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  1. trsbrown

    Assembly Drawings vs MPI's

    Exploded views for presentations. Unexploded assembly drawings broken down into sub-assemblies for machining prints. I always thought MPIs were for work instructions on assembly lines. The only time I messed with those were in my manufacturing engineering days so I haven't had to make any in...
  2. trsbrown

    Coordinate dimensioning in drawings?

    Nevermind...going back and reading the thread...that was TheTick's way of doing it. Doh! I'm going to bed now. :)
  3. trsbrown

    Coordinate dimensioning in drawings?

    I don't know of any easy way of doing it...but I do know of a way. You'll probably hate it, haha.(as you should, but I don't know of any other way, so maybe a macro expert can take a stab) :) 1. Create ordinate dimensions as you normally would. 2. Create a note pointing to the feature...
  4. trsbrown

    Coordinate dimensioning in drawings?

    I think what he was trying to say was that adding ballooned BOMS has no relevance to automatically adding X and Y ordinate dimensions to a drawing. Gwubs- This doesn't answer your question but from my experience with cutting companies, if you give them a couple dimensions on the .dxf and also...
  5. trsbrown

    Anyone running SolidWorks on a Mac?

    Vincearlia, I have a very similar setup to what you're talking about. I can run 800+ part assemblies no prob in lightweight mode. The only limitation I've had is when I have those huge assemblies open with multiple (detailed) automotive engines throughout different configurations of the main...
  6. trsbrown

    Assembly Question

    Your picture with all the different sketches is frightening! If I were you, I would try to master setting up different configurations. Based on what I've read in the thread, I'm going to assume this is your first big automotive assembly. I don't claim to know it all, but here are 10 tips I've...
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