Dumb Solids: Make them your friend in SolidWorks
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Dumb Solids: Make them your friend in SolidWorks. Lars Christensen [email protected]. Presentation Roadmap…. Solids vs. Surfaces File Format Importing into SolidWorks Dumb Solid “Power Tools” FeatureWorks. Solids vs. Surfaces…. Imported Solids. Solid Tools. Surface Tools. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of Dumb Solids: Make them your friend in SolidWorks
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Presentation Roadmap…
Solids vs. Surfaces
File Format
Importing into SolidWorks
Dumb Solid “Power Tools”
FeatureWorks
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Solids vs. Surfaces…
Imported Surfaces
Imported Solids
Solid Tools
Surface Tools
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Solids vs. Surfaces…
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File Format…
Most of these will be imported as Dumb Solids, but some are better than others.
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File Format…
What’s the best way to import files into SolidWorks?
(Top 3 formats)
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File Format…
3.IGES
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File Format…
2.STEP
3.IGES
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File Format…
1.Parasolid
2.STEP
3.IGES
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File Format…
1.Parasolid
2.STEP
3.IGESStopped development in 1996
ISO 10303AP 242 scheduled for 2012
X_T better then X_B
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File Formats
STEP IGES
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Pop Quiz!
Name That Movie!
“I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.”
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File Format…
SolidWorksFile
6 Parts to Any SolidWorks File1
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Translators and converting…
SolidWorksFile
Geometry
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Translators and converting…
SolidWorksFile
Geometry
Topology
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Translators and converting…
SolidWorksFile
Geometry
Topology
Display Data
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Translators and converting…
SolidWorksFile
Geometry
Topology
Display DataFeature History
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Translators and converting…
SolidWorksFile
Geometry
Topology
Display Data
Meta Data
Feature History
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Translators and converting…
SolidWorksFile
Geometry
Topology
Display Data
Meta Data
Feature History
Mates
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File Format…
SolidWorksFile
Geometry
Topology
Display Data
Parasolid Kernel
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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
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Importing into SolidWorks…
Faulty face Gaps between faces
• Parasolid Features (Geometry, Topology, Display data) can become corrupted during translation.
• SolidWorks tries to repair this with Import Diagnostics.
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Demo Preview
Keep hitting that thing!
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Power Tools…
1.You can move, rotate, and copy solid
and surface bodies, or place them using mates.
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Demo Preview
It’s just like using mates!
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Power Tools…
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You can move, rotate, and copy solid and surface bodies, or place them using mates.
You can offset, translate, and rotate faces and features directly on solid or surface models.
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Demo Preview
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Power Tools…
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You can move, rotate, and copy solid and surface bodies, or place them using mates.
You can offset, translate, and rotate faces and features directly on solid or surface models.
Deletes, Patching or Filling a face from a surface body or deletes one or more faces from a solid body to create surfaces.
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Demo Preview
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Power Tools…
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You can move, rotate, and copy solid and surface bodies, or place them using mates.
You can offset, translate, and rotate faces and features directly on solid or surface models.
Deletes, Patching or Filling a face from a surface body or deletes one or more faces from a solid body to create surfaces.
Pattern repeats the selected features, faces and bodies.
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Demo Preview
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Pop Quiz!
What team did the Red Sox sweep in the 2004 World Series to end an
86-year “Curse”?
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Power Tools…
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You can move, rotate, and copy solid and surface bodies, or place them using mates.
You can offset, translate, and rotate faces and features directly on solid or surface models.
Deletes, Patching or Filling a face from a surface body or deletes one or more faces from a solid body to create surfaces.
Pattern repeats the selected features, faces and bodies.
Use the split to create multi body parts
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Demo Preview
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Power Tools…
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You can move, rotate, and copy solid and surface bodies, or place them using mates.
You can offset, translate, and rotate faces and features directly on solid or surface models.
Deletes, Patching or Filling a face from a surface body or deletes one or more faces from a solid body to create surfaces.
Pattern repeats the selected features, faces and bodies.
Use the split to create multi body parts
Make Solid to Sheet Metal
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Demo Preview
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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.
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Demo Preview
