I running I-deas 9m2. Some how I have problems with sketching in place. It doesn't select the surface and its edges even it recognize the surface as a plain and it can sketch in that plane, but I can not use the surface borders.
any idea how I can fix this???
I don't know what Top X is but TopSolid always had assemblies. Take a look at their website Topsolid.com
It is impresive the aproach to the tool that the software does.
Hello geo12,
I have a long experience with different software packages for moldmaking industrie. Lately we did a long research to evaluate which is the software that the company which I work could get.
Onestly, nothing has impressed me more than TopSolid.
I think is best software for mold making...
From my experience the Geomagic is the most versatile product in market as far as revese enginering.
UG in itself is not suitable for that, Imageware yes but that is more compleks software that is used also for free form design etc.
GeoMagic is strictly reverse enginering software, after you...
I wonder if buying a business is better than crating a new one from scretch.
When you buy a business do you get the costumers aswell?
I am thinking of buying an engineering business of CAD/CAM services( 3D product design, mold design andcnc programing), and I do not know if I can start it by...
Ben,
So you are saying that the designer is "BS"-ing me. do you think there is a easy way to ad different drafts in the same part and not spending to much time.
If this is true I will talk to his boss and show him that there is a fast and easy way to do that, because to tell you the truth it is...
Ben,
In injected molded parts draft is not the same in all the surfaces. Where you have shoot-offs you nedd more draft than in a surface that do not have shoot-offs.
But I think even during design process you have to be carefull because your part is design in a assambly envoirement, so you need...
I am designin with SDRC I-deas and we are working with a costumer wich uses Pro-E. I noticed that all his designs (all plastic injection molded parts) do not have draft at 100% but 30-40%.Because we have to add draft on the surfaces in order to make it moldable we need to know where that...
Hello All?
My company is looking to change from I-deas to Catia V5 (or UG,Pro-e,SW). What are the improvements that Catia v5 (or the other programs ) are going to bring to us as far as design and CNC programing.
I see ,in this forum, a considerable number of complaints about Catia Drafting , is...