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Hi there,

Been using Solidworks since 2004, and have never come across a situation where I need to extrude something this long.

Is there a way to get around the 500m limit for extruding, sketching, etc???

I'm using Solidworks Premium 2018 SP5

rembrant999 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:38 am Hi there,

Been using Solidworks since 2004, and have never come across a situation where I need to extrude something this long.

Is there a way to get around the 500m limit for extruding, sketching, etc???

I'm using Solidworks Premium 2018 SP5

I made another sketch at the end of the extrusion and converted the entities. Could make 250m longer; after that the solid disappears, but can be used on drawings... lol

The limit is 1km for parts (500m in each main direction from the origin). Maybe you can move your geometry to keep it inside the boundaries.

BTW: Assemblies can be larger than 1km: https://files.solidworks.com/Supportfil ... df#page=70

If you're working at that scale, maybe it's time to move to something for civil or architecture.

Or you can model everything in cm or mm and write in a drawing that all dimensions are in meters.

Lapuo wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:27 am Or you can model everything in cm or mm and write in a drawing that all dimensions are in meters.

That seems to be the consensus...model everything as if 1mm was 1m and scale it up in the drawing by 1000x to export as a .dxf. This way I could have a consistent coordinate system over the 10km and not piece it all together...with new survey data it would be extremely challenging to keep 100% accurate locations otherwise.

That seems to be the consensus...model everything as if 1mm was 1m and scale it up in the drawing by 1000x to export as a .dxf. This way I could have a consistent coordinate system over the 10km and not piece it all together...with new survey data it would be extremely challenging to keep 100% accurate locations otherwise.