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Can a wave form sketch be driven by a formula

Can a wave form sketch be driven by a formula

Can a wave form sketch be driven by a formula

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I am wondering if it is possible to have a formula drive a part sketch. I am looking to make a sketch of a wave form where the pitch and amplitude vary from wave to wave. If I could produce a formula in a program like Mathematica that controls the variables of the wave form is there a way to the bring the formula into SolidWorks and generate a 2D sketch from it. Then would it possible to change the variables of the formula so that variations of the waveform sketch can be made and thus different variations of the part. Hope this reasonably clear.

Thanks

Jeff

RE: Can a wave form sketch be driven by a formula

Unfortunately, there is none that I know of in SolidWorks.  Sorry!

RE: Can a wave form sketch be driven by a formula

You should be able to use a DT and/or Equation which controls the position of the points of a spline.

cheers

RE: Can a wave form sketch be driven by a formula

Datum Curves by equations is something SWx should employ

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RE: Can a wave form sketch be driven by a formula

Hello Jeff,

There is a command:  Insert > Curve > Curve thru XYZ points..

You could get the coordinates of the curve from MathCAD then import them into SolidWorks.

Cheers,

RE: Can a wave form sketch be driven by a formula

This could be done with custom macro programming using SolidWorks API calls.  I suppose the next question would be "How much are you willing to spend?"

TygerDawg
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RE: Can a wave form sketch be driven by a formula

jwilk,
I've written a macro that will do 3D functions and then some. Let me know if you're interested. Also, Matt Lombard's eqcurve macro on his website can do 2D plots.

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