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Hi, I have imported a complicated sketch into solidworks in dxf format. It has a point (its centre) which I need to make coincident with the centre point of my main drawing axis. However when I do this it moves only the sketch centre point but not the rest of the sketch. My question is: can...

Hi all, quick question: When I create drawings from parts that have a lot of fillets, the edges of the fillets are imported into the drawings. Is there any way to stop this happening other than to use the 'hide edge' button to manually remove each one? Thanks

Hi, I have been requested to supply a 3D solid dxf model to a supplier so that they can use it for their cnc machining but Solidworks (2008 version) does not seem to be able to 'save as' dxf (except for drawings). Is there a way of doing this? I downloaded an application from a French company...

Hi, wondering if anyone can help me. I cannot work out how to create an angled reference plane (when the angle is not known). If I have two parallel ref planes, and another two ref planes intersecting them at 90° which are also parallel with each other, I can create four separate parallel ref...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with importing csv/txt files into Solidworks 2008? Is it possible? I have some very complex curves which I want to turn into 3D models. Thanks in advance.

Hi, My Solidworks 2008 drawings have suddenly started displaying notes and dimensions in white on screen. Does anyone know how I can turn them back to black? I have set the colour settings to black for all drawing elements but that has not made any difference. It seems that the dimensions it...

Hi, I'm sure that this is a very simple question but I would like to find out whether there is a better way of saving old revisions of drawings and models as I update them. Currently when I want to up-revision a model/drawing, I save copies of both in an 'old versions' folder, then rename the...

Hi, just a minor question really but I wanted to know why my horizontal dimension lines connect up across the gap between the extension lines (when the dimension lines and arrows are positioned outside the extension lines) whereas vertical dimensions have a clear space between the dimension lines?

Hi, does anyone know how to make perfect lofts? For example: After creating a loft between two profiles, you can move the two little light blue dots around the perimeter of each profile in order to create different body shapes. If these profiles are both circles, how can you line both dots up...

Hi, some more help needed. I am creating a drawing with multiple views of the same 3D assembly, with each view having a slightly different position of components. However every time I change the position of one of the components in the assembly, each drawing view also updates. How can I switch...

Hi, I have a problem that when I create a broken out section view in a drawing (Solidworks 2007), the program automatically hatches the drawing for me but I want to do this myself. There is a button in the 'definition' menu under 'depth' that is labelled as 'auto hatching', yet turning this...

Hi, does anyone know why half my dimensions on my drawings seem to come out light grey and half of them black? I can't seem to find a link between them and it makes my drawings look very strange...

Hi, I recently went to a solidworks seminar where the lecturer showed a drawing and added a 'confidential' stamp from a library of similar stamps. Is this a feature within Solidworks as I cannot seem to find it?

Hi, I am a regular user of Solidworks but am a complete novice using AutoCAD 2004. I have tried to use the help funcion to solve this but don't seem to be able to do exactly what I want. I have a drawing of a component that is in scale but unfortunately appears to have every dimension...

Hi, This might be a bit too basic of a question for this part of the forum, but I often have trouble when cutting materials on our CNC mill - I do not know the correct feed and spindle speeds to use with different materials and different size cutters. I have rough rules of thumb but often...

I am trying to cut small disks of plastic with a bandsaw but am getting quite serious chipping on the exit side of the plastic. The bandsaw blade makes a perfect smooth cut on entry into the material but I cannot replicate this on the exit edge. Can anyone suggest any ways to improve matters...

Hello and a Happy New Year to everyone! I am wondering if is possible to save SW2004 drawings as pdfs with embedded fonts? Can anyone help? Thanks.

Hi, I have a large 'diameter' symbol appearing on one of my detailed drawing views. I cannot select it to delete it and it prints when I try to print my document. I deleted this view and redid it only to find that when I saved and printed it had reappeared! Anyone have any idea what is...

Hi, a bit of a stupid problem, but for some reason my drawings have started printing dimensions and my revision box in a very light grey. Some of the dimensions have stayed black as they should be. It seems that this has only happened now that I have started printing my final drawings in...

Hi, I have done two almost identical models with a drawing for each. On one drawing I can set the bilateral tolerances of dimensions as +0.05 -0 and the precision as to 0.12 (2 decimal places) and the drawing writes them as +0.05 & 0.00. However on the other it will not write the zero...