I would second the vote for the 90 deg. spot drill. That's all I've been using for the last 8 years. I tossed all my center drills. PIA big time.
I like running a .5 90deg. spot drill. Takes care of 99% of what I have to drill tap or interpolate later. 90 is the best because of the ease of...
I got her figured out a while back with good success.
Unfortunately, yesterday I got hit with a virus I think, but maybe it's just a crappy hard drive. Weird thing is, I'm using the computer right now. The hard drive says that is has zero kilobytes used and zero available. Basically, it...
I'm using XP Pro with a Matrox Millennium G550. Excellent system and completely stable. I've also got 3 other computers working off the network with zero problems. I'll never look back.
Hey, I wasn't implying that these guys were the nerds. I was speaking of the programmers for Solidworks. Hell, If these guys are nerds, I'm one too, and man, I don't like the sound of that.
With any luck, this software will let me retire before I'm thirty. If that's being a nerd, I guess I'm...
Cool SBaugh. Neat link. I hadn't considered the cut sweep with an arc for the path. I had only used a helix. I'll definitely remember that one.
Sometimes a guy just has to sit back in awe at what Solidworks can really accomplish. Thank god for the nerds. They really make life easy for me. :)
That's interesting advice in regards to utilizing the pattern feature with a revolved cut. I haven't tried it yet, but I assumed that you wouldn't save anytime by doing it that way over creating it with cut sweep. I'll have to try that one out. I've been doing a lot of threads with the cut...
What type of fastener are you making? If you were making say a screw or bolt, you would need some relief under the head by means of a groove that would typically be made with a part-off tool. You can extend your threads past the groove, which will give a nice lead off of your threads, and make...
Yeah, I ran for quite a while without it giving me a problem, then it just up and changed. I know it sounds nuts, but that's exactly what happened. One minute it's in inches, the next it's in metric.
It took me a little while to see what you guys were talking about on the templates, but I've...
I know this sounds stupid, but when I installed the Solidworks 2003, I set it up for inches, now it's reading metric. Everytime that I go into tools/options/document properties/units and change it over, it works fine for that part, but it is not saving the setting, so I end up having to do...
JHG,
I see where you're coming from, but the good part is, I'm the only one that uses these files, and they are on the small side. I'd probably go nuts running 2000 parts in an assembly. How many damned mates do you have??LOL. That's got to be a mess.
Fortunately, most, if not all of my...
I've got a Matrox Mellenium G550 and have put it to the test with multiple thread profiles on assemblies of as many as ten parts without any problems. It shouldn't give me any hassles, but I'll sure keep specularity in mind if I do get into trouble.
Matt
Jeff,
Thanks, that's exactly what I was thinking, but have been vegging all weekend, so I haven't given it whirl yet. I know it's kinda slow to rebuild, but I'm running a pretty hot system, so it's not bad. The main thing, is that I've got an item for patent and I've got some potential...
What's the quickest and easiest way to apply cosmetic knurling to a sold part? It needs to wrap around and object that's 1.250" in diameter.
Appreciate any help you guys can offer.
I'm using Solidworks 2003. Unfortunately, the drawing was made in ProE. I had it emailed to me as a dwg. file. Basically, what it amounted to was, we are quoting on a machined part that must have two screw holes, and two dowel pin holes added to the part for fixturing purposes. Our customer...
