Conditional Symbols 3

[jwlynn64]

Does anyone know if you can add conditional symbols to notes in Solidworks?

Thanks,

John

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

There is a host of symbols which can be placed into a SW note.

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9663/notesymbols1zr.png

You can create custom symbols if required.


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[jwlynn64]

I looked through all of the available symbols but the conditional (greater than, less than) symbols are not included.

Can you point me in the right direction about how to create custom symbols?

John

 

[TheTick]

Aren't these symbols (<, >, =) already on your keyboard and part of your regularly-used fonts?

 

[jwlynn64]

I should have be more explicite in that I was looking for the Greater Than or Equal and the Less Than or Equal symbols which are not on the keyboard.

I inserted the symbols into a word document and pasted them into the Solidworks drawing. I guess I was hoping to find a way to put frequently used symbols into the solidworks database so that I don't have to do this very often.

Thanks,

John

 

[J-C]

You can copy them from the character mapping utility, just not as convient. Too bad those particular character maps don't have keyboard shortcuts like others do.
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Jason

UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2
SolidWorks 2006 SP3.0 on WinXP SP2

 

[J-C]

Looks like don't work here.

Jason

UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2
SolidWorks 2006 SP3.0 on WinXP SP2

 

[GunT]

You can create a "Block" from the note you have created and can reuse it as many times as you want.

Regards

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

You can create your own custom symbols in the C:\Program Files\SolidWorks\lang\english\gtol.sym file.

Make a backup copy of the file before attempting to edit it. The file should be edited with the Windows Notepad utility.

Read the blurb at the top of the file. It contains the format required for the code within the file.


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[jwlynn64]

Thanks,

I'll give that a try.

John

 

[EEnd]

Another way to get them is to use an alt code.
For <= hold down the alt key and enter 8804 on your number pad, then release the alt key. For >= enter 8805.

Some other symbols are discussed in thread559-131040.

As CorBlimeyLimey stated in that thread you can view the characters available in a particular font by selecting on the following: Start Menu > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map. Select the font, find and click on the symbol.

If the lower right says Keystroke: Alt+0123 (where 0123 is any number), that is the number you need. If there is nothing in the lower right, but the lower left says U+0123 (where 0123 is a hex number, which can contain the letters a-f) you need to convert the number from hex to decimal for entry into SolidWorks. Here is a link to the first of many Google results on hex to dec converter, and it seems to do the job:

http://www.parkenet.com/apl/HexDecConverter.html.

For the <= symbol the number was 2264. My calculator converts 2264 hex to 8804 dec. And 8804 produced the desired symbol within SolidWorks.

Alternatively:

http://www.unicode.org/charts/symbols.html

has PDFs with the symbols and their hex codes.

Eric

 

[felix7502]

If you go to Program Files\Solidworks\lang\english you will find a file named Gtol.sym. Open this in Wordpad and make a copy in case of errors. Add the following to the Modifying Symbols :

*LE,Less Than-Equal To
A,LINE .0,.5,.6,.8
A,LINE .0,.5,.6,.2
A,LINE .0,.1,.6,.1
*GE,Greater Than-Equal To
A,LINE .0,.2,.6,.5
A,LINE .0,.8,.6,.5
A,LINE .0,.1,.6,.1

Then close SW and reopen. Voila! there are your symbols for notes. I think that you'll have to add this to all your seats, and I'm not sure if it will email correctly, so maybe you should check on that.

You can also rearrange the symbols to correspond with frequency of use.
Sylvia

 

[jwlynn64]

I added the instructions and they work great. Thanks for the info. Maybe I can create my own next time.

Thanks again.

John

 

[meintsi]

you mean like:

? or ?
alt242 and alt243

Remember...
[navy]"If you don't use your head,[/navy]
[navy]your going to have to use your feet."[/navy]

 

[meintsi]

odd - works everywhere but here ........??

Remember...
[navy]"If you don't use your head,[/navy]
[navy]your going to have to use your feet."[/navy]