Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations SSS148 on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  • Users: ndhanssen
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. ndhanssen

    Importing CADKEY files to SW

    Hi, I am having a problem importing a file I recieved from a client. He said the file was created in CADKEY and the *.prt extension makes me believe him. However, when I try to open the file in SW I get a 3D sketch and a 2D sketch, the 2D sketch has most of the part shape but almost anything...
  2. ndhanssen

    skewing in loft feature

    Hi all, I am working on a part right now and am currently using a loft to accomplish my goal but the result is skewed. The situation is I am lofting from a 1.25x1.25 inch square with 0.3 inch filleted corners on the x-y plane. I move about 3 inches along the x-axis, 2 inches along the y-axis...
  3. ndhanssen

    intermediate profile error in sweep

    Hi, I am working on a part involving a move from a 1x0.68 inch rectangle in the x-y plane to a .75x.47 inch rectangle in the x-z plane. I've done this on a couple of other parts where I sketch the profile of the first rectangle and use 3D splines to sketch a path from center and guide curves...
  4. ndhanssen

    help with wrapping a flat part around the profile of another part

    Hello, I am a mechanical engineer but am relatively new to SW. I learned most of my CAD skills on PRO-E. However, I am currently stumped on how to approach a modeling problem. We were previously cutting two pieces out of 18 ga steel and, using a custom template, the two pieces would be bent...

Part and Inventory Search