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Modeling Printed Graphics
How responsive is SolidWorks when it comes to enhancement requests? Do they usually get back to you one way or another?- cbhausen
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- Forum: DASSAULT: SOLIDWORKS 3D Design
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Modeling Printed Graphics
meintsi: To make a long story short, we extract silhouette images of instrumentation (hand tools, basically) from CAD data, arrange these on a sheet metal surface, and design bracketry around this layout. Once these images go from a vector format to TIFF, they become unusable for referencing...- cbhausen
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Modeling Printed Graphics
meintsi: Thanks for the info. I tried this as well but vector graphics (like a SW drawing) look terrible when exported to .tif. I am trying to keep these images in vector format if possible--this is ideally to be camera-ready artwork. The sketch itself works great if I am willing to put up...- cbhausen
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Modeling Printed Graphics
MadMango: I have SW 2001 Plus so I have access to PhotoWorks but I have not yet investigated the decal functionality. Will decals show up only in rendered scenes or can they be saved on a part and show up in detail drawings? I have sent in an enhancement request re. this issue. Any other...- cbhausen
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- Forum: DASSAULT: SOLIDWORKS 3D Design
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Modeling Printed Graphics
To clarify, cosmetic features in Pro/E display properly in all but shaded mode, where they are visible all the time. In drawings and assemblies, their display is realistic based on display mode, intervening parts, etc.- cbhausen
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- Forum: DASSAULT: SOLIDWORKS 3D Design
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Modeling Printed Graphics
MadMango: Thanks for the reply. I have explored these options and they work okay for text if I don't mind "engraving" what are typically silk screened sheet metal parts. However, this really slows things down if you have a lot of text and doesn't solve the problem of graphic...- cbhausen
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Modeling Printed Graphics
I am new to Solidworks but have extensive Pro/E experience. Is there a SW2001 Plus feature or function equivalent to the "cosmetic feature or "datum curve" of Pro/E? My product design workflow often requires development of a silk screened graphic early on. This graphic is then...- cbhausen
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