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temo

Hello Long time no see! So I have a question about mating and simulation: I want to make an assembly with a car body, four wheels, four jack points and a jack: It will be a: - one really simple car body made of one solid - four wheels made of one solid that i copy to four places in the assembly - fo...

temo

Thanks, I will look into putting the SSP into the parts.
Will it affect how the subassemblies updates after I do som changes to the SSP out in the process, there is still just one SSP part that needs editing?

temo

Thanks

The SSP is inserted in the main assembly and every sub-assembly, not in the parts

temo

Thanks, good point, I'm all new to rendering

temo

Hello So I've been using John's SSP approach for a while when drawing assemblies and it works well for me. Lately I've been thinking, what plane do you guys pick when you start a new sketch in a part in one of the sub assemblies, say you want to draw on the front plane and not a plane created specif...

temo

Oh thanks, that make sense

temo

Thanks, but I didn't know the paint I've applied on the wall around the TV would take the reflections from the floor, do you mean that if I make the floor material less reflective it won't reflect onto the walls? Thanks, I'll look into that help file.

Terje

temo

Update: I've kind of solved it with applying material instead of appearance, but it gave me a new problem, I can't seem to get rid of the reflection from the floor onto the wall, any tips on this?

temo

Hello So I've been trying to render the image below, but when I render a section view my flooring just show up blank. I've tried applying the appenance to both the body and the face, neither work. I's a multibody part in an assembly, and it doesn't seem to matter if I just render the part or the ass...

temo

Thanks, yes I think you have a point here, I have all the points in an matrise so it should not be to much work to key in the points, especially as the plane would represent the Z-coordinate. I've always wondered about this, in what order to use mirror, from simple lines in the sketch to features an...

temo

It's like you say, bulkheads, not random points.
So it's like 5x10 points for the main hull and about the same for each flot as it's a trimaran, and it will of course doble when you mirror, either the points or the body parts.

I think maybe it's so few point that it should be doable?

temo

No, not me either, never used point cloud data before

temo

Hello So just a quick question: I've some table of half breaths for a boat hull that I have put into Excel in a three column style(x, y and Z). I want to import the coordinates into Solidworks as points, so I pasted all the data into a comma dilibert text file, and it seems to import fine into solid...

temo

Hello I'm not sure the reason for the problem, but I did auto assign names to start with so I don't think so. If you see the tread I link to it seems to be a widely spred issue, I hope I've solved it now. So by this lead here: https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/87219 and https://r1132100503382-eu1-...

temo

What a nightmare So by this lead here: https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:yUw32GbYTEqKdgY7-jbZPg/iquestion:3QaclSbWQiyK3oUKgXQAuA I manage to resolve the issu after a cople of hours trying. Basically save out the three parts without using the assembly option, then open...

temo

Thanks again everybody Yes probably best to add fillets later and I also made a version where I split the mould down the middle. No problem, I'll turn off realview in the future, but regarding the missing name, that's because it's still a part with 3 solid bodies that I want to save out as an assemb...

temo

Hello again So I'm trying to save out the bodies from a part file to an assembly, but when I browse for the file location and click save, I get this error message that doesn't make any sense. My Solidworks version 2021 is installed at default location on the c:drive. I've tried different locations o...

temo

Thank you, well yes I could, but then I think I would be without fillet at one side

temo

Hello again So I'm trying to save out the bodies to an assembly, but when I browse for the file location and click save, I get this error message that doesn't make any sense. My Solidworks version 2021 is installed at default location on the c:drive. I've tried different locations on different drive...

temo

So as you can see, this time I used the manual method with combine and surface cut, but then it doesn't mask of the hulls like it does in the mould feature. It seems like I have a problem with the fillets when I put the cut flush to one side, maybe I should go one mm in into the tap, do you know whe...

temo

Thanks for the tips

I will make a model of that and see how that will work out for me, and oh yes maybe use a vacuum bag to.

temo

Thanks As you mention, the tab is the reason I've made the mold this way, I don't think it's possible to lay up the fibre in traditional way and get the cloth down i the tab, but I really don't know, this will be my first attempt at carbon fibre part. I contacted Easy Composite and they advised me t...

temo

Worked like a charm!

temo

Ok thanks, I will do that. Yes one should believe the feature is developed for a reason. So is there anyone in here that have experience with laying up carbon fiber cloth in such a small form, will it be doable with this kind of tre way compression molding? Any recommendations for a forum on this? T...

temo

Hello Thank you both, so I did not see your replays. I've been trying out the mould feature in the meantime, I've kind of got it working, but I need the black part split down the middle to, parallel to the protruding tap. Maybe I can just make a plane and split it that way, or can it also be done in...

temo

Hello So I want to embed my part shown here into a block and do a three way split for making a mould for carbon fibre layup. I vill 3d-print the three parts and clamp them together to make a compression layup after wetting out the carbon fibre. I have a reference plain set up in the middle of the tu...

temo

I guess, that's just a way to try to get me to have a subscription, it's all gone from my addinn now(that will say, I can still make a tick in the menu, but it will not load, not even if I restart SW). Yes I could just use a 2d program to draw this part, but it's a part of a bigger assembly, and it'...

temo

Andy: can you please give a short "PW360 for dummies" on the basics of how you get such a crisp render, I've tried many times, but mostly ending up with a JPG image save from a "saveAs". I find 316 stainless steel especially difficult, as it gets more colored than a shiny mirrore...

temo

Hello again So I have this part I want to machine, but it's my first time on my Openbuilds mini mill. The part is about 10x20x20mm and in aluminium. When I save out the part as an dxf it comes in my Openbuilds cam as one circle and four line segments and two arc's. The cam does not seem to be able t...

temo

Hello again

Probably not a big difference, but I change the angle of attack, anyone think this is doable now?
The green bar is the part before bending, and in scale.

Terje

temo

Thank's, will work on that tomorrow!

temo

Hello So I'm new to designing in sheet metal, but I have this clip I want to press out of an 2x20x55mm 316 metal strip. After designing the two tool press parts I think maybe this have to be pressed in at least two different tools? The red part is the fully pressed clip, the blue part is the moving ...

temo

Thanks, I will try it!

temo

Hello I’m new here, migrating over from the old solid works forum that got shut down. I’m trying to find the outline/perimeter of a angled section cut on a bent pipe constructed from a spline. I know I can find it by doing a cut extrude at an angle thru the pipe and then from a drawing created norma...

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