Aparently you can't use a Referece Point as a perameter to define a new reference plane (via point and parallel plane).
What are reference points for if you can't mate to them and they can't be used to make new geometry?
Is there somewhere online I can find CAD models of common computer connector parts?
I'm sure I'm not the first one to model DB25M connectors and similar computer components.
I am modelling a laser light beam...I'd like to have a circular cross section that expands in diameter at a constant rate. The path must take right angle corners in 3 axes.
I'm thinking path and sweep with a guide curve...is there a simpler way?
I made a part in the context of an assembly. Now I want to reuse that part in the context of a different assembly. How do i redirect the references in the part so that they point at the new assembly?
here's my specific situation:
I made a part at home in the context of an assembly. now...
I am using several equations to drive the starting angles and lengths of a number of helices. I have about 6 equations that need to be evaluated in order, since the 6th uses a value generated in the 5th, and so forth.
Solidworks evaluates the equations in order, but does NOT rebuild the...
How do I define the starting angle of a helix relative to a feature in solidworks? Lets say I want a helix's start point to be coincident with the end point of an arc. When I edit the length of the arc, I have to manually go into the helix feature definition and edit the starting angle.
Is...
I'm doing some cable modelling, a simple wire wrapping around and terminating on a pulley. I'm building the cable "in context", meaning I started an assembly consisting only of the pulley, and I'm modelling the cable around it. I've finished the termination, now I'm working on the...
