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Hello all, A friend of mine has SW2001 at his workplace and would like to know if he can use that same serial for registering a home version (SW2007)as well. I know SW allows for 2 installs per serial but I am not sure about the different years he is using. Thanks, BB

Hello all, From time to time I have the opportunity to work a small project in Solid Edge and was wondering if anyone here has or can direct me to a copy of the user manual in PDF format. Thanks in advance for any assistance, BB

I have recently upgraded to SW 2011 and I can not get my models to show up in Bunkspeed 1.5 There was no issue with SW 2010. XP64 OS. Suggestions welcome Thanks in advance. BB

Hello all, I am using both SW2011 and Quickbooks Premium for Manufacturing 2009 and was wondering if anyone has found any good ways to utilize the two together? I am not aware of any direct linking between however. Input, thoughts, recommendations, all welcome. Thanks, BB

Hello all, When I do a Pack n Go for my assembly and add a prefix to the files it does NOT add the prefix to the file names in the assembly tree. If I open the parts in the assembly tree the name does have the prefix on it. I do not understand why this is happening. Thanks, BB

Hello all, I have been plagued by this annoyance for some time now and am finally sick enough of it to ask for assistance. When I go to open a file in SW and turn on the thumbnail view, some assembly thumbnails are just empty, blank, and white while others show just fine. Anyone know why this...

Hello all, I agreed to do a side job when I found the model I needed on one of those online 3D sites. I just need to make some modifications and billed accordingly. However, I purchased the .STEP model online and it downloaded as surfaces. I have no idea how to work with surfaces especially...

Hello all, I think that using the envelope feature may help me with a project I am working on. I did read the SW help file on envelopes but I would probably understand it better with a step by step tutorial or video. I did check You Tube but the selection was very limited. Any other...

Hello all, I need to D/L a model but it is a NURBS format. After the download I will need to modify it (add some holes, insert into an assembly, stretch it a bit, etc.) Will I be able to do all of this with a NURBS model? Can i convert it to a STEP? I ask all of this because I have to buy...

When I try and search on this forum, I can not get anything newer than 2007. Is this just me or a known bug? I do remember something from a LONG time ago about the search not working properly, is this the same issue? If so, who is supposed to be fixing it? Thanks, BB

Hello all, I have a simple part and when I go to hide a hole feature the entire part becomes hidden. Anyone else having this problem? If so, what is known about it? Thanks, BB SW2010 SP4.0

Hello all, I am working on an assembly drawing and in one view I chose to hide a part for clarity but now I want to "unhide" or bring it back into the view. How do I do this now that it is not visible? Thanks, BB

Hi All, Does anyone know if there has been a fix for this yet? This is in regards to opening an assembly and getting an error message about rolled back features, do you want to roll them forward. I have a large assembly that this happens everytime I open it. Thanks, SW2010 SP4.0

Hello all, On my home license of SW2010 SP4.0 when I start up SW I now get the error message "Cannot Initialize SolidWorks Utilities". I get two of the error boxes on top of each other everytime. I can cancel them both and move on as normal but I would like to fix it if possible. Suggestions...

Hello all, We are running SW2010 sp4.0 with PDM Enterprise and we are all noticing general instability issues with assemblies. More specifically things like the following: Can't mate parts in assemblies (says over defined) even if no mates exist yet. If you delete the part and insert again...

Hello all, 1st post in this forum. I was wondering if there is a standard or similar that determines the hole diamter for doing plug welds. For example, if I need to plug weld two 12awg plates together what dimater should be drilled in the top plate? Thanks for any input. BB

Hello all, I am now having an issue with showing parts as transparent in assemblies. It was working fine until a few days ago. Now when I make a part transparent it does show up as transparent in the feature manager and I can select the parts behind it but in the assembly it is not changing (I...

Hello all, I have 2 points that define the positions of 2 hole wizard holes but I seem to only be able to dimension between them on an angle. I need to dimension them horizonal and vertical not on an angle. I think there is a setting for this because another user here is able to change the...

Hello all, I have been looking at this and wondering if anyone can offer a review of the product compared to the SW electrical routing. http://www.elecworks.com/index.aspx Thanks, BB

Hello all, I have a few sketch blocks that overlap each other and during the motion of the blocks it becomes very confusing what is what. I would like to fill the different sketch blocks with different colors to hopefully improve viewing the motion. Does anyone know of a way to do this...