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Dumb Solids: Make them your friend in SolidWorks

Dumb Solids: Make them your friend in SolidWorks. Lars Christensen lars@cadimensions.com. Presentation Roadmap…. Solids vs. Surfaces File Format Importing into SolidWorks Dumb Solid “Power Tools” FeatureWorks. Solids vs. Surfaces…. Imported Solids. Solid Tools. Surface Tools.

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Dumb Solids: Make them your friend in SolidWorks

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  1. Dumb Solids: Make them your friend in SolidWorks Lars Christensen lars@cadimensions.com

  2. Presentation Roadmap… • Solids vs. Surfaces • File Format • Importing into SolidWorks • Dumb Solid “Power Tools” • FeatureWorks

  3. Solids vs. Surfaces… Imported Solids Solid Tools Surface Tools Imported Surfaces

  4. Solids vs. Surfaces…

  5. File Format… Most of these will be imported as Dumb Solids, but some are better than others.

  6. File Format… What’s the best way to import files into SolidWorks? (Top 3 formats)

  7. File Format… 3.IGES

  8. File Format… 2.STEP 3.IGES

  9. File Format… 1.Parasolid 2.STEP 3.IGES

  10. File Format… 1.Parasolid 2.STEP 3.IGES X_T better then X_B ISO 10303 AP 242 scheduled for 2012 Stopped development in 1996

  11. File Formats STEP IGES

  12. Pop Quiz! Name That Movie! “I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.”

  13. File Format… 6 Parts to Any SolidWorks File 6 1 SolidWorks File 5 2 4 3

  14. Translators and converting… Geometry 6 SolidWorks File 5 2 4 3

  15. Translators and converting… Geometry 6 SolidWorks File Topology 5 4 3

  16. Translators and converting… Geometry 6 SolidWorks File Topology 5 Display Data 4

  17. Translators and converting… Geometry 6 SolidWorks File Topology 5 Feature History Display Data

  18. Translators and converting… Geometry 6 SolidWorks File Meta Data Topology Feature History Display Data

  19. Translators and converting… Mates Geometry SolidWorks File Meta Data Topology Feature History Display Data

  20. File Format… Geometry SolidWorks File Parasolid Kernel Topology Display Data

  21. Pop Quiz! • What do you call a group of owls? • What do you call a group of foxes? • What do you call a group of ferrets? A Parliament A Skulk A busyness

  22. Importing into SolidWorks… • Parasolid Features (Geometry, Topology, Display data) can become corrupted during translation. • SolidWorks tries to repair this with Import Diagnostics. Faulty face Gaps between faces

  23. Demo Preview Keep hitting that thing!

  24. Power Tools… You can move, rotate, and copy solid and surface bodies, or place them using mates. 1.

  25. Demo Preview It’s just like using mates!

  26. Power Tools… You can move, rotate, and copy solid and surface bodies, or place them using mates. 1. 2. You can offset, translate, and rotate faces and features directly on solid or surface models.

  27. Demo Preview

  28. Power Tools… You can move, rotate, and copy solid and surface bodies, or place them using mates. 1. 2. You can offset, translate, and rotate faces and features directly on solid or surface models. 3. Deletes, Patching or Filling a face from a surface body or deletes one or more faces from a solid body to create surfaces.

  29. Demo Preview

  30. Power Tools… You can move, rotate, and copy solid and surface bodies, or place them using mates. 1. 2. You can offset, translate, and rotate faces and features directly on solid or surface models. 3. Deletes, Patching or Filling a face from a surface body or deletes one or more faces from a solid body to create surfaces. 4. Pattern repeats the selected features, faces and bodies.

  31. Demo Preview

  32. Pop Quiz! What team did the Red Sox sweep in the 2004 World Series to end an 86-year “Curse”?

  33. Power Tools… You can move, rotate, and copy solid and surface bodies, or place them using mates. 1. 2. You can offset, translate, and rotate faces and features directly on solid or surface models. 3. Deletes, Patching or Filling a face from a surface body or deletes one or more faces from a solid body to create surfaces. 4. Pattern repeats the selected features, faces and bodies. 5. Use the split to create multi body parts

  34. Demo Preview

  35. Power Tools… You can move, rotate, and copy solid and surface bodies, or place them using mates. 1. 2. You can offset, translate, and rotate faces and features directly on solid or surface models. 3. Deletes, Patching or Filling a face from a surface body or deletes one or more faces from a solid body to create surfaces. 4. Pattern repeats the selected features, faces and bodies. 5. Use the split to create multi body parts 6. Make Solid to Sheet Metal

  36. Demo Preview

  37. FeatureWorks… Automatic Feature Recognition: The Software attempts to recognize as many features as possible. Interactive Feature Recognition: You select the feature type and entities. Tip: Recognize fillets and chamfers first. Interactive recognition of any extrusions or revolves is simpler after fillets/chamfers are recognized. Perform Automatic Feature Recognition after you have simplified the model with Interactive Feature Recognition.

  38. Demo Preview

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