I've got a problem I can't figure out.
Let's say I have an assembly and its drawing open - we'll cal it Assem123. That assembly consist of 4 parts - Part1, Part2, Part3, and Part4 which was created as a LH mirror of Part3 within the context of Assem123. Everything is checked out to me in...
I am using SolidWorks 2010 and am having an issue with BOM tables. I am looking to add components to a BOM that are not in the model (for example for paint, or for hundreds of fasteners that we either don't have the time or a need to put into the assembly or otherwise choose not to for other...
We have a number of drawing templates at my company. On every one of them, new views that are brought in come in as "Hidden Lines Visible". Just recently (somebody was probably messing with my templates), on just one of our templates, all new views come in with "Hidden Lines Removed".
I would...
I've been charged with the task of speccing out a laptop for my department to run SolidWorks on. Unfortunately for me, I know very little about computer hardware, nor have I ever owned a laptop. I've been given a $3600 budget.
My company has a strong preference toward purchasing from Dell...
We have a particular part file that is used in one subassembly. This subassembly is used in many larger assemblies. Every time we open any of the larger assemblies – which is quite often – this one part file opens in the background. I don’t want it to open however. It's the only part that...
I'm assuming the answer is no, but is there a way to apply all the document properties from one part into another?
Example is a part created three years ago prior to us setting up standard part templates. Now, we open the old part and don't like having the grid on, seeing old dimension styles...
We recently upgraded from 2004 to 2006, and since then on a few occasions my cursor has gotten "stuck" looking like the rotate about entity icon (rotate icon with a vertical line through it).
I can still function as normal, only I'm selecting things with the very center of the cursor instead of...
