Recent content by Siress

So I am trying to design a spring mechanism like this and would like to see if I could find a supplier in order to get them cheaper than being custom made. However, I have no earthly idea what these things are called. I would've guessed 'hinged leaf spring' or 'buckle spring' but Google doesn't...

Would someone be so kind as to open the file and save it as SW2011 compatible so that I may view it?

Awesome! Thank you. I'm getting a future version error, as I'm using SW2011. I still appreciate the effort.

That actually worked on a simple cylinder, now that I knew how to do it. Thanks, TheTick! Directions in case this comes up in a google search: Once you have a tool path, create a line indicating the cutting tool's rotational axis that is incident to the tool path. Go to Surface-Sweep and...

Another solid swept cut SNAFU within Solidworks attached. This occurred when I attempted to use a surface spline as the tool path. It worked great for a helix, which was mildly exciting.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=d8a1f5ae-f2d6-491f-89cc-723d26e2bfd5&file=solidsweeperror2.jpg

Rollupswx, thanks for that link. I've exhausted that method prior to making this thread, though. I need more detailed control over the geometry without bogging myself down with the mathematics of a sketch wrapped onto a wavy surface. (as much as I may love Stokes' theorem) Mncad, I've tried...

Ray, thank you very much for your help! Sadly, the solution within Solidworks hasn't been posted in the thread you linked. I am unaware of a method that will even allow me to do a surface sweep of the tool path's rotational axis so that I can then thicken the surface. Updraft, that's very cool...

Because of reasons. Good day.

Hello all, I am trying to model a rather complicated part exactly as it should be produced. Imagine an hour glass shaped cylinder that is machined via 4th axis with a sine wave. I can easily make this cut on a surface, but the new surfaces formed are what trouble me. I have tried surface lofts...

That looks awesome, Michael! I'll study them later; finals week is here. If you could upload the model at some point, that would be much appreciated. Thanks again! -Siress

Can you get a guide curve to make the outer shape to be circular, while the driving path is still the oval?

Those last two images aren't showing up: Photo Unavailable -flickr Anyway, I didn't have a problem getting the preview in my picture to model. Sorry I wasn't clear on that. The problem with doing that is, when the outer portion is trimmed off, the geometry isn't want it needs to be on the...

Sorry guys, none of the recommendations have solved this in one step; at least not by my hand. I rarely use some of these features, so it's likely that I'm missing something. The problem I'm facing with the deform tool, which is completely new to me, is that these primary features intersect...

This is what I'm making, essentially: http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=46488&source=1 I work with the group that did that project, but the way they did it requires a lot of operations. I was hoping to make it quickly, since the project I'm working on requires several of them...

This is the type of check valve found in veins. I would like to know of a way to model these valves quickly. My intuition was that I could revolve sweep the profile with a constraint on the inner diameter of the tube. This doesn't appear to work (although it showed a preview of such while I was...