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    Moving from PDMWorkgroup to DBWorks

    In about a week the company I work for will be moving to DBWorks for our PDM system. We are currently on PDMWorkgroup. I will be an administrator of the new system along with 3-4 of my co-workers. Does anyone here have any information about making this switch that they would be willing to share...
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    Parts and assemblies will open in seperate windows

    Hola everyone, Recently I have come across a bit of wierdness with Solidworks, and I have been unable to find an answer for why it is happening. Another user at my company has checked an assembly into PDMWorks, and when other users check this assembly out and open it, many of the part files and...
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    If/Then Equation

    Hello everyone, I am trying to do what is probably a fairly simple equation, but I am not having much success. I have a piece of formed channel sheet steel, and I have a hole that is patterned in it. I want to put a If/Then that has three parameters in it that state if the overall length of the...
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    PhotoWorks - Model is too large to be rendered

    I have been experimenting with PhotoWorks for a couple of days now (as I wait for my Self-help guides to show up), and I am running into a new problem that I cannot find a solution for. I am trying to render an assembly that is around 200 parts (I cannot tell exact number because for some reason...
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    Flat pattern disappears on sheet metal part

    Three times in the last week I have been working with sheet metal parts and at some point the flat pattern feature at the bottom of the feature tree disappears. I have not been able to determine if it is happening after I perform a specific function. Has anyone else had this happen, and is there...
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    Preview check box will not stay checked

    Does anyone know why the preview check box will not stay checked in SW 2007 2.1. It seems to uncheck every time when inserting a block, and it sometimes unchecks when opening a part or drawing.
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    Background scheme icon disappearing from toolbars

    At our company the new background scheme icon in 2007 has disappeared from the toolbar on at least two users computers, and when you go to add it back in, it is nowhere to be found. We are on SW 2007 2.1. Has anyone else run into this?

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