For each cut list in the cut list folder, you can generate cut list IDs based on cut list attributes. This also applies to multi-body parts that are not a typical welded structure! So you can modify identifiers e.g. when designing furniture or plastic parts. There is one condition – you need to create a list of items...
At the very top in the Fillets window you can choose between options: Manual and FilletXpert Fillets. There are, among others:. Change and Corner tabs. I'll show you below, what are they for?. Change – is an option that allows you to display roundings with different values in one window. Additionally, you can choose a particular one, e.g. wall, which was rounded off as one of many....
In contextual design, there are several statuses of external references. The most popular is, of course, the active tagged context – > after the part name. However, there are other symbols, including: broken reference marked “x”, locked with marking “*” or out of context “?” . Break Reference and Lock Reference in Assembly When viewing references of the entire assembly (after right clicking....
Additional, less known options are related to the direction of rib extrusion and its shape. The first option concerns the choice between the direction parallel or perpendicular to the sketch plane. you can tell, that basically a parallel rib is not applicable, but sometimes it is more convenient to draw a sketch on an existing plane in symmetry and extrude parallel than to create an additional plane to....
It is possible to show selected configurations in the BOM element list. Of course you can see, which components are present in a given configuration. However, the problem is this, that you can see the QUANTITY column, but it is not known which configuration it applies to… Therefore, a good solution is to enable Show all configurations under the right button after clicking in the row with the quantity. From now on, before the quantity described....
Do you know, that when you insert a slot from the hole wizard, you can change the vertical orientation – level? For this purpose, in the Items tab, After inserting sketch points, press the Tab key. Unfortunately, all cutouts inserted during the same operation rotate.
Everyone who works with SOLIDWORKS knows this fact, that the first component inserted into the assembly is fixed. Of course, this can be changed at a later stage of the project, but I'm writing about the default settings. Since two versions back, an option has appeared in the program that allows you to specify, what status does the inserted part take?. There are three options to choose from: Freeze only the first component Freeze Free ps....
When modeling complex shapes, we often use loft or boundary operations. imagine, that you mark a dozen or so curves and suddenly it turns out, that there is an error somewhere. Then we stop the surgery and repair the problematic place. Then we reselect the rejected curves… it takes time. So check out my solution. It involves saving curves or profiles, by...
Inserting a Reinforcement between a flat wall and a cylindrical wall is only possible after selecting the Location. Location is a direction reference, you can mark an edge here (parallel), wall/plane (perpendicular) or sketch line. In older versions of the program, this solution was not possible, it was necessary to look for alternative solutions. Also read: Reinforcement in welded structures with an opening for a weld
There is no need to write about the use of threaded studs in mechanics. So I will briefly write about the relatively new operation Pin Maker. It is available in the Hole Wizard subgroup and requires indicating the edge of the cylindrical extrusion. It is also possible to make an undercut – all parameters to be specified in the operation properties. The last type is similar in operation to the classic wizard – should be indicated...
