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  1. craigsmiller

    Part Configs. Driving Ass'y Configs Driving Part Configs.

    I have a part, a cylindrical case, with 5 sizes (diameters) as different configurations. I want to design a lid for these cases with configurations which fit each of the case configurations. Can I do it this way: Put the case into an assembly, use a design table to make an assembly...
  2. craigsmiller

    Area Hatching in SW Drawings

    Thanks for the idea. Using a Broken Out section didn't work in this case because the handle is hollow (drilled out, I guess I should have mentioned that) so the broken section showed the internal detail and hatched the remaining wall thicknesses. However, the idea of sketching a rectangle over...
  3. craigsmiller

    Area Hatching in SW Drawings

    I'm trying to put a hatch on an area of a part in a drawing to indicate a region to be knurled. I searched and read the past threads on knurling and I don't need to go to the trouble to model the knurl, just indicate on the drawing where it should be done. I want to knurl a cylindrical surface...
  4. craigsmiller

    Mating Curved Objects

    In SW2001 is there a way to mate two curved objects, specifically a cylindrical ring with the surface of a sphere? SW won't allow me to pick a non-linear edge (the inner edge of the ring) for mating, and selecting the inner cylindrical surface for a tangent mate to the sphere makes the surface...

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