Solidworks Equivalent to AutoCAD "DIV" Command? 3

[sloth4z]

I have an arc and I am trying to split it into 13 segments (or place 12 points evenly spaced). Currently I draw 13 straight lines along the curve and then make them all equal to each other. Is there an easier way to do this? I was hoping there is a SolidWorks equivalent to AutoCAD's "DIV" command, but I can't seem to find one.

 

[drawoh]

sloth4z,

I do not see how an equivalent to AutoCAD's DIV command would be parametrically controlled.

How about you model your first feature, place an axis at your arc's centre, then use a circular array?

JHG

 

[jraoul]

sloth4z,

The attached macro will do what you're looking for (split a sketch segment into a number of equal portions).
I'm not the author of this macro and I don't remember where I got it.
Hope it helps.

 

[jraoul]

Where did I get this macro from?
From the SolidWorks website: (API Examples)

http://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/CodeExamples.html

http://files.solidworks.com/API/Examples/00000/0100s/0199/Example.htm

 

[nickjb]

drawoh's method is the one I use. Using a circular array would make it fully parametric and very easy to edit

 

[sloth4z]

I did the circular array and then made the points coincident with the arc endpoints (and one other random point coincident with the arc). This worked pretty well for what I needed.

Jraoul - thank you for the macro and links. I'll have to check them out as soon as I can.

Thanks Guys