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[24 Sep 2008 | 12 Comments | ]

SolidWorks provides the ability to create administrative install images that can be used to make a CAD administrator’s job much less stressful by allowing quick and easy installation of SolidWorks.  There are several benefits to using an administrative image, such as:

standardizing installations across multiple seats/locations.
pushing out file locations and/or customizations.
performing pre- and post-install maintenance or other tasks.
easily apply service packs.
ability to quickly and easily roll back to an earlier service pack if there are any problems with a service pack.

The creation of these administrative images used to have to be …

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[29 Aug 2008 | 9 Comments | ]

If you’ve ever needed to use a foreshortened diameter dimension in your drawings, you’ve likely ran into issues getting them to show up.  Maybe it’s just me, but the Help doesn’t give you much to go on…all you get is “When you drag a diameter dimension to another drawing view, and the software detects that the dimension will be too large for the drawing view, the dimension is automatically foreshortened.”  That’s all well and good, but that doesn’t tell you everything.
I’ve recently had this issue brought up several times over …