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Hi All, I have a model where I'm building a composite curve with a spiral and I want to have a driven dimension which gives me the total length of the composite curve. I know that I can measure the length of the composite curve, how can I turn that into a parameter? Is that possible? 60%...

Is it possible to return only the inside or outside surface area of piping? It seems I can only get an all or nothing result. And if I try to model just a surface the mass properties are greyed out. Thanks in advance. 60% of the time, it works every time.

Hi All, I'm trying to model up a dynamics problem and I was wondering if it's possible to adjust a dimension with a mass goal in mind. So if I want the mass of the part to be 5kg, Solidworks will adjust a dimension I specify in order to hit that value. In excel it's called goal seek I believe...

Hi All, I've created some renderings as tif files with no background, and the Alpha channel enabled. If I open them up in GIMP (my free photo editing program) they look fine with the grey and white checkered background indicating that there is in fact, no background. Now my client opens up...

I'm trying to create an Assembly drawing parts list, and I'm not able to select "Parts Only" when inserting the Parts list? Any ideas why this might be. Is there some setting in Assembly I don't know about? Thanks 60% of the time, it works every time.

I accidentally re-imaged some computers with a stand alone license number and not our network license. I now need to export the licenses so I can re-image with the network license and free up those stand alone licenses. My problem is that I don't have the License Transfer Utility on the...

I'm working to bring in some models off of Turbosquid and use them in a rendering. Any thoughts on the best way to bring in 3d studio files and easily use them in Solidworks? STL files have been coming in with thousands of triangular faces, which is a pain to apply appearances to. And there is...

Hi All, I'm creating a design table for a very simple part and after I create the design table no icon shows up in my feature manager, and I'm unable to edit my table after creation. It seems that the table has been created because I can no longer insert a design table. I checked my hidden...

Hi All, Getting an error that says "No Bodies for the Hole Series Feature to Cut" when trying to add a hole series between a weldment and a sheet metal part. There is already a hole wizard hole in the weldment part. The sheet metal part is created in context Interestingly I added a dummy part...

Whenever I search the solidworks forums I only get results up to Oct 2007? Why is this? I know this isn't the ideal location for this post but I couldn't find a general annoyance area. 60% of the time, it works every time.

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Hi All, I have an assembly that I would like to be able to show with different materials in both the assembly and drawing to show what the mass and appearance differences would be. Right now each part has one configuration and one material. What is the best way to create separate...

Just wondering if there is a way to input more than 14 characters when using the edit multiple properties option in a drawing BOM. Thanks in advance! 60% of the time, it works every time.

Hi All, Just reinstalled SW2010 SP3. I went through the toolbox configuration but Solidworks keeps telling me that toolbox has not been configured. How do you make this configuration stick? Thanks in advance. 60% of the time, it works every time.

Hi All, I just did a reinstall of 2010 SP3 and I'm having an issue with the assembly I'm working on. For some reason a bolt and washer that I inserted from Toolbox keeps asking me to save the parts in a folder. These parts were added after the reinstall. I checked out the Toolbox FAQ's but...

Hi all, Working on a rendering in Photoworks, and I'm running into an issue while rendering to file. I have a grey background with a shadow floor which shows up fine in my test renderings on the screen. Once I render to a Tiff file the background is now white with shadows. Why is my...

Hi all, Is there any way I can use a custom Solidworks view in Photoview 360? My client needs some renderings from different angles but all from the same height off the ground. I can easily set this up in Solidworks with cameras but I really would rather render this in Photoview 360. It's a...

Hi All, Not sure what happened but my standard Ansi in hex bolt, and heavy hex bolts are coming in all messed up. I never touched the sketch for the head, and I've run an installation repair and I'm still getting the same issue. Anybody ran into this? Thanks 60% of the time, it works every...

Hi All, Having issues with my appearances in Solidworks. Metal, Plastic, and Rubber appearances are showing up as black. The attached image is a new file (default part template) set to high gloss blue plastic with a standard scene no modifications whatsoever. Appearances such as cloth and...

Hi All, I recently built a new computer and opened up one of my assemblies. I found that solidworks had automatically updated a few of the materials to the new default for my installation. Is there any way to set it up so that Solidworks doesn't do that? I would rather it just showed an error...