sorry for the confussion,
I am designing a folding guitar stand, and right now I have assembled it as if it was unfolded. That is with the legs and support arms "open". I now want to create a configuration with everything closed or in a colapsed state, with the legs, etc folded up.
I hope this...
Just wondering how to create an assembly config.
I have assembled several components into a "unfolded" state, but now I want to create a configuration for a folded state to show my customers. How hard is it to do this??
jeep in mind I am using SW 2007
thanks in advance
quick question...
I was wondering what options I might have to export my solidworks ('06) files into Maya or 3DSmax to do a photorealistic rendering.
I tried to use the SW poto works but I was not satified with the result.
any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated,
EMC-
Basic question I hope,
I have a fairly simple sheet metal part I made, and now I want to flatten it. easy enough I choose "create flat pattern", great now I have a flat pattern and I notice that it is now a feature in my model tree.
so here is where it get a bit tricky, i now create a new...
Hello all,
I am trying to create a mate on 2 parts; first part is a rod with a helical cut out (think lead screw here) and the mating part is a "follower" part which has a feature that fits into the helical groove. but my problem is that I cannot seem to get the tagency mate to work, that is...
I am now doing some consulting work and it has been about 3 months since I have used SW 2006 and it seems that I have lost my touch so if you guys and gals can help me that would be great. I am trying to create an exploded view of a part which follows in line with another "exploded sub assy" so...
ignore the above post.... I figured it out "sort of" now the only thing I have to figure out is why my dimensions are all over the map. It seems like I am rearranging ALL normal dimensions, seems like pro/e is not smart enough to determine where to place the dimensions.
I have a bit of a small question here. I have a basic assembly with 4 components mated on a surface (basically it is a PCB encoder so the mates are surface and align acording to a 0,0 hole datum. Now I am very aware of the "show" dimension feature, and since these dimenions need to be "real"...
Once again I am comming to guys and gals for some drawing advice.
I have a dilema in trying to create virtual sharps in a drawing. now i am aware of creating center marks and centerlines in drawings (thanks to Heckler) but that is only helpful in 2 cases..... 1) to add a datum axis in the model...
I know it seems I am asking a ton of questions but is it possible to change the line thickness of, say your dimensions, hatch lines, object lines when you go to print???
because right now all the lines are the same thickness
and my drawing looks cluttered
Thanks for the advice even though you answered it a few weeks ago although I was asking how to show a center line and now I wanted to show center marks. but Pro/E is not that intuative in creating these unlike in my past job where we used solidworks and creating CL was a snap
sorry if it felt...
Thanks for the advice but my problem I just found is a bit more complex..... I have drawn a sketch profile on the flat plane (front) plane. now the rear of the part has 2 45 degree angle cuts and the sketch that is on the front plane is complex in that it has angled lines as well as arcs in it...
I will try to explain this as simple as possible. I am currently modeling a part from a 2-D legacy drawing. now my problem is that I have to create a cut into a flat face that is coincident to the front datum plane, with a perpendicular thickness of 5mm now the tricky part is that the back side...
