This is the first time I am working with Solid Body" concept..I have a part with certain features but these don't show under "Solid Bodies" in the Feature tree. Now if I want to "merge" these certain features to make a solid body so that I can copy that body elsewhere in the part, how can I do...
I am trying to draft the faces of a cubic box whose edges are filleted. But SW won't let me do it. Is there a way around it? I can't delete fillet to draft, as a lot of other features were built on those fillets.
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Let's say I have a cuboidal hollow box with some features on one face. Now I want to create a door that will replicate those features (as cavity) so that the dorr will close on the box. I used cavity to create the female version of these features on the door. Now I can create a cavity only once...
I am trying to change the color of certain faces of a part which is in an assembly. The problem is - the color does get changed in the part file, but once I go back to the assembly, the whole part shows up as monochrome. How can I avoid this?
Just wondering if a sketch can be extruded in a direction that is not perpendicular to the sketch plane, instead it is inclined at an angle to the sketch plane?
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I am trying to make an in-context part in an assembly. I project and offset a part's profile to create a sketch for another part. Then I fillet the first part's edges. Then if I suppress those fillets, I get an error message that the second part's sketch has dnagling edges etc. How can I get...
I am trying to linear pattern a extruded cut using the Vary Sketch option, so that the pattern follows an inclined edge. However, the "Vary Sketch" checkbox is disabled in the linear Pattern dialog box. Any suggestions on what I am doing wrong?
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I am trying to measure some distances using the Measure feature. For example, I selected 2 edges. The tool says "Items are aparalle". Then a whol;e bunch of distances show up. Now I know that the distance is 1.5in. However, one of the entries in measure box is Normal distance...
Just wondering if custom section views can be saved so that they appear in Orientation toolbar and can be viewed anytime without having to create them fresh everytime?
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If I am splitting a part by creating a sketch on the original part and then splitting the part along that sketch, I run into 2 issues:
1. The sketch cuts through all. What if I want to cut through only certain distance?
2. Is the new part created linked to the sketch geometry...
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I inserted the first part into a new assembly. Now I had read somewhere that the first part, upon insertion, gets fixed and its reference planes (Top, Front, Right) coincide with those of the assembly, and the origins coincide too. However, that doesn't seem to be the case in this...
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Another issue - I inserted Part A & B into an assembly. Part A was inserted first, so it got fixed. Part B was created in-context of Part A. But now I want to make Part B fixed. I want to do this because once I have created Part B in context of Part A, I want to tilt Part A at an...
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I have a simple assembly with 2 parts A & B. Part B was created in-context. Now I am trying to convert some entities on Part A so that I can project these entities on Part B and extrude. I go Edit Component, open a new skecth, but when I try to select entities I want to convert, it...
How do I show internal and external threads in 2D orthographic projections of a component? I am using an old version of AutoCAD. Also, how do I determine what size of the hole to drill so that after tapping, it will accomodate a given UNC screw/bolt (e.g 1/4-20 UNC)
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I am looking to make threads in a 2D drawing. How do I show threads in orthographic projections of a part? Is there a special feature for this? How about making a countersink?
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I have a gear and rack (these are physical units that I have in my hand) that I need to create a model and drawing for in SolidWorks. For this, I first need to make the relevant measurements on the gear and rack and then figure out how to reproduce in SW. My question is: what measurements do I...
I posted this issue before and jksolid had some good ideas. But I am still having problems.
Just for recap, I want to insert 2 BOMs in the same drawing so that I can group the parts into 2 categories. I need to do this as the parts in one category have different properties than those in the 2nd...
I have 2 views (front and top) of a part in a drawing. These are very long parts, so I am gonna break view them. Now if I insert Break View lines in the 2 views individually, then there is no way to guarantee that AFTER breaking, these views will be equal in length to each other. I can align the...
1) Can dim font be smaller than font 8 (if I dont want to type in the exact dim size in inches)?
2) Can dim and arrow size be made to change automatically according to the paper size? If I use a bigger paper, I want the dims and arrows to show up bigger.
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