Let's imagine a plastic model. e.g. a sandwich box or a ketchup cap. These are individual parts (not assemblies) containing type hinges “living hinge”. Therefore, you may need to show an alternative position. Do you know, that you can also show this item in part? Just create two configurations representing individual locations and select them..
You create parts from sheet metal and each time you have to define bending parameters? It's not true. You can save the settings in a document template! To do it, draw a sketch and create a plate with the expected parameters: thickness, radius and allowance. Then delete this feature and the sketch, leaving the sheet metal folder. Now save the empty file as a part template. If next....
In assemblies we have a very useful Pattern based on Pattern. Unfortunately, there is no analogous operation in the part (multi-object). I'll show you today, how can you get something close in part. Having a welded structure, I insert a screw into it via Insert part. The controlling operation here will be the Hole Wizard. As you know, the wizard is based on sketch points, in which he creates an instance....
If you want to draw a single line in SOLIDWORKS, you can do it in several ways. 1. Left button pressed. If you only need to create one line segment, just press the left button at the beginning and release it at the end. Once you're done, you can continue drawing with the line elsewhere. 2. Double click. Another way is to draw the so-called....
One of the most important operations in modeling advanced shapes is Lofting. A significant advantage of the operation is the ability to extend faces/sketches to a point/vertex. This way you can create a perfectly sharp shape. Such “piramidki” can very often be seen in glass cosmetic bottles or candles. Another common use is as an anti-slip structure in weapons or other handles. Of course they can....
One of the basic activities in assemblies is repairing incorrect mates. Errors will appear after design changes or component swaps. Do you know, that there is an Xpert tool called Automatic Repair? At the time, when a binding error is displayed, indicated by a red arrow next to the file name, you can view the bindings with the wrong one and select Automatic Repair. The possibilities are....
FeatureWorks is an add-in for recognizing features in imported files. In my job – mainly complex shapes drawn with surfaces – doesn't have much use. But there are areas, How: simple shapes in furniture, turned elements, generally solids constructed from basic operations, where the add-on does quite well. Today I will write a few words about recognizing sheet metal. The first step is....
Admit, that you happened to open a drawing, which was full of outdated dimensions? Outdated dimensions/annotations (also sketch relations in 3D models) They are olive green by default. Very good, that they are distinguished in a specific way, less good if you need to save the drawing, and it's full of outdated dimensions. There is a solution to this, just hide their visibility! Mark...
The inclination used mainly in the design of plastic elements or castings can be analyzed with a dedicated operation. The draft analysis available on the Evaluate tab allows you to evaluate walls for demoulding. If you select the Wall classification option during the analysis – you can accurately determine walls with positive slope, negative, mixed and these, that do not achieve the required inclination. If you also enable....
In assemblies, different components can have different orientations – it's natural. However, when we do the shooting, directions are related to the global 3D layout. In other words, clicking on the X arrow component,Y, Z will be set as indicated by the triad in the lower left corner of the screen. This may result in a collision when moving components. However, there is a solution! In order to...
