Cosmos Motion will be included in the Office Premium package. As of SP4, users of...
  19. J-C

    Insert Image in model

    Is there a way to insert an image(jpeg, bmp, gif, etc.) into a model to sketch over? Jason UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3 SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2 SolidWorks 2006 SP0.0 on WinXP SP2
  20. J-C

    Show/Hide Planes Macro etc...

    Is there a macro out there that will hide/show all Planes, Sketches, Axis, Points, Curves, etc.. Jason UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3 SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2 SolidWorks 2006 SP0.0 on WinXP SP2

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