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Different approach , objective roughly the same ...

Not a heavy user of sync but ...

..fixed 4k

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just grey out the icon that should be selected to set the revolving axis and then you will get a picture of the weird bug, but i already managed to fix that myself by pressing the sketch view button etc... so i basically managed to get my Revolved 3d profile, but then noticed that the whole concept...

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i can probably get community 24 then, but can the part even be reverse-engineered or edited in the app? i cant even seem to use any ctrl+z function after i have saved the file or completed some steps... i dont think i can ever finish it by looking at some random tutorials tho, because it even took ...

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that probably looks nice, but how is it all done in the app? the big bottom ring might also be the most annoying, because it might have to be more in the middle of the hole on the top(the fused together/fill part), so i wonder if that could also be modified somewhat easily or not... (the 1st hole p...

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hmm .. maybe your hole pattern should be sort of ...

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omg... now i probably also finally figured out why the filled in area looks so weird? i think that the model described on the pictures actually rotates the 0,5 ring around and the 1 full ring stays in place, but i actually would need the full ring to rotate and the "0,5" ring also needs t...

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Some youtube (not checked on how good they are) about revolve -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWK7R1NQNQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OScVPoYGCZw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiM3VfyV1Qk They are a bit old so UI is a bit different but the workflow is the same. Hmm this channel seems to hav...

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As long you include a single dimension on your drawing its no point to pollute the paper with scale and sheet size. Standard scale for views. . Its just dumb... As i see it, the goal with drawing is just to give a clear view as possible over the object. Only use black on everything... profile dimens...

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If you don't want to have different wall thickness then you just start with a solid disc instead.
The workflow is the same.

Modelling is just to think what primitives I need to add or subtract to get what I want.

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image.png Rotate a bit just to get a more clear picture on what side of the circle to trim. image.png The red line is sort of how you move to trim away the unwanted parts. Your profile will then be .. image.png Just extrude it downwards a bit .. {B57CA0AA-C2E7-4D46-A7C8-037B48FB91C4}.png To remove ...

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that probably looks quite nice, but can you make a video about how to build this stuff in the program? it's probably just based on some basic functions, but it is not even possible to find any tutorial videos about this stuff, hence also the title of my previous topic... I'm running out of space on...

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the green is probably the section view then, the rest is just some thoughts about how this could be modeled from a rough block to get the actual shape and angles etc... https://www.upload.ee/image/17610866/cut2.jpg not sure about the bottom ring on the section view though, because it should be open...

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ok thanks i try to check those, but now the inner ring seems to be smaller, but the filler should be going smoothly from the inner ring to the outer/bottom ring without any flat surfaces on the top... altho i dont even have a clue if that would even be possible at all... and the tilted/cut cylinder...

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ok thanks i can try that, but maybe the whole fill issue is that the 1st inner ring has(should have) a smaller diameter than the outer rotating ring? so the filler area from the top of inner half ring has to(should) move outwards towards the bigger ring... altho i still dont have any clue how to mo...

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well, it looks kinda similar, but if you flip your 2nd picture vertically, then you can see that the fill angle is not that good, because it just covers the whole enclosed area really weirdly, so i'm not even sure what is going on in there or how to fix/remodel that lol (on my theory pic the left f...

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For total filled its only 2 features ..

With an extra thinwall command you can "open up" face/faces.

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yes, something like that, but how do you even model something like this and then also fill in all of those gaps and add more angles, etc? i probably still cant draw the thing itself, but the proportions+angles and theory should look something like this: https://www.upload.ee/image/17610146/cover1.j...

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DennisD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 10:57 am With the state of AI these days I wouldn't be surprised if we are being punked by a bot.

. . . Except I would expect that even a bot could provide decent pictures of the objective.

Lol ...

Anyway .. another guess.

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As its "rings" (plural)... is this in fact an assembly ?

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Hmm ... still hard to understand ... I think you will have easier to express your self if you use a paper + pen and upload photo from your phone. Try to draw end result in somewhat isometric view. (Personally I find it cumbersome to draw in paint.) (* edit added something that maybe mimic your goal ...

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This "key" is best done with a simple protrusion.

Feature -> Protrusion.
Select offset plane and click on surface A.
Adjust the distance to your liking (B).
The just draw your profile (C).
Extrude to your desired thickness.

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Could it be as simple as this ?

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hello again :> i just made some huge progress with another model, but i still dont get it how can i change the properties of the extruded new material after replacing it's face with another surface... i like the shape of the new face, but i want to change the height of the new object to be less tha...

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it says page not found on that, but now i tried to create an object via the Revolve button and then already found a new problem that i cant even extrude the bottom part of that new revolved object to make it a bit longer than i drew it on the sketch before... plus the "smart dimension" to...

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Perhaps work more with less sketches to express your vision. By using dynamic edit on the sketches you can directly see your end result. For make your life simpler use as few controlpoints as possible on the spline curves. (To remove control point alt+left click on it / or alt + left click to add on...

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You need to understand the difference between Features and Components. image.png I haven't used so much asm features in the past but in this case its SW's lack of interacting with the end user. What would happen for example if the mirrored asm have been hidden behind some other part ? Just for comp...

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Is there some cleaver thought behind why you only can select and not deselect (holding ctrl) parts in graphic environment ? image.png Its gets even more confusing if you select parts/asm from the part explorer and press mass property it sudden will exclude the mirrored parts/asm. image.png Here I ha...

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*sigh* just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it's broken. Changing the sketch plane has never reversed the sketch normal. Because it shouldn't. I have 25+ year in a tool that sort of don't bother me to keep track of the sketch normal. From this experience I find SW's behaviour on the to...

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Changing the sketch plane does NOT change the orientation of the sketch. It just changes the location of the sketch in space. Sketch text is just sketch entities. In order to read left-to-right on the opposite side of the part, the sketch would have to be rotated 180 degrees in addition to moving t...

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image.png Select your preferred standard. Just remember what it is. In this case I have chosen "DIN Metric" image.png Make your changes... image.png Save as ... image.png Navigate to your installed template folder and go into the chosen standard. image.png Here you can chose to save as th...

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Here is something I don't quite understand why it best to have it like this. image.png We have some text on one side (A). If I then change my mind to have the text on the other side with just using the option to change sketch plane. image.png Edit ... image.png Selecting the other side as sketch pla...

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Can confirm that it also mirrors geometry that have help of constructions surfaces.

Is there a situation where it will not produce a mirror if this option is not checked ?

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That was a quick example. Frequently you don't want to mirror the entire body, just a single feature. Try to mirror constructions surfaces ... It adds even more complexity with complex geometry that needs help of construction surfaces and projection if you also have to think ahead that you only can...

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Honestly, I doubt it will ever be because of the complexity it brings forward. SolidWorks can't even determine which occurence is the seed occurence, let's not confuse it more. Yes you are right there that SW is broken beyond repair and ask the dev to add/change or even repair will brake the tool e...

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.. seem to be rock solid this designer tool ... I don't know .. perhaps I'm becoming a SW user at all. So this ... .. that "Trough All - both" is just sudden is not a valid option in Hole wizard. image.png is just .. okay that's also broken ... so I have to work me around with mirror inste...

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My current plan is to make parts with multiple configurations, and then save each configuration as a new part. If I need to fix something I can go back and do it from that one "template part" and save out the affected variants again, instead of having to go into each part and do the same....

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Sure ...

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Nah.. this is a Eastern egg.
Its just me who have a hard time to find this useful.

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I have a sheetmetal with some geometry. The black is just to simulate some pieces from o-rings. image.png When I'm in the edit of the sketch of Boss-extrude2 ... image.png And press ctrl-q (as this seems to be the correct way to truly have your model up to date) ...... image.png It sudden will crash...

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Stay away from configurations if you want to help the downstream process. My experience that you just can't by a screw that will somehow change length and dimension when you want to start to use it. In MPS system every item in a structure needs a unique identity to be purchased and so on. Configurat...

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In 2023 they seems to have fixed somewhat the hole wizard when it comes to sketching. image.png Midpoint line is removed for the sketch toolbox. (its just face palm...) In 2024 have they also fixed the other smart sketch feature problem by just removed it from the user ? (Thinking here center retang...

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SE isn't showing a warning or error that I see, just the link icon if you edit the sketch, but its not obvious that its connected to anything. I guess its remembers the edge from history that isn't there anymore? Not really sure how I feel about that, like its linked to a ghost I can't see anymore....

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Preach on! But you know, the out of box training shows how to use the software. Not always so much how to use it properly, usually focus on what it can do and speed. So people all model for speed not paying attention to what sketch elements are snapping to. The ability to see what fails after suppr...

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Did some test on this topic on this brain dead design tool. Just draw a box and add a cutout. image.png Then fill in the cutout with a boss using convert entities from the cut-extrude1 image.png Then suppress the added feature. image.png The we add another boss with using convert entities from the h...

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I can relate. Try to convert from holes to slots having already line inside the sketch... or using a rectangle with a center point as a skecth reference for the holes without an additional hole going to the center point as well. I saw a user starting a 3D sketch from the hole wizard and the holes w...

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I don't understand. When using the Hole Wizard the holes aren't represented by a point. Placing the points determines the center of the holes. What workflow would you prefer? Most of the workflow with 3d modelling is based around making sketches that the user uses to add or remove volume. SW have p...

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Being able to pre-create a hole wizard sketch is huge, and should have been possible YEARS ago. My hole patterns use symmetry a LOT, and often with the origin. I wrote a macro that works like the mirror command, except that it will mirror about all selected construction lines... Or if none are sele...

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So if you remove the feelings that could be originated to "violation of your muscle memory" do you find the tool more intuitive/production friendly ? I made a test of cleaning up a model with lots of extra surfaces in both of the tools and they even didn't come close. The broken model in f...

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Hmm .. CRTL and click for unselect is normal MS standard. In other words behave the same as explorer. What's wrong with that ?
Take it 10 out of 10 times instead of the faulty attempt with selection box in SW.

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Success, all assembled and looking like all the joints are as they should be. One last change is now needed. In the Isometric view the Front is shown as 'Bottom' on the cube, and that is upside down! I have done some searches to see how I can correct this but not yet found an answer. SE Sub.JPG I h...

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I don't know what you are after but perhaps something from my small tut could point you in the right direction ..
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