That's a good point as well. I did ask one of our strap suppliers about tolerances and they came back with +/- 2% to +/- 3% which kind of makes sense. So the tolerance block might look something like this in mm:
0.0 to 24.99 ±1.00
25.00 to 99.99 ±3.00
100.00 to 299.99 ±5.00...
Sheet metal in SolidWorks is very powerful. I was checking out some of the solution partners like was suggested above and there are a couple other forming applications that might work as well. Fascinating stuff.
But what I could really use a hand with is some sample pattern drawings...
All,
My company makes ballistic protective eyewear for the military. We are expanding our product line to head, face and neck protection. This creates some new challenges when it comes to SolidWorks and documenting our designs. I'm hoping some of you can offer suggestions to help us with a...
"I am told that I am too narrow and literal in my interpretation."
Hence the name "CheckerRon"!!
Excellent information gentlemen. I'm guessing SolidWorks has a very large customer who has an internal standard for this symbol and they "strongly suggested" that SW add it to the drafting...
In SolidWorks they give us an option for finish symbol with an "all around" modifier. Yet the shop has never seen this before and the ASME/ANSI Y14.36M does not show it. I really like the symbol because I can point to an edge of a feature with it and this tells the machinist that the entire...
For those of you who are running SW2006, it has been rumored that we can now mirror a part and have all the features go with it AND have the option of breaking the link back to the original. Any truth to this?
Maybe I'm missing something, but we do this all the time. We create fabrications (weldments) and then machine them to a finished part. The first thing you do when creating a weldment is to hit the "Weldment" icon to establish this part as a weldment. Then model your part as it is welded...
I used Corb's method but first I created a plane tangent to the curve at the location I needed the hole. Then I make the hole wizard point coincident to the plane. Then I was able to measure from one end to further constrain it. There probably are other ways, too.
I created a surface tangent to the cylinder and then used that surface to place the hole. I've always been under the impression that you had to have a plane or flat surface to create a sketch. Apparently not.
