First, I know it is hard to believe that someone is still using Autocad 2000. I loaded up Autocad for the second time this week and on my second time about 20 of my icons turned to yellow smiley faces. I attached a screen shot. How do I get the real bitmap images back for my icons? Thanks.
I have an assembly made from 4 components in Wildfire 2.0. This assembly will be painted. The paint builds up to .004" on the show surfaces. How can I model this paint build up? I want to have the paint model parametrically linked to the assembly so that it will change if any single...
I am using Wildfire 2.0. I have a model where I did a shell feature. The model has one step on the back and the shell follows this step also. This model has a family table where the length of the step changes. I made my detail drawing and inserted a table where I inserted the values from the...
Is there a way to replace the model in a drawing? I had to make a new variation of an old design and hoped that I could save a copy of the original drawing under a new name and then replace the model. I have done this in Pro/E but cannot find out how to do this in Solidworks.
I have an assembly in Solidworks 2003. I need to copy a group of about 20 components to the side of this original group. I want an exact copy with all the components oriented the same. Is mirror/copy the best route to do this? I read in the archives that mirror/copy sometimes causes...
I am using SW2003. I have a thin rectangular part that I have created. I need to create an identical part with the only difference being that two c'sinks are on the opposite side. Can I simply open the part file, change the c'sinks, and then save it as a different name? Will this cause...
I am new and self-taught on Solidworks 2001. I am used to Mechanical Desktop. I am trying to use the measurement icon in Solidwork's assemblies to measure center to center distance on thru holes. When I pick two thru holes, solidworks always measures from edge to edge. How can I make it...
