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I know others have done this, and has helped. I'm not sure but i think the failure occurred due to lack of oil, but I'd like to check it out and also learn a little about cosmos. What software would give me what I'm after, Ansys? ProE? Tyan Mobo 2xDual Core Opteron 2214 4gb Ram Quadro FX...

Good morning all, I race model planes, and we tune the engines to get the most out of them. I have made some conrods, that have failed, but rather than just beefing them up I thought I'd use works cosmos to see where they need improving. I have never used cosmos, just had a bit of a play...

Ah I see, thats a nice feature in sketch, never used that before. My problem is I dont need a slot for a round ended key, I need a slot for a round key/pin, with spherical ends. So a plane extrude wont produce a form i require. I could revolve a section on the key, but to make more conplex i...

Well thats a pain!! Can you explain your methods? I have only been using SW for around 6 months, I come from a ProE back ground. Tyan Mobo 2xDual Core Opteron 2214 4gb Ram Quadro FX 3500 150gb Raptor Stripe Raid XP Pro x386 SP2

Hello all, When using ProE and i wanted to produce a slot for a spherical ended key, i would sketch a line, and sketch half a ball nose cutter, and ProE would follow the line of the cut and return on the line to produce the round ends. When I try the same on SW 2007 SP4, the swept cut only...

I always used to produce a shaft with multipel dia and different lenghth on Proe with offset datums to get the lenghts to show correct and parametric on the drawing, so from that practice i produce the same on SW 2007 but by using the offset from sketch then run to a depth or thro the component...

I think im gonna have to. Dont like producing a cut with more sketch lines, when a circle will do. Bit of a shame, has anyone found these dims?

Good morning all, I'm fairly new to SW (2007 SP4) I have a back ground of Proe, and like to produce models with dimensions that i can stick straight into the drawing. My problem is when i produce a shaft with different dias, i create it with offset cuts, but these offset dimensions dont...

Whhooooo hooooo CorBlimeyLimey after checking your models and doing a bit of reading I've cracked it. I sketched the path on a plane above the surface, I then projected the curve onto the surface. I then created a plane nornal to the new curve. I sketched the section on the new plane. Next...

I'm very new to surfaces, so I'll have a good look at this part and see how you have built it up. Hope to repeat this on my part. I'll let you know how i get on. Thank you!!

I cant relly post the part as I'm sure the customer wouldn't be happy. Lets say that the surface is a wing/blade form. I imagined sketching the path on the surface and then sketching the profile on a plane created normal to the surface. I have created a 3D spline on the surface, but i...

Hello all. I'm pretty new to SolidWork and so am finding a few difficulties. I have a fixture that has a surface created from the customers part. The fixture uses a vacuum to hold the part to it. I have created pockets for the vacuum, but i need to produce an "O" ring groove to sit around...

Thank you for yor help, very simple really. Cheers Mark

Good evening all, I am in the process of designing an insert type mandrel (My first) and require what I hope is a simple calc. The mandrel had a body Dia OD 60mm, with five inserts. These inserts have a 7 deg angle base which matched to a horizontal wedge plunger with the matching angle. I...

Well thank you all for your help, seems like I'm up the creak with out a paddle. Something we should have checked with our customer. Thanks again.