I have some steel parts that I am creating drawings for and need to determine what type of steel they are. What is the best way to do this? Preferrable tests would be non-destructive.
Thanks,
Matt
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With threaded pipe connections, are there standard values for how far the pipe should thread into the fitting? In other words, what would the overlap be from the end of the pipe to the end of the fitting? I am trying to specify pipe cut lengths that join two fittings fixed in space. Know...
In SW05 SP5.0 I have a sheet metal part that is conically shaped (using Lofted Bends) with other added features. I can unfold this into a flat pattern without any trouble. I have derived a part from this shape that will be completely round and free of any linear edges or flat faces. When I...
I have come across a little detailing problem and I am wondering if there is a work around. Solidworks 2005 SP5.0 by the way.
I insert a front view of a part, don't like the orientation so I rotate it 180 degrees. Then I try to add vertical and horizontal ordinate dimensions and I get...
My SW subscription is about to expire and I am faced with the decision of renewing or not. I am a one man operation and the main reason I subscribed in the first place was to stay current with a high volume client. That work dried up almost immediately after subscribing.
Now I have the 2006...
I have an assembly that I completed the design on and do not anticipate making any changes to. I have another assy to design that is very similar with some dimensional changes. I decided not to make another assy configuration to avoid headaches. I decided to make all assy and part files...
I helped company A design a piece of equipment for their plant. Company A requests bid for fabrication of this equipment from company B, whom I also provide services for, one of which being pricing the fabrication of equipment. Company B sees that I was involved in the design of this equipment...
SW 2005 SP3.1
I have a drawing of an assembly with several configurations and a sheet for each config. I changed the names of the configurations in the model and in my drawings, the BOM's on each sheet died (only column heading visible). No problem, I'll just replace the BOM's. Problem is, I...
Is it possible to create "walk-throughs" or "fly-bys" in Solidworks, stand alone or with an add on? This link, http://www.accurender.com/index.htm , shows a software package that generates such things for ACAD and other CAD systems. It seems like the rendering is easy enough in SW but can you...
I create a master parts list for a machine by generating a custom BOM from my main assembly drawing and exporting it into Excel to do some further tweaking (autofilter etc.) I have been using the "Parts Only" option but have recently desired to have all of the assemblies listed as well so I can...
I use SolidWorks 2005 and am looking to work with a particular customer that uses the newest release of Inventor. Which exported file types work best for importing into Inventor. Step, iges, parasolid, acis, stl, etc? Can you open SolidWorks part or assembly files?
Thanks,
Matt
SW 2005 SP0.1
In drawings, I am unable to show dimensions to a hidden line. Even if I change the view to wireframe (where all lines are solid) I still can't select the hidden lines. Is there a setting to allow this?
Thanks,
Matt
Question for someone with experience working between SW and Inventor. A customer sent me an Inventor part file and when I try to open it in SW2005, the following shows up in the error file:
SolidWorks Corporation - INVENTOR Processor Error Log...
Say I wanted to take a structural angle shape, cut a V in one of the legs and bend the angle 90 degrees as if I welded 2 mitered pieces together. Can I add bends to a part that still keeps it's angle shape (ie. sharp outside corner)? I know I can do this using a sweep command but is it...
I have a possible opportunity to be involved in the design of some equipment for a company whose engineer is a diehard Inventor kind of person. I have no interest in buying a seat of Inventor and learning it especially for a relatively small project. My question is this: Is there a reasonable...
When designing weldments in SW 2005, I tend to not use the Weldment functionality. I just make an assembly of steel shapes. I am in the process of making a weldment BOM template and I am wondering if I can link a column to the base extrusion length value for a part for the cut length? Is this...
Hopefully this is an easy one. I was working on a drawing and was in the process of editing a note when for some reason I doubled clicked on the top bar of my Note Editing Window (color, font, size, etc). I am not sure WHY I did this but that is generally how I maximize windows. When I did...
I am thinking of purchasing AutoCAD LT 2005 as a 2D supplement to Solidworks. My question is: Can you save files produced in LT into a filetype that R14 can use?
Thanks,
Matt
I am trying to export an assembly to be used in ACAD. I have tried ACIS and IGES and they seem to work fine but what I would really like is for the assembly to just be one single dumb solid part with minimal file size. My attempts with the ACIS and IGES have given me file sizes at 5 MB and up...
How do you get odd decimal values to round to the nearest fraction? Say I wanted to express .4300 in 16ths. How do I get SW to show 7/16 instead of .4300?
