Fit Spline Extra Line

[jehouuty]

Hello,

I am having trouble using the fit spline function. I start with two perpendicular lines in a sketch and create a sketch fillet on the corner. When I use fit spline on those three elements (disabling "close spline" and lowering the tolerance to 0.0001), a chord appears between the two endpoints of the fillet. This gives my sketch contour issues when I try to extrude a surface. I've seen tutorial videos of this where the chord doesn't appear, so I must be doing something incorrectly. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Gupta65]

I don't see anything here. Can you post a sample file or screen shot.

Also what is your SW version and SP.

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP1.0
DriveWorks Pro 7 SP5
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Works fine for me also. (SW2011-SP1)

Is the chord an integral part of the spline?

 

[jehouuty]

Thanks for the replies. I am using SW2010 SP1.0. The chord that appears is a part of the spline, but I don't understand why. Maybe it has something to do with the tangency relation between the lines and the fillet?

When I get home, I will take a screenshot to explain my problem. Thanks again.

 

[jehouuty]

I've attached the first picture with the fit spline pane open and the elements selected.

 

[jehouuty]

And here's what happens after I create the spline. I am confused as to why a chord appears in addition for forming the spline.

btw, I am using Solidworks 2010 with SP 0.0. How do I obtain updated service packs?

Thanks for the help.

 

[AnnaWood]

You need to be on a maintenance agreement with your SolidWorks Reseller (VAR) who you purchased SW from to get SP's.

Cheers,

Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, Nvidia Quadro 5000, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2011 SP0, Windows 7 x64

http://www.solidmuse.com

http://www.phxswug.com

 

[jehouuty]

I see. Is using SP 0.0 the cause of this spline issue?

 

[Gupta65]

Not necessarily but might be a reason. If you're on subscription, you can download the latest SP from SolidWorks site.

Also can you try a complete reinstall of SW.

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP1.0
DriveWorks Pro 7 SP5
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog

 

[AnnaWood]

Call you reseller. They can help with issues like this and may be able to confirm this is a bug that is fixed by a later version of SW.

Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, Nvidia Quadro 5000, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2011 SP0, Windows 7 x64

http://www.solidmuse.com

http://www.phxswug.com