SW 2000 cut solids
SW 2000 cut solids
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Hello everyone,
I am a bit archaic and using SW2000. Anyway, I have made an assembly and joined all parts together and would like to trim excess material from the part. This is a picture of what I am trying to say. I want to trim the "z beams" back to where they intersect each other. Can I do that and if so how? Thanks in advance for the help.
I am a bit archaic and using SW2000. Anyway, I have made an assembly and joined all parts together and would like to trim excess material from the part. This is a picture of what I am trying to say. I want to trim the "z beams" back to where they intersect each other. Can I do that and if so how? Thanks in advance for the help.






RE: SW 2000 cut solids
Perhaps the easiest way to describe this here is to extrude a surface in the exterior Z-beam shape in each direction just like you did with the solid--except you only want the outer edges. (This will be the top, angled, horizontal, and vertical surfaces.) Extrude this set of four line segments each way as a surface (two features--one for each direction).
At this point, hide your solid body so you can see your surfaces. Perform a Trim of the surfaces, selecting the Mutual option--select both surface bodies, and then the two areas you want to keep. You want to keep the surfaces that represent what you want the outer surface of the solid to look like. It should trim to form what you want. Knit the two surfaces into one body (using the Knit feature). Show your solid body again, then select Cut With Surface, select your knitted surface in the feature tree, the direction of the cut (outward) and you should have all that material removed.
I see an I-beam sticking out of your posted image, so you may need to further trim your trimming surface tool either to avoid or include the trimming of the I-beam--depending on what you want.
Kludgey answer and technique, but it should work for you.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.
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I don't seem to be able to extrude the line segments. Should I be in the Assembly or the part?
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Scott Baugh, CSWP
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David
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Jeff Mowry
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I have encountered another couple problems. First, it does not seem that easy to edit. If I want to take something out of the assembly or move it, etc then I have to rejoin the parts and make the extrude drawings again. Also, I need the different components to be different colors. This is simple in the assembly but in there I can't trim the edges.
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I think this method has already been suggested by someone else, so he gets the credit.
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RE: SW 2000 cut solids
Don't color the parts in the Assy file.
Do change the color of the whole part in the Part file.
Tools>Options>Document Properties>Colors
Selec Shading, and then select your color. You can also select Wireframe/HLR and change your color for the times you are looking at the wireframe of the model and want different parts to stand out.
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Also, what do you mean by "when I join everything"?
Stupidity & incorrectly using SolidWorks are two very different things ... don't be so hard on yourself.
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