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  1. gdahll

    Soliworks and Windows 7

    Will SW2007 32bit run for those of us stuck on '07?
  2. gdahll

    Working at micron scale -Loft

    We're not on maintenance. Don't get me started about our VAR.. 14 months ago they sent us our renewal notice which we promptly cut a P.O. for. They called a few days later stating they made a mistake and that the renewal date was actually in August. We canned the purchase order. When August came...
  3. gdahll

    Working at micron scale -Loft

    Tried it again last week, same result. At 10x (.0004) it works, but the loft is unstable and sometimes still returns an error. At 100x (.004) it's stable and no errors. Good thing that this is a representative item and not a working model, I started from a simpler model done at that scale...
  4. gdahll

    Working at micron scale -Loft

    I've been working on some models at the micron (µm) scale with the part template set up in micron units. I cannot get the loft function to work, presumably because that's beyond some error threshold. Loft works fine at 1000x up in the macro world. Is there some setting I'm missing or will I have...
  5. gdahll

    "pkelecy" Solidedge vs Solidworks

    Regarding the new UI, I just tried the 2D free V100 (SE2DDraftV100ENGLISH.exe) and the UI seems like a step backward compared to the prior version. It's that horrible. gdahll
  6. gdahll

    Windows right-click context menu customization

    The double slashes are due to right clicking "edit" on an exported reg string, I thought that was strange too. It is not that way in the actual string using regedit. Trying with a "PRTDOT" did not work either; handleman must be correct in that this trick needs a custom dll to work. I will...
  7. gdahll

    Windows right-click context menu customization

    Is anyone up on customizing the right-click context menu in windows explorer? I realize this is more of a windows question than anything else, but what I'm looking for is: Right-click (in a folder) > new > SolidWorks part document. Below is what I've done so far, and it will produce an...
  8. gdahll

    Part Numbering System

    Hi all, I've been putting together a departmental doc numbering (CM) scheme. Any suggestions on how we should address tabulated & multi-detail part dwgs? Base Dwg# 210093-00 Drop the 00 base suffix? or 210093 Tabulations -01 -02 -03 w/ three place suffix: Base 210093-100 Tabulations...
  9. gdahll

    Auto attributes --notes

    ..Just box selecting 6-7 notes and creating the block. Then the notes are hosed once they are in the new block. After a lot of screwing around I achieved what I wanted to. Also, to replace a block with another saved block of the same name after deleting it from the slddrw file, the SW app needs...
  10. gdahll

    Auto attributes --notes

    Hi All, I have some notes which are linked to custom properties and am attempting to create a block containing them. I'm getting squirrelly results with the auto attributes going nuts and inserting multiple duplicates of the same attribute and hosing all the notes. The attribute editor will not...
  11. gdahll

    Detached drawings

    Hi all, What are your views on detached drawings? Is there a method to "batch" change a group of dwg's to detached? Thanks! gdahll SWX 2007 3.0 ACAD 2000
  12. gdahll

    Printing dwg views

    Easy enough, thanks! gdahll SWX 2007 3.0
  13. gdahll

    Printing dwg views

    Hello all, Is there a method to print just the zoomed-in selection or dwg view rather than the whole page & all views in a slddrw? Thanks gdahll SWX 2007 3.0
  14. gdahll

    Other CAD

    We do have an IronCAD user who needs conversion to SW, but I do see it from his viewpoint; it is really slick and he can model VERY quickly with it. What piqued my interest is Ashlar develops for the Mac.. maybe NX is the only other. What, with Vista about to be jammed down (or up) our...
  15. gdahll

    Other CAD

    This is off topic, but this forum is very active ..Why are the Ashlar products not used in industry much and no one has started a forum for them here? I believe Scaled Composites -the Burt Rutan/ Richard Branson venture- is the highest profile user of the Ashlar products. Suppose the same could...
  16. gdahll

    Section View Labels

    Yes, driver version is indeed 6.14.10.8421 I'll read-up on that CBL, & if I get the nuts up to do it (not my box) I'll post the results here. Thanks again
  17. gdahll

    Section View Labels

    Thanks guys, it's just a check box and I looked in the wrong places. Could this box be checked by default in options somewhere? The other problem with view labels is that I cannot see them except when hovering the pointer over them. They print. I have been putting them on a visible layer as a...
  18. gdahll

    Section View Labels

    Hi all, I'm now the lucky user of SW07 after no subscription since SW2001+ Question: Seems one cannot edit the section view label text box in this release. Ex: click in box SECTION X-X Hit return for a new line Type in additional text such as quantity Resulting in: SECTION X-X 24x Cannot...

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