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  1. dezignstuff

    SolidWorks World

    Last year the reception was during the SuperBowl, and they played the game at the reception on huge screens with free beers and food. I thought it was an improvement over my living room. Maybe they'll have a couple of screens running again this year. If you go to SWW to network and meet folks...
  2. dezignstuff

    how do i reverse engineer valve covers?

    The gasket area is flat, right? So put it on a flat bed document scanner, bring the image into SW as a sketch picture, scale it from a known dimension, and you can trace it. If the physical part is clean, you should be able to get something that looks good, and very close to reality. The...
  3. dezignstuff

    sweep or loft

    Sweep? No way. Use a loft. You've already got everything you need to make a loft. For a sweep you're gonna also need a guide curve. Make a centerline loft, and you might have to change the twist settings, but you'll be done in 15 seconds. Best of luck
  4. dezignstuff

    Modeling a variable radius

    SolidWorks doesn't have a variable chamfer, only a variable radius fillet. Here's what you can do, though. Make a variable radius fillet using the values you mentioned, then loft a surface from one set of edges to the other, with no tangent end conditions. Then open the Replace Face feature and...
  5. dezignstuff

    SolidWorks on a Mac

    SolidWorks does run on windows on mac hardware, but to the best of my knowledge, the video cards available for the mac make it less than optimal. If you are only using SW on that machine casually or intermittently, and you don't have high expectations for it, it might not be a disaster. Running...
  6. dezignstuff

    Newbie needs advice

    Well, believe me, nobody's getting rich writing CAD books, and you don't really see any money until almost a year after you've done the work. It is nice working at home, though, without the weight of corporate life pressing down. If I were making a lot of money, I'd be on a beach in Belize...
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    Newbie needs advice

    Albatros, Sorry I'm a little late to the party here. I don't come around these parts much any more. Thanks for your comments on the book. Unfortunately, there actually are a couple of places where you might get the idea that the book is for beginners. Working with a big corporate publisher...
  8. dezignstuff

    Can't make spline into 3d extrusion...

    Extrude a face? Interesting. If you want a slot that follows the spline around the surface of the cylinder, like a cam slopt, you could sweep a rectangle along the 3D sketch. It could be a Wrap feature will help you get what you want. If you just want to make a hole shaped like the spline, just...
  9. dezignstuff

    PDM Works

    :) Finder's Fee? 15%??? That's more than *I* make on the book! I'll buy Jeff a drink next time I'm in Portland. Which will be July, by the way. Anyway, Ripper, I hope you enjoy the book. Matt Lombard
  10. dezignstuff

    rotate dimension

    Which dimensioning standard are you using? It sounds like ISO. If you switch to ANSI, it should do what you ask. Or to change dims individually, you could RMB on the dim, go to Properties, Display, and Override standards dimension display, and pick the middle option.
  11. dezignstuff

    variable pitch helix

    rumor has it sw07 can create helices that vary in pitch and diameter
  12. dezignstuff

    Problems with Fastners

    The only thing you can do is go through Toolbox an recreate all of the configuration sizes you used. Once you save the assembly with the "huge screws", you're screwed. Because it can't find the configs that were used in the assembly, it is replacing them with the Default configs, which are...
  13. dezignstuff

    deform examples

    Theo, I'm talking about Deform, not Flex.
  14. dezignstuff

    DIVIDING A PART TO SHELL ONLY CERTAIN SECTIONS

    If you break the part into several bodies, you can shell the areas that will shell and then put it back together. Another thing you might try is a multi-thickness shell. Also, you might just try it. The shell works much better than it used to.
  15. dezignstuff

    Hardware Spec For SW-2007

    If you keep waiting for the next great thing, you'll never get anything. Here's a recommendation (without any idea what kinds of designs you work with): - core duo (intel) or AMD FX 60 (big bucks dual core) or Athlon 4800+ (dual core) - 1 Gb ram min, depending on what you're doing maybe more...
  16. dezignstuff

    deform examples

    I'd like to see what someone thinks is a good example of the Deform feature, either Point, Curve to Curve or Surface Push. I don't need bad examples, I have plenty of those. I don't need the actual model, although that wouldn't be a bad thing if someone would offer, I really just need a...
  17. dezignstuff

    Lost in Euclidian Space.

    What you say about a reference point is true, but in a 3D sketch you can make a sketch point "on surface" to all three reference planes. In a 3D sketch you can make a point coincident to an axis and on surface to a plane. I don't know what you're trying to acheive, but workarounds are a way...
  18. dezignstuff

    Compression spring model? SW2006

    You can set it up so that if you move one component, or change a mate, the spring will update at the next rebuild. To do this, write an equation that sets D3@helix = (some dimension which is the total height of the helix. The helix should be made using height and revolutions if you want the...
  19. dezignstuff

    Rebuild Errors

    Really could be a lot of other things as well, such as: -mate to component pattern, incontext feature or assembly feature -incontext to a component pattern or assembly feature -equation relying on any of the above -equation relying on a driven dimension - a bug I've been working on several...
  20. dezignstuff

    Controlling parts at assembly level ?

    you might be looking at a KBE system like RuleStream. It's pretty pricy, but it definitely can do what you ask with the help of SolidWorks. Or you might be able to create a home-grown configurator in excel. Make a design table with a bit of an interface with toggle switches and user data...

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