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  1. DaveWilliams27

    In-place assembly editing

    Ok thanks Kyle, I'll have a look on Monday. I'm quite new to SE yeah, have been using it for a few months but there is still lots to learn.
  2. DaveWilliams27

    In-place assembly editing

    Ok I see I can transfer the sketch to the Synchronous environment where I can use it normal. However obviously this is a work around and not how the program should be able to work. Oddly, I'm able to use the extrude command to select peer part faces without any problem.
  3. DaveWilliams27

    In-place assembly editing

    Hi Kyle, thanks for the help. I always use the Synchronous method when it's available. I tried your steps out in the Ordered environment, and turning on "peers" unfortunately did nothing to make other parts available to dimension or constrain from. The other parts are visible, but their...
  4. DaveWilliams27

    In-place assembly editing

    I can't even use the steering wheel to snap to features of other assembly parts for positioning them, like in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzhmMc4uCpU Clearly there is a setting I'm missing somewhere.
  5. DaveWilliams27

    In-place assembly editing

    Hi, when editing a part in-place, why is it that I can't dimension from or snap to other parts in the assembly? Another example is if I want to make a hole in an assembly, I can't dimension from any faces or parts in the assembly. In the following video, he is able to edit a part by snapping to...
  6. DaveWilliams27

    Draft date autoupdate

    Thanks for the responses. The "modified" date would be ideal I think, I'll have to have a try tomorrow though. I'm not worried about the dates auto updating since I normally save a pdf of the drawing if I'm happy which is permanent.
  7. DaveWilliams27

    Draft date autoupdate

    Hi all. Is it possible to have the date field in the properties box on a drawing update to the present date automatically? At the moment I need to use properties manager each time if I want to update it. Also, by default the author field gets filled with my login name to windows (i.e. a short...

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