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  1. fuzzybabybunny

    3 Point Center Rectangle Tool doesn't center.

    Ahhhh... I see. I'm only running 2009 sp0.0, so looks like I need to upgrade. Good to know that it's a bug and that I'm not doing something wrong.
  2. fuzzybabybunny

    3 Point Center Rectangle Tool doesn't center.

    Can someone please help me with this? I've had this happen for a long time and I can't for the life of me figure out why the 3 point center rectangle tool just doesn't work like it should. I make the outline: http://www.victorlinphoto.com/downloads/sld1.jpg But then it just turns to this...
  3. fuzzybabybunny

    How do you guys organize your files?

    I'm new to CAD design and I'm wondering how you guys organize your files and what are the best practices? Do you put assemblies, parts, drawings, in separate folders? C:/Solidworks/Project1/parts C:/Solidworks/Project1/drawings C:/Solidworks/Project1/assemblies...
  4. fuzzybabybunny

    Moving part files into new folders breaks assemblies.

    Sorry, I meant to say that my Search Path IS set to C:/solidworks and it still has the same problem. Question: Does solidworks need to index the locations first before the parts can be moved safely? How do you tell Solidworks to begin indexing?
  5. fuzzybabybunny

    Moving part files into new folders breaks assemblies.

    Thanks for the reply! I'm a little confused though: Say that I have Assembly 1 that references these two parts: C:/solidworks/stuff/part1 C:/solidworks/stuff/part2 And now I change the "stuff" folder name to "things." C:/solidworks/things/part1 C:/solidworks/things/part1 But what I've...
  6. fuzzybabybunny

    Moving part files into new folders breaks assemblies.

    I wasn't very smart when I made my parts and assemblies and the organization of the part/assembly files are atrocious. I use the built-in solidworks explorer to move the part files to new folders, but this breaks the assemblies that rely on the part files because now the part files are not in...

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