Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
(OP)
Hi,
I made up a small part in solidworks. the default unit in place was meters. However, I made up the part using centimeter values. So my part is 100 time larger than it should be.
Is there any way to easily convert this part from m to cm?
I cant do the standard "Tools->Options->Document Properties->Units" thing because although it would convert the units, the size of the part will still be the same. It will make the part 3200cm instead of 32m. However I need to make it 32cm instead of 32m.
I really dont want to start over on this part, as it is pretty indepth and I already spent a lot of time on it. I really hope someone can help me find a fast and simple way to do this.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I made up a small part in solidworks. the default unit in place was meters. However, I made up the part using centimeter values. So my part is 100 time larger than it should be.
Is there any way to easily convert this part from m to cm?
I cant do the standard "Tools->Options->Document Properties->Units" thing because although it would convert the units, the size of the part will still be the same. It will make the part 3200cm instead of 32m. However I need to make it 32cm instead of 32m.
I really dont want to start over on this part, as it is pretty indepth and I already spent a lot of time on it. I really hope someone can help me find a fast and simple way to do this.
Thanks in advance for any help.






RE: Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
Flores
RE: Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
RE: Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
The Scale function creates an extra feature which makes life awkward when editing the model later. The Scale function is better suited to create a shrinkage configuration for a moulded part.
RE: Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
or smaller than intended because you forgot to change the model units
first."
However I think I'm doing something wrong. When I run the macro, the window pops up. I check off that I want to scale it down and I type in 100 for the scale factor. When I hit apply, the part disappears and almost all the the elements in the design tree turn red.
I've never used a macro before, what am I doing wrong? Could there be something wrong with the way I made the part in the first place? Nothing is red in the tree until I run the macro
RE: Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
Holes created with the Hole Wizard can cause problems when scaled.
RE: Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
RE: Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
Can you post the part for review and testing?
RE: Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
RE: Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
If I try rescaling up 100x it just crashes solidworks.
RE: Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
The blue line Sketch2 can be constrained Coincident with the origin or add a dimension to one of the vertical lines.
Sketch3 was completely unconstrained. Just add dimensions to suit.
After applying Scale Factor of 100 Down, the modelscaled correctly but the circular pattern needed to be edited. The quantity had changed to 1 instead of 5.
RE: Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
Thank you
RE: Changing Units of Part After part has been Finished.
Just a hint for the future...
When I type dimensions in on my models, I usually type the units with the dimensions, i.e. 22.5mm, 1.5in. This prevents a lot of weirdness.
JHG