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yeah, if you can downgrade, you may be able to get it to work but... looks like nVidia did not like this and worked more to lock out the mod options.. .. it was http://www.guru3d.com/ .. but, may be this can be of some help?? http://somemorebytes.com/wp/index.php/software/nvpmmanager/ ..

first,... new balance.. imho.. not the most complex shapes in shoe design and,.. if I recall.. they used Rhino for the complex stuff.... and,.. just because they choose to use Solidworks for the soles does not make it a shoe or sole design tool... honesty,.. there are a lot of past designs created with tools which were not good choices.. they were choices which fit for that time and place. .. sometimes we can choose our pain.

I still do not see the link to the shoe?... although, I do "not" believe SolidWorks is the right choice for modeling shoes,.. I'm sure it's possible with a lot of effort!? I'd ask Matt and SolidWorks Corp about what is going on with that model but from what I can see, the loft fails and the main profile is lost and you only see the one composite sketch in the feature list. There is a work around fix for this though,.. first, note what the constraints are set at, two choose two new curves.. let it fail.,.. three, reselect the old curves and set the old constraints and it should update.. although, I can see other failures as well... Sadly, this is the weekness of SolidWorks, ... the company making this software fixes and breaks stuff all the time. i.e.,.. "SolidDoesNotWorks"

..hmm, did you post a image? btw,.. doing a "body-in-white" search.. stuff comes up.. but, not sure how good they are?? http://www.maruf.ca/files/catiahelp/sdgug_C2/ http://www.catiatutorial.com/catiav6/catia6automotivebodyinwhitedesignconfiguration.asp http://catiatutor.com/Basic/CATIA-Handbook/class-a-surfacing.html http://catia.cad2design.com/videos/75981/CATIA+Body+in+White+Modeling

Hello all, I've been wanting to post a FYI link to those out there who maybe thinking about 3D printing, such as Polyjet? I honestly do not know this company personally, I just know them because I send quotes out for prototypes but have not used them (yet).. Although, I think they are a wonderful inspiration and resource for all you 3D modelers/sculptures who want to bring your virtual ideas into real form. Check it out.. ,... www.moddler.com Pretty kewl stuff,... no!? 8^)

thanks Mr. Black.... I have not really used Catia V5.. I only played with it.. had one chance to really use it but regretfully decided to step back from the gig. only wish I had more clients which had it. And you?.. are you a Catia V5 user?

glad it helped you Matthodge...

..here's a go at it... not exactly the image but maybe something which will help spark some direction in you modeling layout.. thinggg-zxys.zip

..(standing in corner)... OK! 8^)

..less cad like..sorry, could not help it.. ok, I could but had to do it.. (toned it down) 8^) ...nice sketch! - chja0011

here's a thread which hits on what it does.. http://www.productdesignforums.com/topic/7642-heal-edges-solidworks/

very nice work!... maybe post orthographic views (front/side/top) and a iso view with perspective turned on (or use a camera) as well? ..

..if you roll back before the Heal Edge, you will see that the edge used for the corner loft is segmented. (I chose the delete face feature (body) for the Heal Edge feature.)

as Pawel has suggested.. I did the same.. here is my example.. blend_matthodge_zxys.zip

...not sure if this is close or not but,....this is what I came up with.. STAGE-FINAL-zxys.zip