I hope this is the right forum for this type of post. I saw some other SWUG posts when I searched in this forum.
The Palm Beach County Florida SWUG will be having our next meeting tomorrow (Tuesday the 14th) at 7:00pm EST. Anyone from the South Florida area who uses or is interested in...
I am using BobCAD-CAM to create tool paths.
I have imported a STEP file of a part that contains holes. I am trying to sketch points in BobCAD in the middle of these holes so that I can use the points to make a drilling tool path.
The problem is, I am unable to make any sketches in reference...
I'm working on a product with a client that involves a small container that will hold about 1-2cc of various essential oils. Most likely spearmint, tea tree oil, and/or peppermint. Ideally the oil(s) will be completely saturated onto an absorbent pad, so there shouldn't be any free-flowing oil...
I am currently in the process of designing an enclosure for a disposable product that will need to sustain prolonged exposure in an environment that has temperatures of 180-200F with a large amount of steam. Expected exposure time is between 10-24 hours continuous.
My first thoughts were to...
So I'm in the process of applying for a summer program with NASA to work on the SPHERES project.
For those not familiar with the SPHERES program, it is basically an initiative put forth by NASA to use relatively cheap off the shelf technology to develop small micro-satellites and drones for...
I'm working on a project right now that involves a reversing screw mechanism. I am trying to design and model it in SolidWorks, but am having trouble getting the profile of the threads right. My problem is that the follower seems to be getting stuck at the end of the threads where it is...
I hope this question is in the right forum, I looked through all the forums, and this one seems like the most relevant.
I am working on a project for a client, and am trying to fabricate a triangular column out of standard 1/8" thick 4x8 acrylic sheets. It will be an equilateral triangle. I...
I use a desktop to develop my SolidWorks models. When I go offsite to meet with existing or potential clients, I bring along a bunch of printouts to show them the progress or samples from my portfolio. This works OK, but I would ideally like to be able to have a small portable tablet that I...
I am designing an umbrella for a client. I have finished the actual rigid parts of it, and it looks really neat ;-).
Now I need to put the "skin" on it. The actual product might use paper, Mylar, or fabric. Regardless of what material we decide to go with, I need to find a way to make an...
Wow, I just found this on accident, and I wanted to post it up to see if anyone else knows about this. This could be a really handy little feature.
If you press "G" on the keyboard, a little circle popes up where the mouse cursor is, and it magnifies the area that the courser points to.
I...
I have a solid model, and I am creating some sketch lines that are on the surface of this model. The problem is, as I rotate the model, the lines that are behind it still show through.
How do I get them to stop showing through.
I checked the transparency of the solid feature and it is not...
I am trying to run FlowXpress on a model, and I can get it to start solving, but as it gets to the end of the meshing stage, it just stalls.
I'm not sure why it does this, and it is only with this particular model that it is doing it. I am able to get it to run just fine on other models. I...
I'm trying to get the edges of this hole to have a variable radius fillet. I need it to be 0.2m at the points where the rim of the hole intersects with the right plane, and 0.05m at the points that are perpendicular to the right plane.
The problem is, when I try to do it, I am not getting...
I am trying to import a .igs file into solidowrks, and then edit it. However, whenever I open it, I get an error asking "Do you wish to import diagnostics on this part?"
If I hit yes, The part loads, but it doesn't look as it should. On the left side is a bar with a listing of errors. There...
I have imported a .igs file into Pro/E wildfire 4. The part I am working with has a hole in it with a rounded edge. I am trying to fill in the hole. How would I go about doing this?
I tried doing an extrusion to sort of "plug it up", but that doesn't really solve the problem. This way, it...
Hi,
I made up a small part in solidworks. the default unit in place was meters. However, I made up the part using centimeter values. So my part is 100 time larger than it should be.
Is there any way to easily convert this part from m to cm?
I cant do the standard "Tools->Options->Document...
