I have two parts that were created as split bodies from a mold assembly. I now need to do drawings of the two, but would like to keep the original non-split part referenced to avoid having to do double the modifications. In the part drawings only the dimensions for the features I create after...
Can you use an intersection curve? Generally speaking, you select two surfaces then Tools -> Sketch Tools -> Intersection curve and it will find the intersection of the two surfaces and create a curve. I believe it works with a surface and a plane too. It might take two features to get the...
I have two suggestions for the thermal method you are using. First, CosmosWorks allows you to put a thermal load on just a single part. Secondly, you can manually change the thermal properties of the other part materials such that they are not affected by a temperature load on the whole...
When I first switched from Pro/E to SolidWorks several years ago, I used "Engineering Desing with SolidWorks" by Planchard and Planchard. They have a new version out for SW2004. I skipped a lot of the early steps but it did a good job of explaining 3D modeling principles and the steps to take...
What sort of problem are you having? I found that if you create the spiral based on a origin-centered sketch, you can then create an axis perpendicular to the spiral. Then create a plane through the axis and the end point of the spiral. Use this plane for the section sketch and the sweep...
I am trying to find suppliers of motor analyzers for small stepper motors. In particular, I want something that can measure detent torque as well as pull-in and pull-out torques. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
thanks for the replies. i did not consider my system statically determinite so i was expecting the stress to change. but taking another look at it in that light, the results do make sense. thank you.
I am running a straightforward linear stress anaylsis in MSC Nastran for Windows but for some reason when I change the modulus of my material the displacement result changes as expected but the stress does not change at all. Has anyone ever had this happen or have an explanation for it? The...
Mechanica 2001 keeps shutting down during runs saying that there has been an error in requesting additional memory from the system. This happens if I set the run dialog RAM allocation higher than 512 to 1000 MB. I have 2 GB of RAM and 6 GB of Virtual Memory so I am unsure what the problem is...
