What does this symbol mean?

[prephil]

Can anyone tell me what the symbol that's marked with a sphere around it in the feature manager design tree means in the picture.

God bless,

Phil.

 

[smcadman]

You forgot to post the picture.

SW07 SP2.0

Flores

 

[prephil]

http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=symbolmeaninglj5.jpg

 

[StefanHamminga]

It tells you that you used a section of the sketch to create that feature, instead of using the complete sketch.

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer

 

[Heckler]

During feature creation whenever you have sketch entities that cross over each other their is an option to pick contours within the bounded sketch. When you select contours to create the feature the feature sketch appears that way.

Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 2.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
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[SBaugh]

Heckler is right! You selected contour sketch when you made a boss/cut feature.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[ctopher]

I thought it meant my part was wrong and it had holes in it.

Chris
SolidWorks 06 5.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
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[TateJ]

If you select the sketch in the graphic area of your screen, it's easy to invoke the contour selection without realizing it. I see my students do it all the time.

Windows XP / Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000
SolidWorks 2007 SP1.0 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
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[prephil]

OK, so what you're saying is to pick the sketch from the feature manager design tree in future?

 

[TateJ]

...depends on what you plan to do with the sketch.

Windows XP / Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000
SolidWorks 2007 SP1.0 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
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[AnnaWood]

prephil,

When you have a chance read up on "contour selection" in the SolidWorks Help. I think Help will give you a better understanding of the tool.

Regards,



Anna Wood
SW07 SP2.1, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
WD Raptors, 1 Gb network connection

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse

 

[SBaugh]

Edit the feature, scroll down to the Contour Sketch input window, and deselect the sketch there. Select the window at the very top, and reselect the sketch, and extrude, etc...

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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