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    Hole call outs

    It used to be that when you created a hole in hole wizard as," Up to next" that the call out read as THRU. Now no matter what I do I get the exact depth, that is to say if my block is .750 it reads as a .750 deep hole. Whats worse is that I can not edit the value to replace it with thru. Has...
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    Spanish tutorials for Solidworks

    I am currently working with a engineer in our Juarez facility by phone from Buffalo Grove, IL. I am looking for tutorials in Spanish that deal with save as methods, and assembly issues such as edeting incontext. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Thanks
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    Converting to Autocad geomtry inacuracies

    When I convert a Soliddraw file to a dwg file, my geometry is not matching the original file. If I measure a dimension, and this happens in dwg editor or in acad, I will get dimensions different from the originals. Also when using the converted drawing views as blocks, and then trying to locate...
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    Default template location

    I am currently helping our I S dept set up a image of 2006. I can not get the template location to change. They remain greyed out?
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    COSMETIC THREADS DISAPEAR

    I am currently taking a 3 piece punch, and making a 1 piece punch. I join the part models in an assembly, then save as a part. I then knit the surfaces. When I do this all my cosmetic threads vanish in the drawing? Is this normal? Mark
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    Backup problem

    After a crash, I went to my temorary folder looking for the most recent backup.Nothing for today was in there, the most recent file was from yesterday evening. This prompted me to check my systemsettings for backups. I have it set to save 3 copies per document, but the box where you would...
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    View Orientation

    In the SW 2004 I would be able to select a surface in a part model or assembly, and choose normal to. I would then drag that view onto a drawing sheet. Now it seems my drawing view orientations are limited to top, bottom, right side etc etc or I have to use the rotate view comand. There are...

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