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Thanks jackk! The external parameters was linked to a file that was not delivered to us. I am now able to change my parameter. I spent so much time trying to figure it out. I have never messed with parameters before.

Hmm. I think my problem may have been slightly misunderstood. I have a parameter that is locked. It is called 'External Parameters\skin thk' under the formula window. The problem is the tree does not contain (at least it is not visible) "External Parameters" so I have no idea how to view it.

I have a model that was delivered from a customer and some parameters are hidden in the tree and locked which I need to modify. Is there a quick way that I can just unhide all parameters in the tree?

I am currently on a computer that has 4GB of RAM. I am trying to allocate the maximum amount of memory to NASTRAN for the run. The most I can give it in the command line is 1536MB (1.5 GB) and that doesn't even work some of the time (1024mb works all the time). I would like to be able to...

Does this also work for Windows XP Home? I have 4GB of RAM but am only able to allow NASTRAN to use up to 1GB without failing.

I haven't figured out how to edit my posts on this forum but I would like to say I think I figured out all of my problems. Basically the whole thing was my stupidity. Thanks to all for your help. It is much appreciated.

Ok. I am getting frustrated. The parts come into the assembly the correct color per MadMango's suggestion. Now when I join everything, it seems all the color properties of the original parts are removed. This is incredibly frustrating as all I want is a simple colored picture. I can't just...

Wow thanks for the help MadMango. I don't think I would have thought about going back to the original part files.

Thanks again for the help. Can anyone offer suggestions on coloring the part? I'm not sure separate colors can be used on part files like in assemblies.

Well I have attached a pic of the file tree for you guys to look at. I did figure out a round about way of solving my problem. I joined all the parts together in the assembly to form a new part. Then I just drew the outlines of the brackets and extruded them out which cut off the edges. I...

Thanks for the quick reply. I will need to trim the I-beam as well but I figured if I can just get one way down I can just copy it on all the rest. I don't seem to be able to extrude the line segments. Should I be in the Assembly or the part?

Thanks for the quick reply. I will need to trim the I-beam as well but I figured if I can just get one way down I can just copy it on all the rest.

Hello everyone, I am a bit archaic and using SW2000. Anyway, I have made an assembly and joined all parts together and would like to trim excess material from the part. This is a picture of what I am trying to say. I want to trim the "z beams" back to where they intersect each other. Can I...

I will try that. I tried it already but I cut and paste an then saved as jpg in paint so I lost a fair amount of quality on the image. I will try just cutting from paint and straight into word and see how that works.

My current display is 1280x1024. The only reason I am trying to get the picture is that I want to insert it into a word document. I have used centimeter scale for length and everything turns out fine when saving as a jpg. The problem is when I have the scale in feet (which is actually what it...

Sorry to keep going on but im still having problems. I have gotten the dimensions/annotations to be legible if i use differnet units (cm. in this case) even though everything I'm drawing is in feet. I think I have a better understand of what happens. It appears that when saving as a jpg SW...

Hmmmm, I think it has something to do with the dimensions and actual sizing of the object. I just made a small rectangle when I opened up SW and added the dimensions and then saved as a .jpg. It looked fine. Then I added some random line to make the object "bigger" on the viewing area. Then...

Well the option wasn't grayed when I tried again but still didn't solve the problem. I have tried inserting the solidworks file into word for a report (which is why i need an image of the part) but couldn't get that to work either. Here is the picture that I am having problems with...

That option is grayed out for me.

Would printer drivers or video card really make a difference when saving as a jpg or pdf? Everything is completely fine when working within solidworks itself. Also I checked the video card page that Scott listed and the only problem with my video card noted is slow OpenGL performance.