2D vs. 3D
2D vs. 3D
(OP)
I just purchased Solidworks 2012, Professional edition and a manual didn't come with it.
I'm very familiar with SDRC, so I'm being productive, but one area that confuses me and that I can't seem to find any answers on in the internet is the difference between 2D and 3D sketches.
Through a process of trial and error I'm learning what works and what doesn't, but I'd like to know the design intent for both modes. Is there a link that you know of that would help me?
Thanks in advance.
I'm very familiar with SDRC, so I'm being productive, but one area that confuses me and that I can't seem to find any answers on in the internet is the difference between 2D and 3D sketches.
Through a process of trial and error I'm learning what works and what doesn't, but I'd like to know the design intent for both modes. Is there a link that you know of that would help me?
Thanks in advance.






RE: 2D vs. 3D
I recall perceiving it as inconsistent and glitchy when used for anything else. ... but in all honesty, I myself am often inconsistent and glitchy.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: 2D vs. 3D
The 3D sketch can also be used in Weldments, Sweeps, Helices and more.
http://help.solidworks.com/2012/English/SolidWorks...
RE: 2D vs. 3D
RE: 2D vs. 3D
2D sketches are the primitives you use to extrude, rotate, route and loft solid model features. 3D sketches are used for guidance for routing and lofting.
Mostly.
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JHG
RE: 2D vs. 3D
SW on YouTube
Chris
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RE: 2D vs. 3D
It works well enough, but it can be confusing if the object being modeled is complex, like say an engine.
It gets real interesting when the 2D drawings you went to so much trouble to acquire and import turn out to have been faked in some areas, so stuff that should line up, doesn't. But that's not Dassault's fault.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: 2D vs. 3D
RE: 2D vs. 3D
Do yourself a huge favor and go through the excellent tutorials as CBL has suggested. Your confusion about 2D/3D will be cleared up and you find MANY other things that will shorten your learning curve.
Welcome to SWX, it is a terrific tool; now do your homework.
- - -Updraft
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RE: 2D vs. 3D
RE: 2D vs. 3D
I found that the built-in tutorials were incredibly helpful, but phase errors caused me a lot of trouble understanding them.
Online tutorials abound, but a corporate anti-YouTube filter made them unavailable.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: 2D vs. 3D
I also recommend the tutorials, they're nice and short and have the basics covered very well. There are a number of decent books available on amazon etc.
RE: 2D vs. 3D
The issue that occasionally pops up is when I create a sketch plane out in space and try to extrude a feature to the base part. I've since found that selecting "Create a 3D sketch on a plane" helps, but initially it wasn't clear why I'd be asked for a direction when I went to complete my operation.
I had also looked at the Solidworks books in the local Barnes and Noble to see what they had to say and I didn't see anything that I hadn't seen in the Solidworks tutorials or the YouTube postings that I've looked at.
Thanks for your help and support, I appreciate it.
RE: 2D vs. 3D
MIS will probably not believe you get a home license, so you may have to get your VAR involved.
Install it at home and you can go through the Youtube tutorials.
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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
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