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CSFEng Thanks for the code I would have taken me months to write something like this. But you have given me the building blocks to do everything I want to. I like the database for tracking mails. Our QA is keen to log all correspondence automatically. More stars for you.

I upgraded to AutoCAD Mechanical 2009 in November. After Christmas I the toolbars disappeared so I reinstalled. Since then I have either reinstalled or repaired once per week. After the last repair I copied all the user profiles to a separate directory so I could copy them back if they became...

I have started writing a similar macro but this is a job done in my “spare time” i.e. is not getting done. I want to add and sequentially number the mails as well and check for duplicates in order to suffix them with another character. The other part I intend to develop is to save the...

Thanks for the replies. I am also interested in the auto numbering of Emails. Since the QA highlighted that if you lose a mail either electronic or paper how do you know that it existed in the first place. If it had a number then there would be a number missing. I am thinking of programming...

When managing a project we send and receive a large number of Emails using MS outlook. These we drag and drop into a common folder on our network for reference. However we give the Email a sequential number for out going and another for incoming mails. So when sending a mail the sequence of...

My company do not have a history of formalising their calculations this is something that I wish to instigate so we don’t have any historic examples. I have done calc’s for example nuclear lifting equipment which are very formal but probably excessive for our purposes. I thought checking them...

I am a Design Engineering Manager of a company that designs bespoke machinery Recently I have been given sets of calculations to check that were difficult to understand. Mathematically they were correct however their presentation was not in a methodical sequence for example there was no...

Thanks I have been trying to figure this out for a long time. I dont think I would have got there on my own

Is there a way of selecting a directory in a SolidWorks macro? I want the user to select a directory batch open and save a pdf copy to another directory. I can do every thing but the directory part. I have done a similar prog in excel with the getfileopen method but SW doesent have this. The...

I am Now using AGV,Free for home. I have used Norton which is ok it came with the computort. I bought a copy of Macafee which crashed the two computors that I loaded it on I ended up reformatting them both!!!. Macafee support un-helpful.

I have customers who want drawings in DWG format. To do this I have a macro that puts different line and annotation onto different layers. This can be done with swAnnot.GetType. How do I select construction lines with chain style in to put them onto a centreline layer from within a macro?

I would like the file name to appear in a custom property. According to the help files I should add to the custom properties “SW-File Name” in a similar manner to the mass and other properties. However this does not work. Is it possible?

I have just done some noise measurements of a bench grinder mounted on a pedestal just to try out analysing frequencies using a microphone ( Just because I got my hands on one). I picked the grinder because it is quite noisy and didn’t have a gearbox. It rotates at 2918 rpm circa 50 Hz however...

I am just about to start my first move into Engineering Design Management. I will be managing a team of probably 4 Staff plus additional contractors. Over the years I have supervised design teams but I have never been the Boss. Do you have any useful tips that you may share?