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  1. ral72

    How soon after being hired should employees be allowed to check dwgs.?

    My Engineering Dept. has 2 newly hired Engineers, right out of college. They've both been on board for about 2 months. I got an email this morning from one of them, requesting to be added to the list for checking/approving our drawings in our electronic format. I, in turn, emailed our...
  2. ral72

    Medical Device Drawing standards: ISO vs. ANSI/ASME

    Hello, Hopefully, I can make this as simple as possible... I work for a small medical device company, and I'd like to order a set of drawing standards that we can adhere to. How does one determine to go with ISO standards vs. ASME standards? Does it depend on what industry you are in? It seems...
  3. ral72

    ISO standards vs. ANSI/ASME standards

    Hello, Hopefully, I can make this as simple as possible... I work for a small medical device company, and I'd like to order a set of drawing standards that we can adhere to. How does one determine to go with ISO standards vs. ASME standards? Does it depend on what industry you are in? It seems...
  4. ral72

    SW 2007, 2008 on the same machine?

    Another thing that might help is running the "conversion wizard" in Solidworks shortly after installing a new version. The wizard creates a "Solidworks Conversion Backup" folder in which everything is saved as the prior Solidworks version. This also makes a nice "aw sh**" backup folder that can...
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    Bitmaps in DWG Editor "disappear"

    Using SW 2008, SP3; A newer computer with 2GB CPU, 1GB RAM, and Nvidia Quadro FX560 video card. Video drivers and Windows Updates are all up to date. Hmmm, where to begin. I'm in an Engineering Dept. with 9 other engineers. We currently have 3 licenses of AutoCAD R14, and we use Solidworks...
  6. ral72

    Title Block Info when converting from 2-D to 3-D

    I have a question about title block information... We're in the middle of converting several 2-D drawings into SolidWorks format. What should I do with the "Drawn By", "Checked By", and "Approved" information? Should I update it since I actually created the new drawing, or should I copy the...
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