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anthony_bellin
Document Model Upgrade and Solidworks Setup
Hello everyone, I am currently working on a complete overhaul of our drawing standards in SolidWorks, and I am looking for feedback and best practices. Today, we use models (plans, cartridges, nomenclatures) that are quite old and are no longer reliable. The objective…
Romaric
Nomenclature hyperlinks
Hello, We use the EXCEL nomenclature extracted from SMARTBOOM via MyCadTools, I would like to know if it was possible to create a hyperlink that would allow to open the drawing according to the reference of each part, the drawings would be located in a folder on a serv…
alebas
Manipulating a part in an assembly with a 3D mouse?
Hello Is there a way to manipulate a part in an assembly with the 3D mouse and display the assembly with the normal mouse? My goal is to check that I can pass a part in my assembly to its place.   Thank you.
anthony_bellin
Document Model Upgrade and Solidworks Setup
Hello everyone, I am currently working on a complete overhaul of our drawing standards in SolidWorks, and I am looking for feedback and best practices. Today, we use models (plans, cartridges, nomenclatures) that are quite old and are no longer reliable. The objective…
Romaric
Nomenclature hyperlinks
Hello, We use the EXCEL nomenclature extracted from SMARTBOOM via MyCadTools, I would like to know if it was possible to create a hyperlink that would allow to open the drawing according to the reference of each part, the drawings would be located in a folder on a serv…
alebas
Manipulating a part in an assembly with a 3D mouse?
Hello Is there a way to manipulate a part in an assembly with the 3D mouse and display the assembly with the normal mouse? My goal is to check that I can pass a part in my assembly to its place.   Thank you.
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