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    Weird thicken problem

    Hello Eltron, Thank you for your suggestion. Although none of those surfaces are tangent only 2 spots are strange. The rest (e.g. sharp one-point ending where 2 faces meet together) look fine after thickening. Anyway, I will try to change Filled Surface to Boundary. Thanks!
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    Weird thicken problem

    Hello Guys, I have this strange problem. After knitting 3 surfaces (Filled surface from 3D sketch) and thicken I end up with extrusion in 3 different directions. Merge option is selected but these small triangle surfaces are highly undesirable (see JPG). How can I have one nice thickened...
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    SolidWorks subassembly in-context spring not rebuilding (updating)

    Updraft, Thanks for your swift reply. Although my model isn't top-down one, I got the general idea. First I drew shock absorber parts and assemble them. Then stick this assemble to FRAME ASSEMBLY (which comprises: frame, swingarm and shock absorber) and last OP: FRAME ASSY inserted into MAIN...
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    SolidWorks subassembly in-context spring not rebuilding (updating)

    It's my first thread, thus Hello Everybody. I hope you're well. The problem is as follows. I drew in-context spring into a shock absorber assembly. It works fine: when I move the piston rod and hit 'rebuild', the spring automatically changes its shape to fit the distance. When the shock...

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