SolidWorks mass enhancement request plea

[Timify]

Hello all,
I would like everyone to start up there web browsers and login to the SolidWorks Customer Support website to write an Enhancement request. This request deals with SolidWorks drawing accuracy (or lack of). I am having a huge problem with accurate drawing representation of complex curves in SolidWorks drawings.

Imagine an forming tool part with a rake angle of 15 degrees. The form tool part is generated from an assembly from the "finished" part. The process is not complicated but the "finished" part is a revoltion with a sketch containing arcs and lines typically. In the assembly, the "finished" part is subtracted from the form tool part and the resultant form tool part edges are then used in a sweep to remove all the material from the forming tool. The next step is to cut the form tool part with a reference plane at 15 degrees at a certain location. Voila, instant parametric form tools from the finished part.

Well, when you do all that, you would expect the detail drawings edges to be accurate to the smooth form tool part. Well, the resultant edges are splines.

In the SolidWorks drawing you will get LARGE FACET representation of a smooth spline model edges. Arrrgggg!

Now you can't do much with it as far as CAM goes... forget WireEDM from a DXF file because the SolidWorks drawing las large facet representation...even with the accuracy option set to maximum.

The SPR#63734 is issued to improve the drawing accuracy but I need more of a push to get it fixed completely in SW 2003, not 2004. Please help.

Thank you,

Tim Fischer

 

[SBaugh]

You need to contact your VAR and tell them to escalate that SPR. That is the only way it will be fixed earlier, unless there is a workaround. Then it won’t matter. Putting in an Enhancement request won’t speed up and SPR either. You need to talk to your VAR and make them go through the hoops. If they don't contact the Territory manager and on up the ladder till someone listens.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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When in doubt, always check the help

 

[TheTick]

In the meantime.....

Try using 2D or 3D sketch to copy the edges as curves, and see how they work in your drawing.

-Or-

Show the sketch in the drawing and use "Convert Entities" to copy the curves into your drawing and export those.

You don't fight destiny, no sir... and you don't eat crackers in the bed of your future!

 

[rocheey]

you mentioned CAM ... if you are currently using Inches as your data type, have you tried the old CAM trick of switching to metric to get the extra decimal places?