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Re: SolidWorks 2010 Enhancement Highlights

mark114 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:27:47 -0000

thanx man looking forward to using it :)

Re: SolidWorks World Online Game

Free Games — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:06:26 -0000

Hey cool post love triva games espessially in pubs with all the lads!!

Re: Dell M6400 Review

George — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:44:31 -0000

Thanks Ricky. It seems like a no-brainer to take this offer from Dell, but I'm not at all familiar with the M6400 other than researching it over the past day.

I would definitely need to upgrade it; throw out the 4 1GBs and put in 8GB; I need Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit and they're offering a lesser 32bit version. It comes with two 80GB hard drives and I want to keep my 320GB drives (which Dell says are RAID-compatible.) Otherwise he seems to be vastly superior to the Vostro 1710.

I hope, anyway!

Kind regards,
George

Re: Dell M6400 Review

rickyjordan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:15:22 -0000

Hi George,

Aside from the sound driver skipping a bit here and there, I have had no problems with the system and am extremely happy with it. If you are running SolidWorks, I recommend 64 bit Vista or Windows 7.

Ricky

Re: Dell M6400 Review

George — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:56:32 -0000

Dell is offering me a similar system to replace a Vostro laptop. Have you had any difficulties with this system since posting your review?

Re: SolidWorks Electrical Routing - Part 2

Rory — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:17:47 -0000

These videos were a big help. Thank you for putting them together!

Re: SolidWorks Help in your Browser!

ecirwin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:50:36 -0000

The feedback submission process worked this morning. No server errors this time.

Re: SolidWorks Help in your Browser!

rickyjordan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:21:08 -0000

Try the "Feedback on this topic" link again. SolidWorks told me they found an issue and have corrected it. Let me know how it goes for you.

Ricky

Re: SolidWorks Help in your Browser!

rickyjordan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:34:35 -0000

I passed along your comments to SolidWorks and they are looking into it.

Ricky

Re: SolidWorks Help in your Browser!

ecirwin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:17:32 -0000

I just tried that, but apparently the server is down. The Feedback gave me a server error in FireFox, Chrome, and IE.

Re: SolidWorks Help in your Browser!

rickyjordan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:10:39 -0000

Thanks for the heads up on opening in Safari. That is the kind of thing you could use the "Feedback on this topic" link for. :-)

Ricky

Re: SolidWorks Help in your Browser!

ecirwin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:08:00 -0000

Don't use Safari to surf the help web site. There is a lot missing from the page and you'll probably just be frustrated by the lack on info, like I was. FireFox and Chrome look to be much better.

Re: New Modeling Tool at SolidWorks Labs!

swingtrading3 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:32:45 -0000

Insightful read. I have stumbled and twittered this for my friends. Others no doubt will like it like I did.

Re: Dell M6400 Review

Ralph — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:19:42 -0000

I hear yea...I have a m6400 and it screams!!!

Re: SolidWorks Video Tip: 2009 Materials Database

rickyjordan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:51:10 -0000

Chris,

Have you tried creating a Custom Materials Database? You can copy the plastic material from the SolidWorks Materials Database straight into your newly created database. At that point you should be able to redefine your yield strength. Unless something has changed, I believe the SolidWorks Material Database is read-only. This might explain the problems you have been having.

Let me know if this works for ya.

Ricky

Re: SolidWorks 2009: Goodbye Colors. Hello Appearances!

rickyjordan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:37:46 -0000

Ivan,

See my response below to Tim Callinan's Comment. It might answer your question.

Ricky

Re: SolidWorks 2009: Goodbye Colors. Hello Appearances!

rickyjordan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:35:11 -0000

Tim,

You can insert an image file (such as a jpeg) as a texture. The easiest way to do this is to create a new folder using the Appearance tab in the task pane. (The tabs on the right side of the interface.) Once your folder is created, copy the image file to that folder. You can then drag the image file from the Appearances Task Pane directly onto your model. Use the Mapping Tab in the Appearance Property Manager to adjust the image mapping size. If you want more options, you can enable PhotoWorks and it will give you additional image mapping options.

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

Ricky

Re: SolidWorks 2009: Goodbye Colors. Hello Appearances!

Tim Callinan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:51:29 -0000

Hello,
I have a strange question. Can anyone help me. I have a student thats creating her dream home in solidworks as their main project. She wants the walls to be log cabin appearances which is fair enough - or something similar - we've looked at all the wood apperances but we cant find anything. Is it possible to download more appearances anywhere else or is it possible for us to create our own appearances using a photograph?? It looks like it will be an awesome project so i want her to get as much detail in it as possible - does anyone have advice for this. Thanks - Tim

Re: Dassault Systemes in NASCAR

vendinglocators — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:32:49 -0000

what a wonderful technology

Re: SolidWorks 2009: Goodbye Colors. Hello Appearances!

Ivan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:33:57 -0000

Hi, On my part, i see it a little difficult if you only want to add textures easily. Considering also the file size. Where i used to convert textured models to edrawings. Maybe the easy control of textures before would be added to the appearance panel also makes it faster i think.

Re: SolidWorks 2010: Mouse Gestures

Steve_Calvert — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:11:47 -0000

Very neat, can't wait until I can use it.

Re: SolidWorks 2010: Mouse Gestures

Deni — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:12:22 -0000

Nice article
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Re: SolidWorks Video Tip: 2009 Materials Database

chrismills — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:29:56 -0000

Ricky,
I am trying to add yield strength to a plastic, using this materials screen. Yet every time I add the 'yield strength' under the custom tab, when I try to use SimulationXpress add-in it tells me that yield strength is not defined, which in turn does not allow the calculation of Factor of Safety. Any hints? Thanks!

Re: SolidWorks Video Tip: Using Mates for Animation

waterjet71 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:57:11 -0000

Oh Man Why I didnt find you earlier. this is way too easy.. I think LOL thanks for the tip.

Re: SolidWorks Video Tip: Roll View

blaze222222 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:37:38 -0000

It seems to be a good viewing tool. but i have never seen it before. thanks for the information, i will try this tool. good job.....