I’ve noticed the centerlines are much less visible since upgrading to SW2003. Visibility of the centerlines was fine in SW2001, but somehow changed with the upgrade. I’m using a Nvidia GeForce2 MX/MX400 card (and have a crashing problem). The centerlines are visible in sketches unless it is over...
More thoughts: (copy file first and try on the copy)
1. Suppress all parts and save assembly. If this works, then one of the parts is corrupt. Unsuppress each part and try save again to see which is bad.
If wouldn’t save with all parts suppressed, then it is the assembly itself. You may have to...
Thanks to everybody for their input, especially Theophilus. I did add the code from your reply to my web page and was able to transfer the file easily. This is much handier and quicker than the burn a CD method, which we were doing previously. As the file was being sent out of the country, even...
Have you tried File\Page Setup and setting the scale to 100%? Then section your assembly, orient it to the desired view, and print it. It will print in full scale.
Wow people, this is harder than I thought. First, I work in SolidWorks 2003, but my vendor needs an IGES output. One SW file is now 4.1MB, but expands to 25.1MB in IGES format and is 7.4MB zipped. When e-mailed, it comes back undeliverable “The content length of the message is too long for the...
SBaugh, I tried both the supress and extrude block methods, but neither work with IGES files. One more question, how do i use the defrag utility? I don't find it on any of the menues fo in help.
Thanks Sbaugh for the file shrinking idea. Do either of these ideas this work if I’m sending an .IGES format file?
And thanks for the link MadMango. As I don’t run across this problem often, I was looking for a free way to do it on the occasions that I need it. But I do notice their rates are...
I would like to be able to transfer part & assembly files from my computer to a vendor via the internet. Anyone have any suggestions? The files are too large to e-mail, even when zipped.
