Thanks for the advice. I actually tried that last night and it works in the sense that the minimum and maximum values do not change. Now, no matter what the "distance" value is, that is the maximum distance. If I set this value to 34" it will randomly change to some other value. It then uses...
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I am having a big problem with "limit distance" mates. I have always used these in sub-assemblies and never had problems until now. Basically I have a shock absorber with a given extended and collapsed length (defined by a limit distance mate). I then have a top level assembly...
I had this problem as soon as I started using SWX 07 exclusively. I have a fairly large assembly with many sub-assemblies. I had one particular sub-assembly, that when suppressed within the main assembly, caused the "fail to save" error. When not suppressed, the assembly would save just fine...
Unfortunately, my old attorney used my printed drawings, wrote notes on them, and sent it in to the examiner. This is why we have this problem in the first place...apparently they do not accept drawings with handwritten notes. Anyways it is a good thing I have a new attorney....I could go on...
Basically, I have about 50 or so revisions of this particular product and I am trying to get specific drawings from about two years ago. Unfortunately I had made several changes to this model before saving it elsewhere ( for archiving I just copy the whole "folder" onto another hard drive). I...
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I need to save a drawing as a dwg file, but I do not want the drawing to update before saving. I have an old set of drawings that I need to furnish to a patent attorney and unfortunately they have to be exactly as they were almost two years ago. As soon as I open them in Solidworks...
The only automatic relations that were added were "symmetric" relationships when I mirrored the sketch. When I mirror the sketch, then delete the mirrored geometry, the sketch is still over-defined, even though it was not before the geometry was mirrored. Is there any way around...
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I have experienced this particular problem a few times, and this time, I can't figure it out. I am doing a simple sketch (a few tangent arcs forming one cutout) and I just want to create a circular pattern. Every time I put a dimension, or a relation on the patterned sketch (which...
Hi everyone,
I have a Dell M70 laptop....2.13 processor, 2GB ram, all the good stuff. I am considering getting the new M90. Does anybody have experience with the M90? Also, would solidworks benefit from the dual-core processors, etc. What do you think?
Thank You
Brandon
I just upgraded to SP 3.4 and now I am having the problem. I am inserting a new component into an assembly. For the base feature, I am using an existing edge from another part. When I offset the line, "add dimensions" is checked, and the line offsets, but no reference is made......blue...
I am having the same problem with my M70 Laptop....Quadro fX Go 1400. I am pretty sure that the problem started when I upgraded to 2006. It happens constantly as I use this Laptop all day long....HELP.
Brandon
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I am using Cosmos Express to analyse a particular part. I have been on MatWeb to get the info I think I need for particular materials. The materials I am using are 4130 Chromoly, and 7075-T6 aluminum. I am getting some wierd numbers and wanted to know if someone could post the...
Saving as part worked just fine. I wasn't aware of the option, I will have to try that next time. The only reason I went to the extra step was I noticed that saving it as a part still named the surfaces. When I saved as a parasolid, It names the features "surface 1, 2, etc."
The customer needs to incorporate my model into his. I ended up making a copy of the entire assembly. I deleted as many features as possible from each part and deleted all internal parts from the assembly. I then exported each subassembly as a part, opened it back up, then saved as a...
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I have a product that I designed and am now manufacturing. I have a potential customer that wants to use my product on his product, but the first step is to supply him with solid data. My design is proprietary and patent pending. Basically I want to give him 3d model that in no...
Hi everyone, I am using SW2005. I have a part made completely of tubing. I am using weldments and I am trying to mirror one side of the part about a center plane. It says "one or more features in this mirror feature are no longer in the model" It doesn't matter how many features I choose to...
Go to the Solidworks web site and approved graphics cards...Dell...at the bottom is the M70 laptop. You have to download and install a patch. For some reason I was unable to get it from the web (not sure why) so I had Digital Dimensions (solidworks support) e-mail me the patch. If you are...
Thanks for everyone's help. It turns out that there is a patch for the video card in the M70. Once I installed the patch it works perfectly. Thanks again for all the help.
Brandon
