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  1. IanLougheed

    Smoothing an irregular surface on a solid

    I have to agree with the others. What it sounds like is that you have a geometry that was created using a specific machining process. How was this geometry determined in the first place to dictate the tool paths? You clearly have a final shape that you want, which results from machining and...
  2. IanLougheed

    edge on rounded blade tip

    Tony, I think Anna's solution is the better one, and will be more flexible when you wish to model increasingly complex blade shapes. In fact I'll be looking at her solution to learn more about surfacing. Take care.
  3. IanLougheed

    edge on rounded blade tip

    Hi Tony, I extruded your outline shape (half ellipse and straight edges), then used 30/60 degree chamfers that I calculate. You could drive these from a formula based on blade thickness. I then extruded your blade profile as a cut. I wasn't sure how you wanted the blade to terminate. Hope this...
  4. IanLougheed

    Thermal dissipation of an LED PCB

    I'm going to agree with kellnerp and the others and suggest hand calculations. Finned arrays are not difficult to do relatively accurate calculations for. Even if you find a great computational solution to this and future design questions, you should always validate one result with at least one...
  5. IanLougheed

    SW2009 SP3.0 Display States Bug?

    Thanks for your reply Rob. I am certainly falling victim to those changes. However, from the looks of things this is a much-welcome improvement to the haphazard organization of colours, appearances, and textures from previous versions. I watched your video, and that explained what (to me) is the...
  6. IanLougheed

    SW2009 SP3.0 Display States Bug?

    Two posts in one day I guess. I recently upgraded my machine from SW2008 SP5.0 to SW2009 SP3.0. After doing the upgrade, I immediately noticed the Display States changes they had made. I don't regularly use PhotoWorks, so few of my parts or assemblies have any PhotoWorks appearance properties...
  7. IanLougheed

    How does one control cursor selection radius?

    Thank you for the direct answer. As of about 5 seconds ago, I have enabled Dynamic highlighting from graphics view. That will be a big help! Thank you for the tip! Ian
  8. IanLougheed

    How does one control cursor selection radius?

    Hello all, I am noticing a difficulty when generating drawings as I add dimensions. I usually encounter it when placing Smart Dimensions for linear measurements. Clicking the first edge or point is always successful, however the second edge or point is often difficult to click. It is as if I...
  9. IanLougheed

    Logitech mouse center button..use MS drivers

    I just purchased the MX Revolution mouse since I like the ability to assign my common keyboard shortcuts to the various additional buttons. With the default configuration in my up-to-date Setpoint installation, the scroll wheel would not act as either my zoom or my rotate, both functions I rely...
  10. IanLougheed

    SP 4.0 Apparently Available

    SP04 automatically installed for me today with no problems. It appears the incredibly annoying "Incorrect file opens when switching using the Window menu" bug has been fixed. The fixed SPR list for this service pack is quite long.
  11. IanLougheed

    Anyone running SolidWorks on a Mac?

    I have been using my Macbook Pro 17"(Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz, purchased December 2006) with 4 gigs of RAM for about a year and a half now. I chose to purchase an Apple when they had sufficient compatibility with SolidWorks through Boot Camp. At the time I was buying, it beat out all of the Windows...

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