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  1. shiftersteve

    Helical Probe Testing?

    I found an article written on the ASTM website abouut helical probe testing. The article is dated 1988. http://www.astm.org/DIGITAL_LIBRARY/JOURNALS/GEOTECH/PAGES/GTJ10004J.htm Can anyone refer to someone who is still performing tests with this methodology? Steve Frank Apex Designs
  2. shiftersteve

    Saving New Revisions

    New to Solidworks (07). I have an older assembly that I want to keep record of and do not want it altered. However, I need to revise this assembly with some new components as a new revision. What is the best way to leave the old assy "as is" and still be able to bring in some of the parts and...
  3. shiftersteve

    Will a better video card speed up performance?

    Just bought and loaded solidworks 07. My PC is a Pentium IV 3.9 GHz, 1 Gig Ram, Windows XP. Assemblies with approx 30-50 parts seem to be able to manipulated pretty quickly, BUT modeling the parts in 2d sketching seems VERY slow. (having to wait for dimension lines to catch up to my mouse...
  4. shiftersteve

    Hidden LInes dont appear in drawings

    Solidworks 03. Hidden lines often times do not appear as they should in drawing files. Selecting the surface and "show hidden edges" often changes nothing in the view. Whats up?
  5. shiftersteve

    Importing rendered images into drawing files?

    New Solidworks user here. Trying to import a fully rendered image as shown in my "Part" drawing into a "Drawing" file... And NOT as a link to another program. I want to be able to import a full color image into a drawing and place leaders and text into the drawing for illustrative purposes...
  6. shiftersteve

    Standard 3 view is backwards???

    Occasionally, I find that the standard 3 view inserted into a drawing file is incorrect. The orthagonal projection is backwards of what it should be. I've been having to insert named views one at a time to obtain the correct 3 views. What might I look for to correct this problem? Also, how...

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