I'm trying to import a 3D Maya file into Solidworks and have it be a solid model. I had our partner send us the Maya file as an IGES but it only imports as...
All, Heads up, I'm running a contest over at SolidWorks Legion (http://fcsuper.com/swblog) with a CSWP test voucher available to win (and two other cool...
hi All, I have a work PC, that I do 75% of my SW work on, Home PC,that I do about 25% of my SW work on. But now my company bought me a laptop for Travel that I...
In Mass Properties, after I check Use Custom Settings, sometimes I can change the number of decimal places for the mass readout, and sometimes it's disabled...
Occasionally, when working with AutoCAD, I will keep an old, pre-revision drawing of a part that's been revised, so we can see clearly what was changed....
Or even just merge Onface Design into 3d Sketch Is it possible ? I know I can go out of the sketch and add a 3D Sketch before it , but is that really the only...
I use them to make layouts as one part of the assembly such as FloorPlan.SLDPRT and obviously make sure the sketch is shown. But sometimes they disappear and...
Hello: I have a few dumb questions, out in the outback. My daughter and I have some old kitplane drawings of a composite single seat Q1 Quickie airplane in a...
I have a simple wing assembly, composed of wing spars and some ribs. I am still designing the wing layout, as I am playing around with the rib spacings. I...
Why would a part be missing on a BOM (Excel style)? This is the 1st time I've had this happen. It's just a 1/4-20 nut, but it's annoying that SW would miss...
I am curious to see if anyone here is using (or heard of) BatchProcess 2. I just published a review of it (http://www.fcsuper.com/swblog/?p=1355), but I would...
I've recently started using smart components, which seem at first sight a useful idea. My application is electronics enclosures, and I'm currently working on a...
I sometimes have a situation in which a sketch of a closed profile for an extrusion gets rejected for being not closed, even though a close inspection does not...
Hello: Does anyone have any Rotax 447-503-582-618-670 engine models, or parts, especially need the provison 8 holes info. Block, head, UL gear drive parts. ...
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I have an Assembly Drawing in which I show a Detail View of a couple of exploded areas of a large assembly. In the main view from which I took the Detail...
Hi Everybody, Just thought I would let you all know that my Email account has been compromised. I have been told that emails have been sent out with...
SW makes great drawings, but, being a computer program, it can't make `artistic' decisions - hence the `Hide Edge' , `Show Edge' and the Tangent Edges hide &...
This is a situation that I've not yet attempted to address via Solid Works: Parts come into our factory that are, for the most part, quite good, but, partly...
Hello: Any good sources for engine drawings or models for Solidworks? I'm looking for Rotax snowmobile and ultralight 503, 582/583, 617/618, 670 engines. I'm...
Does anyone know why, when i make a mirror image of a sheet metal part it does not creat the mirror image as sheet metal, and when I bring the flat pattern in...
hey this is my engine crank arrangment and i need to know how to animate on solidworks ... i really need your help ..... and this is the crank attached    ...
hey guys how are you all i hope all of you fine and happy  i need the'' CF turbo'' program but i found scourses on the web but i didn't find the activation...
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Hi everyone I did the CSWA exam and I passed, but when I went to my account on the certification center, I found nothing, and when I went back to the Testpro I...
This might seem a silly question but. I just switched to 2010. Yesterday I was trying to add a second sheet to a drawing. When I did it said the drawing format...
Guys I am trying to do a loft and need to create a surface or something so that I can sketch on it. now this surface goes in different directions and I tried...
