Jonathan Tang
Mechanical
- Dec 5, 2020
- 5
I am working on a resin change to a part that potentially needs small redesigns. We only have an imported STEP model of the part so making the changes would be a lot of effort.
We reached out to a vendor to recreate the STEP file into a parametric file with a design model history for me to edit. However, for certain features, he's going to only be able to match 99%.
From what I understand, when retooling happens, they use the new CAD model to create a CAD tool and retrace the cavities (All the portions already cut would just be retraced).
Question is:
1. Would the areas with 99% match, mess up the retooling?
2. How is the conversion to a parametric file even done with such accuracy?
SIDE NOTE QUESTION:
I need to perform impact analysis on this part on Solidworks FEA. I only have experience with static loading analysis. Does anyone have guidance or a source to learn this?
We reached out to a vendor to recreate the STEP file into a parametric file with a design model history for me to edit. However, for certain features, he's going to only be able to match 99%.
From what I understand, when retooling happens, they use the new CAD model to create a CAD tool and retrace the cavities (All the portions already cut would just be retraced).
Question is:
1. Would the areas with 99% match, mess up the retooling?
2. How is the conversion to a parametric file even done with such accuracy?
SIDE NOTE QUESTION:
I need to perform impact analysis on this part on Solidworks FEA. I only have experience with static loading analysis. Does anyone have guidance or a source to learn this?