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  1. charliedurrant

    Two horizontal breaks

    I have a model that is over 2m long. I want to put 2 horizontal breats in it for a 2D diagram. I only seem to be able to put one in......am I missing something or can I not put 2 or more breaks into the view of the model?
  2. charliedurrant

    How to but a bend into a peice of angle iron

    Hi, I have made a piece of angle iron from some sheet metal with a sketched 90 bend. All very simple..... I now want to bend the angle iron round a radius. Easy I thought....just put a nother stetched bend in ....set the radius and voila..........but you guessed it 'the computer says no'...
  3. charliedurrant

    Equations and distance mates in an assembly

    Hi, I have a situation that is easily described. Consider a flat bar that is centered in the middle of another flat bar along the long dimension. I have various configurations varying the length of the longer bar. I want the position of the smaller bar to always be in the center of the longer...
  4. charliedurrant

    How to add a weld to a flat face and the side of a tube?

    Hi, I can't seem to add a weld between a flat face of a box to the side of a tube. The flat face is coincident with the side of a circular tube but none of the welds seem to go...Does anyone have any ideas? yours Charles Durrant
  5. charliedurrant

    Real world v SolidWorks

    Bare with me everyone, I know I'm as king a lot of questions....(and thanks to all that have taken the time to answer so far) Background - I am new to modelling / CAD / drawing etc. I am transferring some old autocad files into a 3d model. The files represent a replica of an old swing frame -...
  6. charliedurrant

    Mate to a hole on a tube

    I'm finding this quite strange.... I have a thin feature tube which has some cut holes in it (nothing strange just 6mm holes across the diameter). I now want to mate a washer to the hole but I can't seem to select the hole on the tube. Solidworks says 'unable to mate selected entities' as a...
  7. charliedurrant

    Quicklink model

    Has anyone come across a model for a quicklink in their travels that is possible to get hold of .... For a picture of a quicklink see http://www.reddenmarine.com/site/images/SD153010.jpg Also are their any extension spring resources online? Charles
  8. charliedurrant

    Trouble using smart fasteners

    Hi, I am new to solidworks and am having a great deal of trouble with smart fasteners. I just can't get it to recognise a series of concentric mated holes as one and simply put the nut on the end of the set screw. Does anyone have any ideas. The whole assembly is at...

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