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  1. ormadorm

    Smart Fasteners

    I am working with Smart Fasteners and here is my problem. I can insert fasteners and I know how to flip them. My problem comes when I want to change the fastener type. I open the window to make the change and I have a large list of fasteners to pick from. (See attached) However, when I...
  2. ormadorm

    assembly features

    I made a toothless belt in the part file. Then inserted the belt. Then I used a the profile of a gear in the assembly to create a cut-extrude in the belt. Then I used a curve driven pattern to create the teeth around the entire belt. After reading your comments and trying out your...
  3. ormadorm

    assembly features

    I have made some changes in a top level assembly to a part. Is there a way for me to make those changes revert back to the part file? Or can I only see those features in the assembly? Thanks
  4. ormadorm

    PDF's

    I am simply trying to save a Solidworks drawing as a PDF and I get this error just after I hit save: "Sheet Dimensions for "Sheet1" exceed PDF limits(200in x 200in)". I measured the sheet simply by drawing and dimensioning a line the same length as the sides of the sheet and I get: (34in x 21in)...
  5. ormadorm

    Mates

    Thanks for the input. I'll give those things a try.
  6. ormadorm

    Mates

    Just to clarify, all the mates work great in the subassembly. But as soon as I bring it into the large assembly and make it flexible, the mates (especially the gear mates) have a hard time.
  7. ormadorm

    Mates

    I am bringing several subasemblies into a larger assembly and I would like to be able to move the various parts with respect to each other. I have several gear mates as well as concentric and coincident mates. My problem is this: I can bring in the subassembly and mate it just fine, but as...
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