We have some CFD work to do, (Extract air flow with high pressure jets impinging on a surface for cleaning). We have to decide between Ansys and Cosmos Floworks. Obviously Ansys is up to the task, and we have already done some work on the problem. The temptation is there to go with Cosmos...
The best way to do this is with the displacement effect in the materials menus. pick a metallic material that has a displacement already in it, such as one of the pressed metal materials. then in the displacement panel choose Bump Map. But first make a bitmap that has a load of straight lines...
Again on Photoworks, you can get a see-though mesh if you use a mask in the decal.
the mesh material that comes with solidworks makes proper looking meshed materials so it should be possible to manage by making a bitmap of your diamond cut-out.
however depending on the complexity of the...
One easy way you could do this, which would certainly be a bit of an overkill, is to use the shell feature. create a shell without selecting any faces but check the "shell outward" option. this will create a solid outside the volume occupied by your part. if any surfaces are not to...
we have an industrial designer who uses 3d studio and made some of our marketing images using our solidworks models. the cleanest way we found was to export the solidworks model as an .stl (stereolithography file) and then import it into 3ds. you need to make sure the resolution (chord length...
What version of solidworks are you using?
on sw2001 you can use the insert/pattern/curve driven pattern.
sketch the spline. sketch a hole and align it one end of the spline. do the cut.
then select the curve driven pattern option. you can specify "equal spacing" on the curve and...
We are a small machine design affair trying to control the mess of components and BOM's we've created with Epicor.
Has anybody had any bad experiences moving into this software and if so any advice on how to make the transition less painful?
I am looking at modelling the airflow exiting a tiny air knife incident on a surface. The dimensions of the system are as follows:
25 micron gap by 8 mm long nozzle exit to athmospheric pressure. air at about 5 bar is used.
the knife is at about 45 degrees to the horizontal and about 3mm above...
I've done this many times using autocad so if you have access to it you can find the command in the File/export menu
you have to set the screen colour as you want it in the final wmf and then set up the window exactly as you want it in the final diagram. Its exactly like doing a screen capture...
I'm having trouble using the E-drawings viewer with suppliers. One of them in particular is calling me claiming there are dimensions missing on the drawings when he views them even though i can see them on my system.
Has anyone else had this problem? He's using Edrawings version 2 as am I.
