Accuracy
Accuracy
(OP)
Is there any way to manually change the accuracy of SW models?
I'm doing some fairly large surface models with small details. Features that should work are frequently failing. Which means I'm spending most of my time devising work arounds.
Pro/E allows control over the model accuracy. It seems that SW users are "protected" from this feature.
-b
I'm doing some fairly large surface models with small details. Features that should work are frequently failing. Which means I'm spending most of my time devising work arounds.
Pro/E allows control over the model accuracy. It seems that SW users are "protected" from this feature.
-b






RE: Accuracy
In my experience, it is rare (= never) for SW to have this type of problem due to the reason stated above. I did see it plenty in Pro/E, though.
Is there source geometry that is imported? Perhaps there is anther source of corruption causing the smaller features to fail.
RE: Accuracy
I frequently get errors in SW when dealing with non-planar coincident surfaces. I spend lots of time arranging surface trims to avoid that situation. Typically I just get the "geometry error" message when trying to create the feature. The above error occured after exiting the feature creation mode, so it was unusual.
-b
RE: Accuracy
This could be due to interpolation errors inherent to the way parasolid looks at non-analytic surfaces. If the defining points of a B-surface are too far apart, the .010" offset may be larger than the applied tolerance.
I understand the error. I've just never seen SW do it before. (UG would cough this one up once in a while).
Another possible approach:
Copy your surface, trim it down to a swatch close to the size you need. Offset that so it is the "bottom" of your emboss and then thicken outward. Use a thickness that is as large as possible, not just .010".
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RE: Accuracy
I spend much of my time modeling fairly involved ID shapes. Bloated SW files sizes and slow regens are offsetting any usability gains. I love SW for lots of reasons, but I think I'm going back to Pro/E for the next surface intensive project.
-b
RE: Accuracy
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 3.0 & Pro/E 2001
XP Pro SP2.0 P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
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RE: Accuracy
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 3.0 & Pro/E 2001
XP Pro SP2.0 P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
o
_`\(,_
(_)/ (_)
(In reference to David Beckham) "He can't kick with his left foot, he can't tackle, he can't head the ball and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he's all right." -- George Best