Really a cable. tiny aircraft cable.
I want to wrap the cable from a fixed end (on a moveable assy) thru a series of pulleys and intermediate surfaces to the business end where a linear force will be applied to operate the gizmo.
So a flexible cable of fixed length that can move the tip of the...
I've modelled a pair of lens' from a desk magnifier set.
The lens' are the approx. shape and size and the material set for glass (polycarbonate looks better)so they look fine in the model, but, wouldn't it be COOL if during an animation during a pan over the focal point, that the image was...
I am about to take on a project where i would like several of the components to act as if in a gravity situation, falling at the appropriate time.
If i had a ball in a tube and a plate blocking the tube I could constrain the ball to the centerline of the tube and tangent to the plate but, i...
I can't believe that SW will only allow sketch data as variables for Propery Manager.This wouldn't even be an issue in Inventor as you could sort by ANYTHING.
I have a very large table of Mil-Spec parts. Of those half are readily available from commercial vendors, the others require long lead...
I want to use the properties from the configuration dropdown in my bom. Description here is $DESCRIPTION, and part number is $PART NUMBER.
When creating/modifying a BOM, $DESCRIPTION is not available as an option. In the BOM SW uses $PRP@DESCRIPTION from the configuration specific properties...
I have been filling a library with fasteners lately.One of the latest is a flathead fastener.
I thought that by using reference mates in the part that i would be able to get around the fact that whenever you drop a flathead onto a c'sunk hole it always goes in upside down and you have to flip...
I have a Design Table which works fine. I created a bogus sketch with a circle dimensioned as variable "size@sketch3". Sketch is turned off.(the only reason this is here is because SW can't sort by something that is not in a sketch.) There is a "length" variable in sketch 1.
When i insert a part...
I created an excel spreadsheet with all configuration information. Created the default part in SW and then created the design table "from file". I further want to use the property manager to filter the configuration list so that i can use this part in my library. the configurations come into the...
Long time inventor user thrust into the thick of Solidworks library. Could someone tell me the term i should be looking for in researching library file set up.
I am creating library files and some of these are massive. Picking the part from the library using only the configuration name is...
I am in the process of creating a test rig that involves an alternator and a motor. The rig is driven by an 8 ribbed multi-vee belt (serpentine) the same kind that is on every car in North America.
The drive pulley is in the 8" range and will be held on the drive shaft with a taper lock hub...
this may sound like a newbie question.... please excuse.
I have been using excel for over 10 years. I use it in conjuction with Autocad Inventor in the creation of iparts. Lately, we switched over from NT to XP and with that a new version of excel.
Can someone please tell me how to see the...
i used the search in forums and FAQ's with no hits.
INV R8. .idw created from assembly, ballooned, notes etc., saved.
upon re-opening the drawing only one of six views are visible. Balloons still attached. Upon editing views can be seen as solids, but, not as drawing or hidden line views. The...
Remember AutoCad? Mechanical Desktop?
When working with 3D models you could "weld" 2 pieces together using a "union" command. Let's say we "unioned" a cap onto a bottle. Later you could surround the bottle with a solid block and "subtract" the bottle from the block leaving the mold for a bottle...
I have modified an existing database for an i-part.
I edited an existing column (part numbers) and added a few more members. i did not change any of the existing filenames.
when i save the file i get no errors. (cells are all filled)
when i check in the model view things are as expected, there...
i have been tasked to design a testing fixture which requires the use of cooling water.
The unit under test has 4 inlet and 4 outlet tubes, 3/8" od. copper tube. The operator will be required to connect and disconnect these lines at the end of each test. The whole system will have 4 units, so 32...
I must find the hardest questions to ask, as i hardly ever get a reply. ( see other posts jan 23 )
New question.........How to get rid of a bogus reference in IV8.
I was sent a solid from another program converted to Inventor. It was in my assembly as "derived body yadayada" and life was good...
Besides creating a "starting" drawing, is there not a way to have note positioning etc. in a template "STICK".
if i edit the notes and save the template the notes are saved, but, not in position.
I have to add 5 notes (symbols) to each drawing. WHY????? Why can't i set up my template visually...
