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The cnc shop does not have the Mastercam solid option. They are inquiring about pricing for it. It appears that Mastercam and SolidWorks use different coordinate systems because the front plane in SolidWorks is the XY plane and in Mastercam the top plane is XY. From the little I know about...

The cnc shop has Mastercam. Mastercam can directly open a Solidworks file. When the Solidworks file is opened in Mastercam will they be able to choose the reference coordinate systems I have set up in Solidworks for their G54, G55, G56 or will they still have to set them up in Mastercam?

So by exporting and importing I'm making the reference geometry coordinate system that I added the new coordinate system rather than the just a reference geometry coordinate system?

Thanks to both of you for the examples of where I would need to make use of a reference geometry coordinate system. Would I be right or wrong in thinking that I have to use the Body-Move/Copy Feature rather than creating a reference geometry coordinate system if the machine shop people want the...

Can someone please give me some practical examples of where you would need to use a reference geometry coordinate system. I don't really understand what they are used for.

http://labs.solidworks.com/Blog/Blog.aspx?post=5 Much better!

Who makes 3rd party software to customize the right mouse button in Solidworks so I can stop running threw menus and chasing icons?

I'd like to be able to choose commands rather than hitting icons from toolbars or using menus.

Is there anyway to do it?

Yes. Thanks.

Since Ironcad was mentioned I wondered if anyone has seen this and if they feel Solidworks can do the same thing as easily. The TriBall thingy looks pretty cool to me. http://www.magnacad.com/Bulletins/dfm.swf

If I'm in an assembly and I right click a face to edit a part is there a way to make all the other parts in the assembly automatically display in wireframe mode?

Thanks works fine now.

I can't figure out why I can't use Surface Offset 8 so that I can use Cut With Surface. When I try this I get an error message. The part can be found here. http://www.mydatabus.com/public/belinda/Handle2.sldprt I remove the check mark from Auto Select and manually select the 14 solid bodies...

Very helpful. Thanks. I was not able to select the edges I wanted in shaded mode. I am able to select them now.

In SolidWorks 2007 I find that I constantly have to go back and forth between shaded and wire frame mode in order to select the entities I want. This is because when I right mouse click in wire frame I get different choices with Select Other than I do when right clicking Select Other in shaded...

Any source of information can at times be very helpful. I try not to limit myself.

Thanks for your input Jeff. CorBlimeyLimey, "There are sooo many responses to those statements going through my head .... if only this weren't a public forum ..." Post them with another name? Post them on a uncensored usenet group like comp.cad.soldworks with another name? Just post them! :)

CorBlimeyLimey, would it be fair to say that the mistake I made was picking up a ton of external relations that I didn't want? I suppressed all the external relations in the button sketch and now everything works. Is it acceptable modeling practice to just remove these external relations and...

I offset the edges to create the buttons.