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June SW Legion Contest analysis (Part 3) – No July Contest

July 20, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

There will be no July SW Legion contest. I’m planning on something a bit bigger for August and September, so for now, I’ll take a month’s break from contests. June SW Legion Contest was very successful. As promised, I’m going to discuss some of the variety of entries. There are many ways to approach modelling [...]

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Methodology in making solid models (a discussion)

July 17, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

According to some of my sources (who shall remain nameless), there was a time when SolidWorks Corp thought about making a something like a best modelling practices guide for SolidWorks users. The idea of best practices is something of which I’ve been critical. The main reason is that every situation, environment, company and industry is different, …

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And the June SW Legion Contest winner is… (Part 2)

July 15, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

There are two winners for the June SW Legion Contest. The official winner (Sandeep Pawar) and the unofficial winner (per the unstated and unofficial though originally intended rules) is Arash Erfanian. Three individuals produced verifiable scalene ellipsoids with only three elements. One individual used two sketches and one feature (3 elements total). Two other individuals used …

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And the June SW Legion Contest winner is… (Part 1)

July 8, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

The June SW Legion Contest asked the brave ones among us to provide the very simplest ellipsoid within Solidworks. It turned out that the rules where a little too general. In my excitement to announce this contest, I failed to specify that I was looking for scalene ellipsoids, not just any old sphere. I also …

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Different ways to Mate with a SLOT -1

July 7, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

Now we have finished and learned the techniques of making a SLOT, the second question comes up in the mind is “How to Mate with a SLOT”. Again there can be several ways to achieve this and one may adopt the method which he/she finds easy and quick to use. In this chapter let’s discuss …

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June SW Legion Contest: Create an Ellipsoid model

July 7, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

The June SW Legion Contest is a different kind of challenge! The task is to submit the simplest SolidWorks model of an ellipsoid possible. The person with the least combined number of features and sketches wins. Use of equations is highly encouraged.

The submitter must be the author of the file they submit.

Contestants may email their entry …

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Dimensioning of Slots (SW 2009 and ASME Y14.5M)

July 7, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

Ever since the addition of the slot tool, SolidWorks almost seems like a whole new software for the those who design machined parts. Adding the functionality was one over due accomplishment. Another accomplishment was making sure SolidWorks supports standard methods for dimensioning slots.

ASME Y14.5M-1994 paragraph 1.8.10 and figure 1-35 provide three methods for the dimensioning …

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Using Empty Views (Part 3: How to use them)

July 7, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

My articles on Empty Views in SolidWorks have been long in coming. This is not due to the topic being complex or anything. It’s just taken me that long to get around to this series. (There’s been a lot of other stuff to talk about in the meantime, such as SolidWorks World 2009, something called …

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The Answer to “Who is using 3D Mice?”

July 7, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

The results are in from my previously posted polls. I have three results from two polls about who’s using 3D mice, and how they got them. How did I get three results from 2 polls?

Well the first result of the polls is that I really dislike the polling site memedex.com. I wish wp-polls would work, …

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