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The AN series of bolts look great for my application. Thanks!

I am looking for hex head bolts with a short thread. Such as 7/16-20 x 1.5 bolt with only a .5" thread. We could use a standard 2" partially threaded bolt and cut off .5" leaving .625 thread on the now 1.5" bolt, but would rather find an off the shelf supplier. My fastener supplier was of no...

I am trying to add a part to an explosion sequence. It was easy in SolidWorks to add or remove a part from an explosion step. How do I do it in Inventor? Thanks, Steve

I have assemblies that I cannot pick a part from the work area to open (I have to find it in the tree), nor can I pick an edge to measure. Everything highlights. The assemblies were made by someone no longer here. The parts that I cannot pick are groups of parts that were patterned using a...

I started XP and SW this morning, opened the part and it now allows me to pick it in all uses (part, assembly, and drawings). Yesterday I restarted SW, but I do not think that I rebooted XP. I have no idea of what happened. I want to thank all in this forum. It has been very valuable to me. I...

I have a configuration part that will not let me select it as a part, assembly part, or drawing part. The default part works fine, but configuration part,(it has one hole suppressed) will not select. It will not let me highlight any surfaces or features in the part, although I can pick planes...

I looked at the link and understand "how" to change OpenGL and hardware acceleration. But what should they be set to for my card, which supports OpenGL? There seems to be differing opinions? Should I have the OpenGL on? Should my hardware acceleration be "none". I may try Scott's driver...

I enabled OpenGL and they are still missing.

I have a part to which I have added a sketch. I have the need for the sketch to show up on the drawing. I have clicked on "show" for the sketch in the drawing tree, which I am sure I have done before. Some of the centerlines I made the sketch from show up partially, and some do not show up or...

I am applying decals to a part using "Decal" in PhotoWorks. Or should I say attempting to. One decal needs to be on two surfaces. One is planar and meets another that is slightly curved. "Decal" menu only allows me to pick one surface. Decal (TIFF image) appears on the surface I pick, but...

Scott, I do not understand your reply, since I am logged in with my username and password. Otherwise I could not have searched any forum or made this post. Regarding the Knowledge base, I have done a full site search and cannot fine it. What are you referring to? Note that I did a search...

I recently noticed that search does not work on the Solidworks forum when I choose "SolidWorks CAD products only". It does work when I choose "full site search". I tried it on other forums, and it works on some and does not work on some. What is going on?

In Pro-E I was able to rotate a model view a specified number of degrees about the x, y, or z axis and save it as a new view. Can this be done in SolidWorks? In SW I can of course rotate in 15 degree increments with the arrow keys, but I need more control. I can also use the free rotate, but it...

The split line worked well. For some reason the view-show sketches will does not show sketches in the drawing views (Everything shows fine in the model). Also, the drawing will not show planes, but will show axes and temporary axes.

I am trying to show a projected curve on a drawing or cut a projected curve on the model, which will of course show on the drawing. I have a model for a rotational mold and I am trying to show areas for sand blasting. I made a sketch and projected it onto surfaces (more than one surface). I...

When I first started SolidWorks, I was the only user and did similar to Bradley. I did a save as copy and changed name and dimensions as needed. Then I worked for a company with Pro-E and they made a generic part for each main fastener catagory and used configurations (Pro-E calls them family...

Thanks. It was "hidden" among toolbars on the right side. I was just not used to using it. Guess my VAR not being any help on this simple question tells me something about them.

Is there a way to display the full path to a document file. Under the File drop down some of the recently open documents show the full path, like C:\solidworks\hardware\part, displayed and some only show the part name. In Pro-E I could set an option to display the full path. I have searched SW...

I need a way to adjust a handle for different heights of operators. It needs to lock in well once adjusted. This is on a machine that is pushed. I am using a metal loop style handle (kind of like a lawn mower handle). A set of "toothed" faces would work. I have seen the "toothed" face approach...

I found the answer to my question. The holes were in a sheetmetal part, but all were not picked up, because they were on different surfaces. I had to redefine the missing holes so they were on the same side of the flattened sheet. In this case the green side which the coordinite system had been...