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1. Since updating to v19 when adding a thread I get an error message "The selected thread does not have a thread family identifier & it is required for automatic thread updating. Add an appropriate thread family identifier to the holes.txt or pipethreads.txt files". How can I stop the error?

2. I have reference planes in my model but I am unable to see them in the Feature Pathfinder. When the same part is opened on another users machine we are able to see the planes OK. What do we need to do in order to see the planes on this machine?

3. I created a body using the LOFT command to make half volume and then I mirrored it to complete the body. I don't know why the part file is huge, 50Mb. Then I hollowed the part with the thin wall command and the file growed to 180Mb. Is this right? A part made out of surfaces should be that big? I can barlly do anything because my computer is so slow, when I work in it.

4. I would like to create a rectangular pattern of a feature using the staggered and fill options. I have been able to create the pattern but not able to define the spacing correctly. The height of the pattern will not change.

5. Is it possible to add custom face colours to a part model?

6. I can see some different glyphs appearing in the feature pathfinder what do they mean? I have seen a blue circular arrow, a grey arrow and a red circle with line through.

7. I have a profile in a part model and would like to make two circles equal or symmetric about the centre reference plane on the part. This is so that the dimensions to control the profile only need to be applied to one of the circles.

8. I would like to apply a JPG image as a logo onto a single face of a part model. How is this done?

9. Please could you help, we have been sent 2 AutoCAD R14 files from a Chinese customer and we cannot open the files fully in Solid Edge. We have opened them in AutoCAD and they are 3d wire frames with surfaces.

10. I have generated a part model that has a series of circular and rectangular pattern features and now want to edit the number of occurrences in each pattern.

11. I am trying to paint individual faces on a part different colours. When I use the Part Painter command I can only change the colour of the whole part. When the option is set to change individual faces nothing happens

12. I have a Solid Edge part that contains a rectangular pattern. How do you edit the spacing and occurrences in the pattern?

13. I am trying to edit the plane used for a mirror feature within a part model. The model was generated by another user and the mirror feature uses a parallel plane. How can I establish where the plane was positioned?

14. I have had a symbol appear in a part model that has three axes and CM and CV labels next to it. I have not seen this before. What is it and how can I turn it off?

15. Is it possible to measure the total length of a series of 2d entities that make up a sketch in a part model?

16. I am trying to generate a basic sketch in a model. Every time I draw a line I get a driving dimension appear. How can I turn this off?

17. How do you wrap a sketch containing a text profile onto a cylindrical surface?

18. I would like to add a text profile in a sketch and then be able to rotate the text to another orientation. How can this be done?

19. I have a curved part and would like to place a cut out into the curved surface that has a uniform depth of 2mm.

20. I am trying to create a sketch by including the edges of a cylinder. I can select the edges that form the ends of the cylinder but cannot select the horizon or soft edges of the cylinder.

21. How do you add extra control point to a spline curve that has been generated in a sketch?

22. I have a part that contains a curved face and would like to generate a protrusion on the curved face that is a constant thickness and offset from the original face.

23. I am creating a cut out on a face which has some angles sides. When the face is chosen for the cut out the plane axis is not in line with the default planes in the model. Instead it is in line with one of the edges. How can the plane axis be aligned with the global planes?

24. Is it possible to scale a part model?

25. I have created a part which has been thin walled. Now I would like to change the thickness of the thin wall. How is this done?

26. I have created a face style in a part and would like to make it available in other files as well as the normal Solid Edge templates.

27. Is it possible to adjust the location of a part copy once it has been inserted in another part model?

28. I would like to stop the view switching to the plane view when generating a sketch or profile. How is this done?

29. For some reason all dimensions that I place in the profile environment are 'Driven' dimensions and do not drive geometry. When the dimension is selected and the value changed it becomes underlined and the geometry does not change. How can I set it so dimensions drive geometry?

30. How do you place a PMI callout that is aligned normal to the current screen view?

31. I am trying to create a cavity in a solid block from an existing component. How can this be done?

32. Is it possible to transfer saved hole settings in a part from one version of Solid Edge to another. For example when upgrading from V19 to V20?

33. I would like to know if you can add named views on a global basis to the ‘Named Views’ dropdown in the part screen. I know I can draw a part and then add named views but can I format the new part screen it so that the named views are there as soon as you open a new part screen i.e. add left, bottom, and back to the existing dropdown?

34. Is it possible to add and populate custom attributes to existing Solid Edge documents that do not already have the desired attributes?

35. How can you project a JPG logo onto the face of a part?

36. I am trying to open a DWG file that contains 3D data but I am only able to use a 2d draft template.

37. I have been given a list of materials and their properties in excel format, is there any way of populating the materials file in solid edge other that inputting each material one by one?

38. I am trying to use an imported 2D DWG file to construct a 3D model. I have managed to copy the geometry into a profile but I now get an error saying that the profile is not connected. What is wrong?

39. In Solid Edge ST I am trying to scale some part profile geometry but cannot find the scale command. Where has it been moved to?