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SolidWorks Measure Tool, Circle Select is Greyed Out

Have you tried to use the measure tool, under the Evaluate tab, and found that the drop down box to the left is greyed out? I often use this feature to select the edges or center of circles and holes.   The problem lies in a new feature in the measure tool, called “Point to […]

Break Reference to Toolbox

How to make parts that originated as Toolbox parts to be treated as normal parts, i.e., break the link to Toolbox By default, any files from the Toolbox are flagged with a hidden property called “IsToolboxPart”.  You need to change this property to remove the reference to the Toolbox. To make SolidWorks forget that a […]