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  1. 2000mustanggtguy

    Whats new in 2006 and 2007 help ?

    I need some advice everybody? We hired a new employee and to make a long story short, he only has experience in 2005, and since I'm in meetings and in off site meetings all day. I'm not going to be able train him on 2006 and 2007, is there a update tutorial somewhere? Printed Circuit Board...
  2. 2000mustanggtguy

    Opening Solidworks files?

    How do I keep the dialogue box set to a default size. For example when I click on File -> Open a dialogue box appears saying Look in, File Name, and etc. In the lower right hand corner there are three lines at a fourty-five degree angle and this allows you change the dialogue box size. My...
  3. 2000mustanggtguy

    Referencing find no's ?

    How do I have find number of a bill of material defined in a line of text, and if the find number changes and so does the find number in the line text? Printed Circuit Board Designer Stangs rule!
  4. 2000mustanggtguy

    Dimension arrows ?

    After I place a dimension in a drawing I use to be able to change the arrow position just by touching the arrow. I use 2005 at home and my dimension arrow control at home allow me change my arrows, since I've loaded 2006 on my computer at work my dimension arrow control is gone can anybody help...
  5. 2000mustanggtguy

    Rotate Part or assembly ?

    Everybody, How do I make my new mouse rotate a part or a assembly ? I've loaded the new drivers for my new mouse and now my rotate option does not work when I hold down my middle button wheel, but the zoom feature works when I move the wheel up or down, so I need some advice. Printed Circuit...
  6. 2000mustanggtguy

    modify equation

    How do i modify a sheetmetal equation that controls the sheetmetal thickness ? All want to do is change sheetmetal thicknes from .09 to .06, solidworks says that the dimension is linked somehow, can anybody help me or do I delete the part and start over. Printed Circuit Board Designer Stangs rule!
  7. 2000mustanggtguy

    Adding texture or image to a surface ?

    Can anybody help me ? I'm having problems with a square part, and all edges and all faces are shaded to the normal solidworks setting, but on one surface it look like a marble image or a texture i really don't know what you call it and I want to change it back to the normal solidworks shade of...
  8. 2000mustanggtguy

    Making detail views in a Drawing File ?

    Does anybody know how I can have a detail view, with a projected view. I can do this in Pro Engineer, but for some reason I can't do this in SW2006? Printed Circuit Board Designer Salt Lake City, Utah Stangs rule!
  9. 2000mustanggtguy

    Company standard notes in library ??

    Can I put some standard notes in the Design Libray area ? So all I have to do is drag it from the library are and drag it into my new drawing ? [spineyes] Printed Circuit Board Designer Salt Lake City, Utah Stangs rule!
  10. 2000mustanggtguy

    Solidworks Sketch Help ?? ?

    How do I make solidworks not rotate the view one-eighty, from the view that I orginally want to draw on, I really dislike using the alt and right arrow keys to draw on the orginal view that I have picked? Printed Circuit Board Designer Salt Lake City, Utah Stangs rule!
  11. 2000mustanggtguy

    Assembly Section help.

    Would it be possible in SW2005 when i use broken out section that I would like to select some items that I don't want to be hatched or broken-out ? Printed Circuit Board Designer Salt Lake City, Utah Stangs rule!
  12. 2000mustanggtguy

    Orcad to autocad conversions problems ?

    Would anybody out there know why when I draw a vertical or a horzontal line that none of my grips don't appear on the converted Orcad entities? Even when I draw a new line none of my grip appear which is a pain because I can't extend or trim or lengthen the orcad line so i have to redraw...
  13. 2000mustanggtguy

    No shaded with edges on assembly ?

    I have a assembly that doesn't allow me to shade the assembly. So it displays in wireframe mode only, is anyone having the same problem in sw2005 ? Printed Circuit Board Designer Salt Lake City, Utah Stangs rule!
  14. 2000mustanggtguy

    VB programming function name help ?

    Can anybody tell me the correct programming function name that allows me to make a "cutom property" name in SW, lets take for example I have a custom property name called "PLNOTE" i want my macro to add PLNOTE to every drawing I open up, this after I press the play button on my macro toolbar...
  15. 2000mustanggtguy

    Removing properties in a part and assy using macros??

    Does anybody know of an easy way to remove all custom properties of all parts and assy ? What I've been doing so far is open each part and then delete each property, and that gets old really quick. If any body knows a button i can push or a pulldown menu in Solidworks that would be really cool...
  16. 2000mustanggtguy

    Autocad extra annoying toolbar ?

    In Autocad i get an extra toolbar by the name of eDrawing Publisher. When i click on properties I can't find "eDrawings" or "Drawing Publisher" any where, it's liked they use ARX to hide everything. I would like to know if anyone else has the same problem I do. [curse] Printed Circuit Board...
  17. 2000mustanggtguy

    Adding .bmp or .p2d file to flat surface in a assembly ?

    How do I add a .bmp to an assembly front panel screen that I've drawn in SW without rendering ? What I've drawn is a console and a frame and a whole mess of other brackets, frames, fasteners, joystick, keyboard, and i've also drawn a rugged flat panel screen, and i would like a data .bmp...
  18. 2000mustanggtguy

    Autocad 2000 mouse issues ?

    I was given a new mouse and I really dislike when I press the wheel twice accidently and it zoom out, I've tried to access the .mnu files and .mnl files and pretty much delete anything with a mouse syntax to remove the double zoom mouse feature. So I've switched back to my old mouse I've used...
  19. 2000mustanggtguy

    Help Taking Solidworks Settings Home ? ??

    How do take all settings I have on my computer to my home computer? Now what I mean by settings is my background color all my keyboard macros, and all my settings in Options because I really don't have the time to do print screen on all the settings in options. [curse] Printed Circuit Board...
  20. 2000mustanggtguy

    Assembly mates ??

    I've only been using SW for a few weeks. I didn't know if it's normal in solidworks that when you change a mate in SW that thirty to fourty mate show up, and when I mated it the first time there were only three mates. Is there a way to make SW just show only three mates that define that part...

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