Working Dial Indicator in Solidworks
Working Dial Indicator in Solidworks
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I was wondering if this is possible to do in solidworks.
I am an understudy and I am helping design a curriculum for a GD&T class. I have spent the better part of the last two month designing jigs, fixtures, and parts to use in the new curriculum. However we would like to incorporate solidworks into the class.
What I am looking to do is make a working dial indicator that say if we are checking for flatness the student will drag either the indicator or part and will visualize and record the data to check to see if it is in tolerance.
I can do this with the solidworks animator but want the students to get a better feel. Is there possibly a plug-in or a way to make a digital readout or something. Any suggestions on where I might get started will be helpful, or even a it is not possible would be nice to hear.
Chris
I am an understudy and I am helping design a curriculum for a GD&T class. I have spent the better part of the last two month designing jigs, fixtures, and parts to use in the new curriculum. However we would like to incorporate solidworks into the class.
What I am looking to do is make a working dial indicator that say if we are checking for flatness the student will drag either the indicator or part and will visualize and record the data to check to see if it is in tolerance.
I can do this with the solidworks animator but want the students to get a better feel. Is there possibly a plug-in or a way to make a digital readout or something. Any suggestions on where I might get started will be helpful, or even a it is not possible would be nice to hear.
Chris






RE: Working Dial Indicator in Solidworks
Perhaps look into Simulation as a means of seeing the dial indicator move while dragging in real-time?
The dial indicator will probably need a set of gear mates if you want to translate linear displacement into a dial display. I really don't know if you'll get such a thing to work real-time in an assembly or not.
Jeff Mowry
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Scott Baugh, CSWP
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Thanks
Chris
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