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    Buying a new laptop to run SolidWorks

    Last summer I purchased a MSI GT683 which is a gaming computer but it has an I7 processor, 12gb RAM, 1Tb hard drive, and NVIDIA graphics card for under $1400 and have been very happy with it. I looked for comparable stats in an HP or Dell but could not match the price of this system.
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    Square Holes

    Thanks for the different ideas, I have tried some of these methods in the past, I wanted to make sure there wasn't some simple setting that I had just overlooked that would make it easy to "click" the center.
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    Square Holes

    I am currently making a sheet metal part with Multiple square holes (for various size carriage bolts) and I am having some dimensioning issues. I would like to add dimensions in the drawing to the center of the square hole like a normal round hole but have not figured out how. Smart Dimension...
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    2012 Open file defaults to Assembly

    I tried the registry fix, no luck there either. I changed the setting to "0" for all files but everything still defaults to Assembly.
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    2012 Open file defaults to Assembly

    I am running Windows 7 (64bit). I have been running Solidworks since 2005 and like most of you, the type of file type is usually what was opened last, but this has changed on my 2012 version to always defaulting to assembly.
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    2012 Open file defaults to Assembly

    This is not a huge problem, but it has been annoying me for 2 weeks now since installing 2012. Whenever I click on the "open file" icon the default file type is assembly. 9 out of 10 times I am trying to open a part file not an assembly, which requires me to change the drop down to all files...
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    Best availble notebook??

    Just curious as to what others might think or have knowledge of to be the best laptop/ notebook computer readily available for running SW. I have a $5000 budget to get a new machine and I would like to find the best bang for the buck. I have looked at Dell's M6400, HP's HDX 16T, and Sony's AW...
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    Custom Drawing Sheet Trouble

    I can now use my custom template and when I add a sheet it is an option so those problems are taken care of. The biggest issue I have now is when I try to print a drawing or save it as a .pdf, my company logo is missing from 1 or more of the pages... It is there in the drawing document and in...
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    Custom Drawing Sheet Trouble

    I just figured out how to change the file extension, problem number 1 is solved!!
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    Custom Drawing Sheet Trouble

    I haven't had any trouble finding the files, although it was nice to change the default locations. I have tried renaming the file from *.drwdot to *.slddrt but I have been unsuccessful, I ended up with *.slddrt.drwdot "You can set your default templates under Tools->Options->System...
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    Custom Drawing Sheet Trouble

    I am using SW 2008 and There are 3 issues I have been having with my custom drawing sheet format that I haven't been able to resolve. 1) Getting my custom template (*.drwdot) to come up as an option in the new drawing box with the other standard template (*.slddrt) files. 2) When I add a...

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