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  1. Elokos

    Need help, assigning a plane on the verticle axis

    Thanks Jeff, That worked. I completed the tutorials the day I got the software, but there are still areas that are fuzzy, the plane example, for instance. Detroit thanks for the tip, but the top down plane worked out better, in this example. Two answers for 2 posts, and not much of a flame...
  2. Elokos

    Need help, assigning a plane on the verticle axis

    I haven't had alot of luck with this. Seems kinda hit or miss, since I'm self learning; I'm not sure I follow the same steps each time. Can someone give me the exact steps to do this? ei I sketch, draw a circle 10mm diameter, I extrude it 30mm creating a cylinder. Now I select the top view...
  3. Elokos

    How do I....

    Scratch that, I figured out. I needed to add a centerline for the revolve to revolve around.
  4. Elokos

    How do I....

    Ok, I got the plane assigned via a point on the axis of the cylinder's face. The plane goes through the middle of the cylinder. I then draw a circle which is coincident on the face of the cylinder. (half on half off) Now I can do an extruded cut which only cuts straight away, the revolved...
  5. Elokos

    How do I....

    I want to creat a clinder with a o-ring grove on it. I create a circle then extrude, however when I try to select the outside portion of the cylinder and make any changes. Solidworks errors out and says I must select a valid plane. I tried to use the plane tool on reference geometry to create...

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