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  1. DivingDoug

    Manipulating an imported part

    With nothing highlighted, select the Move/Copy Body command (See attached pdf file for location) Then in the left pane, for Bodies to Move, select the actual Imported Part (not in the tree but the actual part) Then I just went to the mates box to make it active, picked a point on the part and...
  2. DivingDoug

    Manipulating an imported part

    I actually discoverd that on the imported parts, you can delete the feature once the move is complete and it still stays in the new location
  3. DivingDoug

    Manipulating an imported part

    Found the answer. Guess I didn't search hard enough. Selecting Insert/Features/[Move/Copy] will allow the manipulation of an improted part.
  4. DivingDoug

    Manipulating an imported part

    I have found that much of the content that is available online (3-D partstream is a good example) provides a part file where the entire part is one imported item in the feature tree. Is there any way to manipulate these parts? I know I can add new features and such or I can use Featureworks to...
  5. DivingDoug

    Actual colors not consistent between part files

    Discoverd one additional condition that will affect color appearance. On many imported parts, the part may not necassarily coincide with the origin where as any lights are positioned based on the origin. This will therefore affect how the part appears. Also, Got the macros down, pretty...
  6. DivingDoug

    Actual colors not consistent between part files

    Since I had to shift hours and work to cover 2nd shift this week (uhg) I was able to spend some more time just going through everything again and again and finally, yes, discovered the root cause of the problem. I have photo works but don't use it but alas, the configurations of the various...
  7. DivingDoug

    Actual colors not consistent between part files

    I have an issue that is driving me up the wall. I download a lot of parts to use in my assemblies from content providers such as 3-D Content Central. Like in other threads I have found here, I like to use colors sparingly and have consistency across all my part files. Problem is, many parts...

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