SolidWorks installation, missing Toolbox

[nscherneck]

hey guys,

im trying to add fasteners to an assembly im putting together but it sems that Toolbox was not installed when i installed SolidWorks Office Preium 2007. Its strange because it says, during setup that Toolbox will be installed. Still it is missing.

Can i install it after the fact or do i need to reinstall?

Thank you.

[Lazer]

Tools > Add-ins then click Solidwork toolbox.

[nscherneck]

excellent, ill give that a shot when i get home. do i need to have the cd for this?

[Lazer]

No cd required as it should have installed as standard, all you need to do now is activate it, once you do as I said above you will notice you have a new drop down menu next up the top along side FILE EDIT INSERT TOOLS TOOLBOX FLOWORKS ECT..... (be in a part or an assembly thou)

[nscherneck]

yes it worked. now i just need to learn to work with the Toolbox itself. thank you!

another question...do the fasteners ever show their threads or will they always look like a smooth cylinder?

[Lazer]

yes it worked. now i just need to learn to work with the Toolbox itself. thank you!

another question...do the fasteners ever show their threads or will they always look like a smooth cylinder?

From the top of my head you can hover over the threaded area you want, right click and appearance>texture scroll to thread and adjust the threads size and direction.

They should all have a thread on them but from what I remember some don't (by thread I mean the bipmap are missing)

[Bloodwig80]

on mine they dont show up on the part, but they do show up on the drawing.

[nscherneck]

Bloodwig, the threads just show without any setting changes? I created a drawing, my first one, and the threads didnt show.

[Lazer]

Hay look on the bright side I answered the post title 'Missing Toolbox'

... were moving off topic guys, SolidWorks is new to this board so lets move it forward and onwards, any new questions post them in a new thread.

[zupp]

Helo I have one question about toolbox.

I have SolidWorks Student version and I wanted to activate toolbox but i can't find it in Tools/Add-ins tab. I belive it's not instaled becouse it's student version. Is it possible to get in and install after i've instaled SW? Where can I get it (Soldworks support,...)?

Thanx, bye