The default gray part color has changed on me to a bright white. I cannot find any way to change it back as all the sliders under "ref_color1" are not active. I typically use a white background so now my new and existing parts and assemblies are bright white and not very visible. I think what is...
I used to be able to put a note inside a box by typing @[Text@] where "Text" is replaced by what I want in the box. Now, for some reason, I cannot add this to a note. I can put it in the text of a dimension but it seems like my notes aren't as smart as they once were. Is there a hidden config...
is there a setting to retain all your sketch constraints and dimensions while adding a corner-round in a sketch? I'll get really far along, add the fillets, then need to reconstrain and dimension all the sketch entities. I guess it's best to add the fillets as a separate entity after the feature?
I can no longer see the colored spheres in the appearance gallery when selecting the color of a part or feature. I've attached an image of what it looks like. It definitely makes it difficult to assign colors! Does anyone know how to fix this? I haven't changed anything on my graphics card or is...
I am running an analysis in Mechanica. I have my background set to white so that I can better copy the images into a presentation. The problem with this is that Mechanica uses white as a text color (!?!) Is there a way to change the color of the text so I can see it against a white...
I am trying to avoid "packaged" components. I have a large assembly with a number of cylindrical objects (pins or dowels) in it. Each one is located by being "inserted" and a "mate" or "align" constraint. I guess I could create a new reference plane and line some of the items up with it. I'm...
OK, this seems fairly basic. I am trying to create three different configurations of an assembly where one part has multiple positions. I can set up multiple placement sets but I cannot add the placement sets to the family table to turn them on/off. i.e. One part has three holes; instance one is...
I am inserting a number of tapered pipe thread hole into my part. The hole feature does not give me any other option other than blind for the depth of the hole. I would like the hole to intersect the whole part and the note to represent it as such. My part is 1/2" thick but my hole depth callout...
Hi, this one has me stumped. I have a drawing with two items that use the wipeout command in the same viewport. One of the items (a diamond shape) wipesout fine when plotting, the other, a little more complex shape, does not wipeout. It will view correctly in paperspace but won't preview or...
I'm trying to create a sketch that references some planes. I want to be able have a point or end of a sketch segment be coincident with a reference plane that runs at an angle through the sketch. The relations manager does not allow me to do it. What can I do? Thanks
-todd
Now I am having problems with the join command. I have three separate parts that I am joining into one. I am able to select each of the three parts to join and then hit the check box. Although this worked fine on Friday, today one of the three bodies in the join part is not shown in the...
I just created a part using the join command in an assembly. I now need to add some fillet features to the new "join" part at the intersections of the original parts. For some reason the join feature does not combine the separate bodies into one body and the fillet either does not work (due to...
OK, the search function isn't working right now on this site so I thought I can ask something that has probably been asked before:
Every once in a while when I am creating a lofted surface, mirrored the surface, and knitted them, I can't thicken the surfaces. I don't see any geometry...
hi, imagine a piece of sheet metal, shaped like an isosceles triangle. Ok, now I sketched a line on one face and SW03 won't let me make a sketched bend there. I can use the edge flange command but that will give different results than if I just bent a triangle. How have you done this? Thanks...
The other day SW03 crashed on me when saving a largish assembly. Now all the file icons show up as the little yellow blocks and not the mini preview that is so neat. What happened? Thanks
-todd
I just installed SW 2003 and in some parts when I dimension a solid the dim will appear for a split second when I place its location and then disappear. I'm wodering if it is a text color problem but everything is still set at default. Thanks for the help.
-todd
no this isn't a joke like, "why did the hems cross the sheetmetal part...". I like the new hem feature on 2001+ but I can't seem to figure out how to create hems that converge at a corner without them overlapping. I know about miterflanges but it won't let me do them as hems. It...
I just installed 2001plus and I'm having problems with the "add relation" dialog box. After adding a relation the box closes and the selected entities remain highlighted. If I want to add another relation I have to open the dialog box again and then delete the previous selected...
