Hi Everyone,
I am having a big problem with "limit distance" mates. I have always used these in sub-assemblies and never had problems until now. Basically I have a shock absorber with a given extended and collapsed length (defined by a limit distance mate). I then have a top level assembly...
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I need to save a drawing as a dwg file, but I do not want the drawing to update before saving. I have an old set of drawings that I need to furnish to a patent attorney and unfortunately they have to be exactly as they were almost two years ago. As soon as I open them in Solidworks...
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I have experienced this particular problem a few times, and this time, I can't figure it out. I am doing a simple sketch (a few tangent arcs forming one cutout) and I just want to create a circular pattern. Every time I put a dimension, or a relation on the patterned sketch (which...
Hi everyone,
I have a Dell M70 laptop....2.13 processor, 2GB ram, all the good stuff. I am considering getting the new M90. Does anybody have experience with the M90? Also, would solidworks benefit from the dual-core processors, etc. What do you think?
Thank You
Brandon
I just upgraded to SP 3.4 and now I am having the problem. I am inserting a new component into an assembly. For the base feature, I am using an existing edge from another part. When I offset the line, "add dimensions" is checked, and the line offsets, but no reference is made......blue...
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I am using Cosmos Express to analyse a particular part. I have been on MatWeb to get the info I think I need for particular materials. The materials I am using are 4130 Chromoly, and 7075-T6 aluminum. I am getting some wierd numbers and wanted to know if someone could post the...
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I have a product that I designed and am now manufacturing. I have a potential customer that wants to use my product on his product, but the first step is to supply him with solid data. My design is proprietary and patent pending. Basically I want to give him 3d model that in no...
Hi everyone, I am using SW2005. I have a part made completely of tubing. I am using weldments and I am trying to mirror one side of the part about a center plane. It says "one or more features in this mirror feature are no longer in the model" It doesn't matter how many features I choose to...
Hi, I just bought a Dell M70 Laptop with the Nvidia Quadro FX 1400 graphics card. I am using Solidworks 2004 sp5.0. I can not get Realview Graphics to work. I have searched throughout this forum and other places for guidance, butI just can't get it to work. I tried installing the drivers on...
Hello everyone. I am new to this board. I currently use a dell m60 laptop for most of my modeling with the following hardware:
Processor: pentium m 1.7
memory: 1 gig
video: nvidia quadro fx go 700 (128 meg)
I am considering the new m70 laptop with the following hardware:
Processor: Pentium m...
