Tech Tip: Dimensioning to an arc-shaped cut of a cylinder

A warning may appear when trying to add a dimension in the drawing to an arc-shaped cut of a cylinder.

The feature was made by extruding a cut with the following sketch.

Procedure: One way to dimension the drawing is to expand the drawing view in the feature manager and show the sketch. A dimension can be added to the sketch entities and afterwards the sketch can be hidden.

Notes: Another solution is to create a section view. The section view can be dimensioned without a warning.

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Webinar: Beat the Recession with DriveWorks Express

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT


ModernTech Mechanical is pleased to announce our Beat the Recession with DriveWorks Webinar- Making the most of the tools you have in SolidWorks.

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Tech Tip: Removing Tangent Edges from Sweeps with “Fit Spline”.

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Have you ever created sweeps, but did not want tangent edges reflected throughout your sweep at every tangent point? You can remove tangent edges through this process:

Before - Sweep reflects tangent edges.

After – Sweep reflect no Tangent Edges

Procedure:
1. Edit the path of an existing sweep or when creating a path for a sweep, “right click” on the sketch and choose, “Select Chain”.
2. Go to the pull down menu and select: Tools, Spline Tools, Fit Spline (or add to short cut menu).
3. Exit the sketch or create your sweep with the new Spline.
4. The resulting “Swept feature” will no longer have tangent edges at each tangent point.

Notes:
Using a Spline initially would have worked also; however, you would not have standard radius dimensions, for arcs and curves if needed for manufacturing or 2D drawings.3D sketches are also very useful when creating sweeps. When creating a surface, a Spline also creates one continuous surface.

Making Data Management Simple with SolidWorks Enterprise PDM

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ModernTech Mechanical Announces 3DVIA Composer Hands-On Test Drives

Attend a 3DVIA Composer Hands-On Test Drive to learn how to seamlessly incorporate design changes directly into your product documentation, and create up-to-date, accurate, printed and interactive materials. With 3DVIA Composer, your entire organization can automate and integrate the documentation process.

Using 3DVIA Composer you can:

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