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  1. jacbal

    Configuration Properties

    Hooooops !!! I did'not read you question up to the end :). If the property is set to document name you cannot change that value : it is going to be what it just says, the document name. Sorry for the previous post.
  2. jacbal

    Configuration Properties

    Here is one : Assuming that the variable "MD2" is set to your active part or assembly, Dim p(0 To 0) As String, V(0 To 0) As String p(0) = "$PARTNUMBER" V(0) = "$C" 'Edit default configuration With Md2 .EditConfiguration3 "Default", "Default", "", "", _ False Or False Or False...
  3. jacbal

    Setting material using API in SW2005

    Hey, PartDoc.SetMaterialPropertyName(database, name) is obsolete in Sw2005 SP0.1 Use PartDoc.SetMaterialPropertyName2( configName, database, name). This might solve your 1rst problem. I cannot reproduce the second problem on my system. Check your project's references to see if you are...
  4. jacbal

    Considering switch from ACAD to Solidworks...

    AVI, Photo, Rendering,... It's all in SW Office (approx. $4000). I have also evaluated REVIT : very nice tool. But no API. I agree with Theophilus : (Autodesk) "They seem to have forgotten how to think and innovate (my $0.02)." and listen client :) Jacques Balzer www.con-span.com
  5. jacbal

    Considering switch from ACAD to Solidworks...

    Dear, We are a civil engineering firm in the precast bridge industry. We where using MDT until autodesk drop the product, and we where ready to switch to Inventor. As we where looking for alternate solutions, we discovered Solidworks. After being trained for Inventor by autodesk in San...
  6. jacbal

    What Laptop to get?

    I'm using a M60 and SW 2003/2004/2005 since a year now : great performances , great Laptop. Just 1 complain: the 40GB hard drive is slow (5400 RPM), the 60GB at 7200 RPM should be your choice. M60/Pentium M 1.7GH/512 MB/NVIDIA® Quadro FX Go700/128MB / WUXGA display (1900x1200 wonderfull)
  7. jacbal

    ANY KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH SOLIDWORKS 2005 SP0

    We have tested 2005 SP0 on a clean machine (a new one): Crashes, features that do not updates, configurations that NEVER update, API problems, drawings instability, memory not relesased when closing a file, ... need more ? We will wait SP1 to to test it again.
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