FYI for everyone...further exploration looks like DriveWorks in SolidWorks may be the way to proceed. I am presently working through the tutorial and it looks promising.
Good point on the definition of the "cube". Consider it a frame or box with the overall specified dimensions. I may want to change the overall dimensions in a hundred different sizes over the course on one month. And I need to make it as simple as possible.
Imagine a cube, fabricated from 1 1/2 inch square tubing. The outside cube dimensions are 42"W X 55-1/2" L X 85" H. Perhaps I have 100 different size cubes; I don't want to go into the parts and change every part length. Is there a way to change any one of the dimensions and have the overall...
I tried and simulated your problem on one of my drawings. Try going to Tools\Options\Document Properties\Dimensions. Then click on *Automatically jog ordinates * Show dimensions broken in broken views * Arrows follow position of text. This might get you started. You may want to change other...
I would like to lay out a 3D hydraulic tubing layout that I can eventually bring in to my main assembly model. Using multiple planes, I have the layout done. But I cannot seem to sweep the lines to form the tubing. Right now each line is at a right angle to the next. There are no radii at the...
I am relatively new to Solidworks...only since last Oct. I am drawing a tension spring. I have drawn the helix. And I have drawn the loop at one end of the spring. but the end of the loop and the end of the helix do not connect. I have trimmed the sweeps for each and I am using 'Boundry' to...
