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    Revision Table Changes Color when Saved as pdf

    Hello all, I have a revision table in my drawing in SW2010 SP3.1. On screen the table borders and text all display in dark blue, as desired. It appears the same in print preview, and when printed. All good so far. Saving as a pdf however, the revision table borders change to black, with the...
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    Revision Table Format Change

    Hello all, When I insert a revision table (SW2010) into a drawing, by default the first row simply says REVISIONS, with the second row containing all of the column headings ZONE, REV, DESCRIPTION etc. I want to remove the first row but cant figure out how. Does anyone know a way I can achieve...
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    Drawing Description to Match Part Description

    In a drawing template I'm creating, I want the description property to be the same as the parts description property. I can get the parts description to display as text in the drawing using $PRPSHEET:"Description", however using the same code in the drawings properties doesn't work. I'm sure...
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    Auto-fill Authors Initials in a Drawing Template

    I am looking to create a SW 2D drawing template for everyone else in my office to use. (SW2010) I'm at a small hurdle with auto-populating the authors initials. I don't want each user to have their own drawing template. I want a single template to be stored on the server, so that any changes...
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    Most but not all sketch relations displayed

    Using SW09 I have noticed the odd sketch relation icon disappearing. In a sketch I am currently editing, all relations are displayed, except for a single "offset" relation. It is however listed under the lines properties. Another situation which seems to occur consistently is when a line with...
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    Removing concentricity in a sketch

    Sketching in SW09 SP3 I have 2 arcs which are unintentionally concentric. Is there a way of removing the concentricity without having to delete and redraw one of the arcs? I read that in 05 you could hold ctrl, drag one arc to a new position, and release the ctrl key. This doesnt work for me...
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    Hiding Detail View Circle

    I have taken a section view of an assembly and selected "display only cut faces". Then I have then created a detail view from that section. I want to hide the outline of the detail view where it does not cut the visible bodies in the section view. As far as I'm aware, this should be as simple...
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    Changing referenced part in a drawing

    Say I have a SW dwg with several views of "Part A". "Part B" is a similar part, but not the same. (created by copying "Part A" and making changes) Is there an easy way of changing an individual view in the drawing to show "Part B"? (with the same scale, orrientation etc) Along the same lines as...
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    Change transparency while editing part in assembly

    Solidworks 2008 SP0 I'm editing a part in an assembly, and all other parts are transparent. How do I change them to be solids? Thanks
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    Drawing Cross Section View

    I want to create a cross sectional view in a drawing, but can not find a nice way of doing so. Not sure if my terminology is correct, but to me a cross sectional view only shows the areas where the model intersects a plane, as opposed to a section view which also shows faces/edges/parts which do...
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    SW08 - Cant select lines in a drawing

    I have a drawing with a cropped view on it. There seems to be an invisible horizontal line through the view, below which I can not select any edges. Vertical lines which cross this "invisible line" can be selected above the line, but not below. I cant select the edges, or dimension them, or...

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