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  1. Spaceballster

    Unlegible dimensions in sketch in 3D environment Inventor Professional 2012

    Hi I'm not sure if this is the right forum here but I'd like to know if anyone else has this problem: When sketching in the 3D environment (.ipt or .iam) the dimensions become totally unlegible when the part color is dark grey. This can be overcome by rotating my view a bit so that the lighting...
  2. Spaceballster

    Grouping AutoCAD icons in taskbar Windows 7

    Hi, I would like to have only the one button per running AutoCAD application in my taskbar so that ALT+TAB cycles to the other program (like Excel) rather than the previous drawing (what the hey?!). I've read some posts about setting the "taskbar" value to "0", but no one says where I can set...
  3. Spaceballster

    Frame members not getting created in higher levels

    It's driving me nuts. I have a frame .asm consisting of a line and a member created out of that line. Then one higher I attach some steel plates and what not and call that my weldment. Then one more higher I place my weldment and attach some bolted on strips for guiding a chain along. In this...
  4. Spaceballster

    Units in value fields

    Hi, When modelling in 3D I always turn off units in value fields because it's just so much quicker that way. However, when I make my drafts I have to remember to turn the units back on or else the weights will not show their units in my BOM. Besides remembering, is there a trick or a macro...
  5. Spaceballster

    Annoying dimensioning behavior in draft

    Hi, There's this thing in SE (draft mode, ST4) where it'll automatically select the line you're hovering over with your mouse when dimensioning. I like keyboard shortcuts/spacemouse buttons so I'm often hovering over a line when activating a dimensioning command. As a consequence when I want to...
  6. Spaceballster

    Renumbering section/detail views

    ST4 here. Any tricks for renumbering my section/detail views? I'm now up to VIEW AX but so many have been removed/added that there is no more logic. Thanks, Griffin
  7. Spaceballster

    Best practice for framing?

    Hi, just a question for thoes of you who are proficient with framing. We've designed a piling template, which consists of a quarter circle structure built mainly out of square tubes, three stories high. It's become some kind of monster full of errors and parts disappearing so I've redone the...
  8. Spaceballster

    Determining volume of hollow part/assembly

    Hello there, Does anyone know of a way to determine the volume of a hollow part/assembly? The method I'm using now is very cumbersome: 1. Draw the hollow body as a part. 2. Make a new part, use part copy to insert the part and also check the box for construction bodies. 3. Surface copy all...
  9. Spaceballster

    Turn off dimensions in sketch

    Hi, Anyone know of a way to hide all dimensions when sketching in a par/psm/asm? Quite regularly I'm sketching movements of various arms and hinges etc. and I would like to hide all dimensions so that they don't get in the way when I drag the arms to new positions.
  10. Spaceballster

    Aligning section views

    Does anyone have problems creating alignments for section views, e.g. aligning section A-A with D-D? You'll need to delete the alignment with the sectioned part before you can create a new alignment. For some reason I can only delete this alignment if I pull out the section to the right of the...
  11. Spaceballster

    Keyboard Shortcuts for Macros?

    I'm a sucker for keyboard shortcuts and I have a couple of macros in my quick acces toolbar. I would like to assign a keyboard shortcut to my macro but this doesn't seem possible. Can anyone verify this? I'm running ST2 with traditional modelling only. We're going to upgrade to ST4 as soon as it...
  12. Spaceballster

    import/export settings

    Hi, They're going to replace my pc later this week and I want to know if it's possible to export my SE settings (keyboard shortcuts, quick acces buttons and whut not). I know in Inventor this is quite easy, as there is a direct option to do so. I haven't found this in Solid Edge, but maybe...
  13. Spaceballster

    Solid Edge Power Weldment

    Hi, I've done some searches here but I can't find the answer to my problem: I want to know what the advantages are of using a Power Weldment (.pwd) for a machined assembly over a regular assembly with assembly features. Both will be built up by inserting a weldment assembly (we just make...

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