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  1. ElectroMatt

    Sole drafter for 12 years, no degree... Any chance at another job?

    Thanks for the reply! I guess I should have been clearer. I'm looking to get another job as a drafter/designer for the time-being while I consider my options. My employer has decided that I have been disloyal by wanting to pursue (long term) another career path and has sentenced me to...
  2. ElectroMatt

    Sole drafter for 12 years, no degree... Any chance at another job?

    I took a job working in production right out of high school for a small mfg. company where I was transitioned into their Drafter position due to my computer skills (at the time). Since then I have standardized their mechanical and electrical documentation, converted 99% of their...
  3. ElectroMatt

    2007 slow/jerky on Pentium M Labtop

    I think he's referring to the Mobile Pentium chip used in low-power-consumption laptops. I doubt that they have the computing power to match that of a full-on desktop processor, much less a workstation-class machine. I'm running AutoCad on a 1.5ghz Pentium M laptop and it slows to a crawl...
  4. ElectroMatt

    *&@#$^ Configurations & Design Tables

    There's way too much to the software to be covered in just a week of training. I've been through the basics, sheet metal, adv. assy modeleing and now routing and found the training materials to be just a *basic* introduction into the software. The only way to learn how to use it is to just use...
  5. ElectroMatt

    How do you zero flattened sheet metal on drawing?

    I've ran into the same problem, but never found a solution. I think that what dmeyers is trying to do is make sure the bottom-most and left-most edges are coincident with the 0,0 of the drawing for export to .dxf so that CNC software has no offset when nesting. I have an a-sized sheet where I...
  6. ElectroMatt

    SW 2006 CD's

    I got my CDs yesterday, but I'm with smcadman. Waiting until SP1 to install it. I've gotten burned with 2003, 2004 and 2005 SP0. There looks to be some new functionality in sheet metal, I'm excited to use it!
  7. ElectroMatt

    Folders still held hostage by SW after it's closed?

    I'm the sole drafter/designer at my company. I used to have the same problems with files being locked even after Solidworks was closed, amongst other problems. I finally convinced my IT guy to let me move all my solidworks files back to my local drive and back up from there. Presto, no more...
  8. ElectroMatt

    Solidworks, Cadman (3DCONNEXION) and Excel

    Actually, it did, thanks guys!
  9. ElectroMatt

    Solidworks, Cadman (3DCONNEXION) and Excel

    Sorry to offend you, but I've been down the tech support roads already. I was looking for someone who may have had a similar problem and solved it. You apparently have not. I usually exhaust all options including FAQ's and calls to the VAR before I post here, so thanks for the SOL, you have been...
  10. ElectroMatt

    Cant resize border/ outline of a view in a drawing in SW 2005???

    You could try finding the view in the tree, right click on it, selecting 'lock view focus' and adding the notes afterward. That's what I do. Also, if you name your views (in the tree), you will have a much easier time selecting them. Hope that helps
  11. ElectroMatt

    Solidworks, Cadman (3DCONNEXION) and Excel

    I'm becoming annoyed with my Cadman motion controller when I'm working with design tables in Solidworks. I always 'edit table in new window' which loads excel and my design tables in, you guessed it, a new window. When I close that app and it starts to apply the changes, the mapping window for...
  12. ElectroMatt

    2006 Beta?

    Hopefully? Every new release of Solidworks I have ever installed since 2001+ has been rushed to market without being thoroughly tested. I don't want to see Solidworks 2006... until TWO THOUSAND AND SIX, if it comes out this year, it should be called TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PART 2: We fixed some...
  13. ElectroMatt

    Survey: How often does Solidworks crash on you?

    For me, Solidworks 2005 0.1 crashes minimum 2-3 times per day regardless of: a. How fast I'm working. b. How big/complex the part/assembly is I'm working on. c. How many other apps are open at the same time. I've tried several video cards and drivers, done clean installs, keep my temp clean...
  14. ElectroMatt

    2005 SP1.1 Glitch List

    Anyone else having problem with BASIC in-context relations? This is ridiculous. It seems like it just keeps getting worse, the basic functionality degrades to the same degree that all you add-on people get your new toys. For the record in this forum, Solidworks has NEVER fixed ANYTHING I have...
  15. ElectroMatt

    Degrees of Freedom Indicator????

    I have this happen pretty frequently as I do a lot of cylindrical mates. Most times all it will require is a forced rebuild with CTRL+Q. Other times I have to open up the individual components and make forced rebuilds in them first. Solidworks can be very frustrating. Sketching in 2005 is a...
  16. ElectroMatt

    DXF exports from SW to ACAD, too many objects!

    I'm interested in the LISP routines, anyone have a reference to them? Thanks for the PEDIT tip, merging these lines is what I'm looking to do, but it wouldn't be feasible when working with thousands of line segments. BTW, I have posted this question in the AutoCAD forum as well, I feel as if...
  17. ElectroMatt

    DXF exports from SW to ACAD, too many objects!

    Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I was mainly referring to joining these edges, not removing them. imagine 10 or so ------------- edges showing up as one. I need to export these coincident, colinear edges as merged or have a way to merge them post export. Thanks, Matt
  18. ElectroMatt

    DXF exports from SW to ACAD, too many objects!

    As a follow up to my question, I am exporting object lines, hidden lines and tangent lines in separate layers, so I can eliminate these layers as needed.
  19. ElectroMatt

    DXF exports from SW to ACAD, too many objects!

    When I export drawings from Solidworks to a DXF format for my 2D assembly and wiring drawings, some of these files contain 30,000+ objects. Upon further inspection, I have realized that solidworks exports every visible edge as a separate line regardless how small. Also, many edges are coincident...
  20. ElectroMatt

    block text edit

    I'm wondering just how much video card this hungry hippo of software is going to require before it works properly... I'm using an ELSA Synergy 2000 card which was on the approved list of video cards and I believe still is. Is a $500+ card simply required to handle this software?

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