Hi,
I have to create a label from a curved cylinder, and it's not an easy rectangle. Is there a way to project a flat profile from a curved (recessed for the label) surface? I need to get this part done long before the prototype model arrives.
Any tips
Thanks
Gerry
www.scatmat.com
Hi guys,
we routinely send part files back and forth to our manufacturer in China. It's becoming a file management nightmare.
How can you track revision changes to part files? Currently I send the file along with a email detailing each change, be it dimensional or a new feature. This seems...
Hi Fellow engineers designers and solidworks guru's.
I find myself having to sketch on a whiteboard (in front of others) frequently. To be totally honest, my sketching skills SUCK. If I am be be competitive, keep my job, grow as a designer I need to learn how to draw. Since I have no formal...
Hi fellow workers,
I am one of two solidworks users at my company, we also work in conjunction with two electronics techs. The four of us cannot decide on how to properly manage our files. We need help.
The current engineering process goes like this:
We come up with an idea, we prototytpe...
Hi Gang,
I have our company logo, i converted it to a dxf and inserted it into a SW drawing sheet. Then i copied the sketch which consists of mostly splines into my part drawing. However it's a whee bit too big. How can i scale down my sketch. It won't allow me to convert entities, or allow...
Can this be adjusted, if so where is it done, My bom is huge, taking up more than half the drawing page. I can't find any thing that references the bom font or table size?
Thanks for any help
GErry
Hi guru's
I'm playing around with some of the advanced settings in photoworks 3, and my part is starting to look pretty darn cool. However......I find that the part on my screen is far lighter in shade than my rendered part. It takes about 5 min to render each time after I make a change, i...
Hi,
I am desiging a promotional product. Essentially it's a scaled down model of one of our products. It will fit on the end of a pencil and remind the user that they should look us up on the net, or buy on of our products. Yeah I know, cheezy marketing....
I have all the parts that make up...
Hi,
I created a set of construction lines and used them as my reference for a sketch. On a new sketch why can i not use those constuction lines from the previous sketch to reference a new sketch. I hope that makes some sense.
I'm trying to avoid redrawing construction lines that use multiple...
Hi
I am designing a display unit for one of our products. Essentially it's a hollow enclosure that is made of two pieces, the upper piece (dome) needs to be clear transparent. I'm thinking PC or PET, it does not have any structural requirements.
The bottom half (base) will support the top...
Hi there,
this is really frustrating me in two ways:
I don't understand why it won't show a pierce relationship.
Why I can't figure it out myself.
Here's a very simple sweep:
two guide curves starting on the front and right planes.
One profile in the shape of an ellipse drawn on the top plane...
Hello all,
i'm running dual monitors, but to my dismay i cannot drag open parts out of the solidworks window. Is there a better way to use SW with dual monitors?
Cheers
Gerry Bolda
Hi Group,
I am bashing my head against the monitor on this one, and the boss is pacing up and down behind my wondering why i can't solve this???
I have an elliptical cone that is swept as a surface, and constrained by a guide curve. The problem is that it looks great as a part, but i cannot...
Hi Gang,
using SW 2003. Here's the scoop
I have a multipart assembly with sub assemblies embedded within. I have punched thru a few holes from the top assembly drawing on to a part. The part shows the holes in the sub assembly, but when i open the part my holes do not show up. Ummmm what am i...
Hi Gang,
i have'nt doen this before but, i am trying to join two parts together in an assembly drawing by means of a sweep. The cross section is round, my finished part would be a simple hose joining to part A and Part B.
Here's the problem, No 3d sketching is avalable in the assembly mode...
Does anyone use such a device? They are selling regularly on ebay for less than $100. Retail is over $500. So either they are complete garbage or they are just overpriced.
I am looking to reduce some wrist strain, and this seems to be a good device for that.
Thanks
Gerry
www.scatmat.com
Hello all,
i have a 2 ft section of hose swept along a guide curve from a basic circle sketch. (imagine a curvy section of garden hose)
What i would like to do is create small cut on the outside of the hose, and have it follow a spiral pattern along the entire hose. The standard create helix...
Hello fellow designers,
my shoulder is aching, along with some other repetitive motion complaints. It's not too late for me to improve things. My thought's were an adjustable height mouse pad, and a trackball mouse.
Can anyone share their experiences with similar problems, and solutions...
Hello all,
i'm trying to get my head around surfacing, but to be honest it has me totally confused.
Does anyone know of a few starter tutorials i could work thru to help me get going with this.
THanks
Gerry Bolda
www.scatmat.com
Hi Gang,
I can't seem to get my assembly to show the different part colours when doing a photoworks render. Can anyone tell me how to do this?
Thanks
Gerry Bolda
