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  1. lisab

    Mechanical Desktop vs. Inventor

    Hello cdm369, I was in the same position as you. I worked in Manufacturing using Mechanical Desktop. We eventually upgraded to Inventor and I was very hesitant. I actually found that Inventor was so much more intuitive, easier to use and it didn't take near the time to learn that Mechanical...
  2. lisab

    Re- Determining appropriate text height in model space

    You may want to try using the SPACETRANS command. It is the last icon on the text toolbar. SPACETRANS allows you to convert sizes of text based on the sizes they are in paper or model space. While in paperspace, select the MTEXT icon, begin placing the bounding box. Before you finish the...
  3. lisab

    Receiving .dat files, not .dwg files.... what gives?

    You may want to try using the etransmit command. This bundles the drawings into a self extracting exe file.
  4. lisab

    Conflict between Solid Works and AutoCAD Mechanical

    Does anyone know if there is a conflict with having Solid Works and AutoCAD Mechanical on the same computer. I had heard that there could be a problem with the dll files. Any thoughts?

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