Any recommendations on a desk or pocket guide to these standards? We have the standards on hand but could use a general reference as our company standard is ASME based but is working with several customers using these standards. The goal is to prepare our fabrication drawings per ASME while...
Our company is beginning to work with a customer who's drawings use first angle projection. For our shop and suppliers we will supply drawings with third angle projection. I'd like to make it easy for myself and others here to create and verify their drawings using first angle projected views...
Is there a way to clear the recent documents in SolidWorks? When we test potential new employees in SolidWorks we would like to remove the recent files so they do not have easy access to prior testers work.
tia
How can I have an origin symbol (circle) on one end of a dimension leader and an arrow on the other end? I thought I could do this in earlier versions of SW (I'm running 2015). The only way I found to do it now is change the overall drafting standard from ANSI to JIS, change the dim arrow...
Is there a continuous feature symbol available in SW? If not, do you know if there is a balloon or border style built-in to place around the CF?
tia, Diego
I need a clarification on a fillet weld arrow side with all around symbol. Does the all around only apply to the near side of the joint or does it extend to the far side of the joint? I read the symbol indicating near side only, where the arrow points and up both sides of the channel, but not...
I received an advance review print from a customer specifying ASME Y14.100-2013. We requested that our customer complete this drawing with tolerance that was missing (this is a US Army TACOM drawing.) As a courtesy our customer is asking us to review the drawing before they submit the change to...
How do I correctly specify that this flare-bevel weld (see attachment) needs to be filled flush to the outside edge? The material in this case is .125 aluminum sheet metal. We have been welding with a minimum throat of .12 but the weld has the appearance of being undercut or not filled...
I’m hoping you can answer a question. Our customer calls a material specification as ASTM A656-93, grade 80. When we purchase this we only specify ASTM A656 GR 80, not including the -93. What is the significance of “-93”? I do not see this as a type in the spec.
Thanks for your insight into...
Our engineering group updated this week to SW2014. Our production area is running edrawings 2013. Is there a way to set SW14 to use this earlier version of edrawings when using Publish to eDrawings from the file menu?
tia, Diego
Can I add an AWS edge weld symbol to the default ANSI weld symbols in SW? If so can you please provide an explanation of how that is done.
I'm running SW2013 sp 5.0
Thank you, Diego
I'd like a standard note for sheet metal flat patterns showing the k-factor in the part. Is this possible? I looked unsuccessfully for a property named k-factor, and also tried adding <k-factor> to the bendnoteformat.txt file. No love so far.
We use different k-factors based on process - press...
We frequently see this note on a major customer's prints: REFER TO THE MATERIAL SPECIFICATION INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR "STOCK" MATERIAL TOLERANCES. This has usually been read here as referring to the material thickness rather than material properties. Looking at the ASTM B209 spec for the item I'm...
I work for a fabrication sub-contractor. One of our major customers uses a title block tolerance based on process, rather than decimal place. This customer generally does not apply gd&t, or other direct tolerancing methods. The typical title block call-out reads:
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED...
We've had several instances of custom properties being deleted from part files. These properties are part of the part templates, and are used to fill out drawing fields. Not only are the values in the custom properties deleted but also the property name is deleted. We pull our templates from a...
When inserting a block with editable attributes, can I set DraftSight to automatically open a window to edit in, rather than entering the attributes at the command line? We are trying to make an easy entry method for users and remembered this as an option in Acad, and hoped it was available in...
Is there a copy settings wizard for DraftSight, similar to SolidWorks? I recently moved our engineering team to DraftSight from DWGEditor and would like the setup to be consistent at the beginning.
Thanks for your input. Diego.
We are beginning to work with a new customer who designs in 3ds Max. Can you please suggest a file format to use for importing into SolidWorks? Or suggest a process you've used successfully? Our initial preference is for something free rather than a purchased product, as there is no revenue at...
