Can anyone tell me how to quickly reverse the orientation of a width mate please.
I seem to remember once doing this accidentally by double clicking "something", but for the life of me I cannot find a way to repeat it now.
Thanks
Phil
Our company is looking at the possibility of buying the Keytech Solutions software as a replacement for PDM Works.
Keytech are Solidworks Gold Partners and it does look to be a nice piece of software.
The idea is so that it will integrate with our BAAN ERP system as well, and save us some time...
I have a model of a cap head socket screw (with configurations) which is used directly from our toolbox part library.
When an assembly containing it is checked in, this item shows up as a toolbox reference only which is what I want it to do.
However I needed to use a cap head screw with a...
I have come up against an issue that I cannot find a solution for.
If I create a solid part which is a flat plate with some holes in it and then create a drawing from it, all is well.
Now someone comes along and asks for some hexagon nuts to be welded over the holes, no problem I make assembly...
Hi
I have just been to the hands on launch seminar of SW2007, I was very impressed by some of the new features.
Weldment profiles were mentioned briefly. and at the time it was stated that there were loads of new ones that could be downloaded from the website.
Has anyone managed to find them...
Our company will be updating from SW-2006 to 2007 when it is released later this year, I have tried to make our IT department aware of the fact that our three year old P3 computers are probably not really up to the job anymore.
They said if I can get a specification together of what I need then...
Does anyone know if the next release (2007), of PDM will have any way of previewing JPG images which are in the vault.
We are trying to store all our project specific data in one place, including SW files, Word documents, PDF files and photos etc.
Not much good if you cannot preview the photo's...
Does anyone have an answer as to why I get a Solidworks message that says:-
"Failed to update the system registry - please try using REGEDIT"
This occurs three times at each SW start up, but if I click on OK each time it disappears and the program will function flawlessly, I assumed it was to...
Whats the best way to make a copy of a part or assembly, but it has to be a mirror image of it, some of our machine can be left or right handed and I need to flip some of the parts easily.
Thanks
Phil
Let me explain.
I have a designed and modeled a slender shaft which is 16mm diameter and 1300mm long, there are no features on the shaft apart from a keyway near each end and one in the middle.
How do I draw this shaft at a scale of 1:1 on an A3 drawing sheet? In 2D Autocad I just used to draw...
I have designed a turbine shot blast machine which has an air motor type vibrator attached to some dust extraction pipework, the purpose of this is to shake any residual harmful dust from inside the pipe prior to it being disconnected for maintenance.
My customer has asked me to produce a set of...
I need to use BA (British Association) and Model Engineer 26, 32 & 40 TPI thread sizes.
Are these available in the solidworks hole wizard smart fasteners or toolbox in 2006, or can they be added from a 3rd party vendor ?
Thanks
Phil
