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They arent dimensioning the sketch period. Just making it look like the example and then fixing everything. Therefore the model isnt dimensionaly correct.

Im teaching a SW class and have caught several individuals not correctly constraining there model. They are fudging there sketches.

Star for Handleman

Is it possible to quickly identify if a sketch has been constrained properly with dimensions rather than defining with a fixed relation in order to make the sketch "fully defined". im working with a large design tree and dont want to open each sketch in order to determine if it was constrained...

Thanks Handleman, That is exactly what i was looking for.

This is a very complicated assembly and would take weeks to convert indivdual entities.

Is it possible to get the projected area of an assembly on say a plane. I'm doing a project that needs to include a force from the wind and I would like to find the total area in which it acts apon and I would also like to find the centroid if possible. Any Ideas on how to get this information...

I have a design table inserted into my assembly that controls the motion of a skeleton sketch. I'm using the design table to drive one dimesion while getting the results of another dimension. The problem is that you have to activate each configuration in order for the design table to record the...

Thanks brian, but you must be talking about Classic ANSYS. For clarifaction we are using ANSYS Workbench.

I'm fairly new to ANSYS and me and a few collegues are discussing proper modeling. We are using SolidWorks for our CAD Program and interface with ANSYS. The question is basically if you have an assembly that has a hole (say 2.6") in it and a boss (say 2.5" O.D.) gets welded into that hole. Can...

Im trying to make a linked copy of a workbook. I.E. I want to have a source workbook that drives another workbook. I know how to link cells, but I have to deal with formatting issues. Can you make one workbook drive another without any hassel? Thanks Jeff

Thanks for the info. Hope SW adds that feature.

Its for profiling a line.

Is solidworks capable of putting in unilateral GD&T callout on a drawing. I cant find it? Thanks, jeff

Hope this make sense, but my situation was a cylinder with a sheave mounted on the end and a rope going over it. I started with my cylinder assembly with limit mates for my stroke. I then inserted a new part and sketched in my centerline for the rope. Mated the fixed end to my anchor, made the...