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Hi kjoiner, many thanks - that is exactly what I needed to know of and works. Didn't remember it from any tutorials, but those were a long time ago... Regards, Mark

Hello, I am adding some additional circles in a Draft to better show how an arc in one of the displayed Parts is centered. I then add some dimensions to this circle. However, the scale of the dimensions applied to the circle are not that of the Part (here 2:1), but rather the dimensions on the...

Hi there, I would like to base a Text Profile on a variable string (from the Variable Table in the part). My aim is to generate a Family of Parts with a custom name engraved on each member. 1. Is there any way to define a character string variable in the Variable table? 2. If so, is there a...

Dear Beachcomber, many thanks. Okay, Pattern Along Curve is working with the Extruded Surface as the feature (as a side note, I can only select it with the option "Select: Body"). However, things don't work out smoothly when applying the Thicken to this (perhaps the attached screenshot is...

Hi, I am getting an error when trying to use Pattern Along Curve in a Part file, in particular when the Feature to be replicated is a Thicken (SE V20). The reason I have a Thicken as a feature - as opposed to e.g. a Protusion - is that I start with a Sketch Curve, use Extruded Surface to...

Hello, I just upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 (both 64-bit), but now I cannot find a workaround to view thumbnails for Solid Edge (V20) par/asm files in the windows file explorer. Under Vista x64, I only had to open a 32-bit explorer (%windir%\SysWOW64\explorer.exe" /separate) and this showed...

Hi again, Many thanks, that did the trick. Regards, MT

Hi All, I couldn't find a forum post for the following: When I download and import Step files from various companies, the imported parts are often composed of a *set* of Part Copies. Apparently I can only make one of these a Base Feature. Importing as Part or Assembly doesn't seem to offer a...

Dear All, with some adjustable parts, I get nasty delays (30-60 seconds lock-up) when trying to apply a placement relationship in an assembly (V20). The parts are single protusions with adjustable extrusion depth. This seems to occur when the profile is not completely basic (maybe 60...

Hi All, it is possible to have dynamic property text in a Callout, e.g. '%{ay|autolabels1.par}'. But I did not find a way to achieve this with entries in a table or text boxes (it just shows the verbatim string). Is it possible to get this functionality? I would like to fill a table in the...

Dear All, I could not find a way to make reference planes appear in a draft drawing. Is this possible? (actually, I want to make only one specific plane visible from an assembly, and use it for adding dimensions). Regards, MT

Hey Beachcomber, many thanks for the useful tip - it works well. I had always naively thought that Smart Dimension could only be applied to a single object (i.e. click once). BTW: The shortcut for switching the parallel axis appears to be the "B" key (this discovered after pressing all the...

Hi, I am trying to add some dimensions to an isometric view in a draft (Solid Edge v20). The Smart Dimension tool works fine. But I also need to add some dimensions using Distance Between, and after many attempts and searching Help/Forums, I still can't work it out. An example is shown in the...

Hi dy, Many thanks for the help - indeed "Select" is what I should have used (sorry I didn't manage to achieve this simple step - the crashing froze my brain a bit). Ironically, Copy still crashes SE on my system, even when the Property Text has been Selected. But I guess I can survive this...

Hi again, I forgot to mention that I expose the variable first... MT

Dear All, I am trying to add some variable values from a part to the callout text in a draft. But Solid Edge simply crashes (error written further down in this post). Could someone please see if they can reproduce the following? Make a part, say a single protusion with a name (e.g. "diam")...

Dear All, For some designs, I have been starting with sketches in the assembly to define the geometry of the various parts. This seems to be comfortable, as I can use a variable table in the assembly, and keep all the design parameters there. When editing a part in-place, I mostly use Include...

Hi there, Thanks for the feedback. I haven't been using Simplified Parts, so I guess this is not my problem - good tip though. After some pondering, I started to suspect the problem is with parts which already have associative Includes from other assemblies. I did a quick test: Place...

Dear All, When I edit a part in-place in an assembly, and want to use Include (e.g. in a sketch, to include peer features) sometimes the option "Maintain associativity..." is deactivated and grayed out. I haven't been astute enough to work out when this happens or not. Often it works just...

Hi DY, Many thanks - I checked that out, but it doesn't seem to be the problem. After some tests (which I should have done before my first post - sorry), it seems the problem is related to having Part Copy's in the underlying Part files. The component parts are imported from Step files...