I have pushed Design tables as far as I can, DriveworksXpress has given me a good start and a demo set for the decision makers.
I have a quote for DirveWorks, I also have a history with the people there, good folks who are competant and quick with a smile.
Is there any advantages with...
Hello Seghojangan,
In many ways It doesn't matter which 3D tool you choose, the skills you learn are transferable (a good portion anyway) I have used 3 different ones and found a way to make each be productive. I currently use SolidWorks and have in a few different industries (each requiring...
To comment on the revising of assembly level drawings every time a component is revised, I have been at companies that did it both ways, depending on what that situation required.
But the process of part numbers identifying components rather than item/balloon numbers seems like an easy one...
If you have the time try playing with the surface functionality, it's easier than you think and it opens doors that are harder to do with with solids. jump in, you may love it.
Even though some industries have been slow to the 3D world, I think it's too bad because they could have pushed the software to be better everywhere. I hate Autocad for anything actually, but we still have to deal with it.
not sure if the below package could help or not Scott, if you look at...
Yep, I am a pure 3D person, SolidWorks or anything I think is better that I can get my paws on. I never get attached to any one company/software, just in case some one gets better, it's easier to switch.
however, large multinational companies have policies of project as builts submitted in...
Saving Drawings into Autocad format is working well, using the mapping functionality to place certain types of things onto layers. The tool allows you to choose dimensions onto it's own layer for example as you export, it recognizes the different features on a drawing well enough and the map...
Morning Stevdar,
Surfacing will work well, whether you use indent or not. Surfacing is a different animal to create models with, but the power of it would work well in your case, especially if you were using Flow to study the design you create. It's always the case though, to make it great it...
Two different methods come to mind, one would be the loft mentioned above, the second could be to model the air passage as a model and then use the "indent" feature to cut out the air passages into the material. It's sometimes easier to model how you want the passage to look as a solid and...
Hello EduPuixa,
I personally have gone a different direction with part numbers over the years, I have tried to keep them as simple as possible without intelligence. I then have used the property fields to describe the components more completely. The value this has for me is that it allows me...
PDM would help with this, and in my opinion a great addition to working with SW. But the "pack and go" Updraft recommended will be much faster and thorough than SW Explorer. The "Select/Replace" button will also help replace portions of text in the file names and of course there is the...
if I wanted to make a gun I would use steel and get one of the many machine shops with gun drilling to do it, I can literally find half a dozen of them within a few blocks of where I am sitting. Or I go 10 blocks and buy a gun.
