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    3rd Party PDM

    I just talked to a guy at HawkRidge, our local VAR and he was saying that they haven't been able to get Solidworks Enterprise to work well with Wildfire (Creo). This is in contrast to what I was told a year ago from another guy at the same company, who said it worked great with Wildfire. Just to...
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    Rhino vs Pro/Surface & ISDX

    I use them both and love them both. Rhino is incredibly easy to learn and fast, fast, fast. It can open a huge variety a files and quickly manipulate them. I work with industrial designers every day and we couldn't function without it. ProSurface can build anything that Rhino can build...
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    importing, placing, and scaling logos

    On almost every product I design my clients ask for embossed logos. Importing the logos is easy. By orienting them with a coordinate system placing them where I want them is easy. The problem is that they are always the wrong size. What I do now is export my model to Rhino. Import the logo...
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    Set working Directory...

    Hi- Assuming you are using windows and starting Pro-E from a shortcut icon... Right click on the icon and choose "properties" from to pop up menu. In the properties window is a field labeled "Start In". Put the location of the folder you want to start in here. Cheers! Andy
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