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So no one is using routing. I found some good videos on Youtube but the only thing for drawings is electrical. Here is a couple pictures of what I am working on. You can see the hoses in pink. If I...

Is anyone using routing in Solidworks? I just started putting hydralic hose into our machines. I got the connectors working and the route looks just like it should. Now I want to make a 2D drawing...

I have a 28" and it works well. I think if I wanted something larger i would go to a dual monitor system.

I am looking for a electrical schematic (or manual) for the following

Walker Control
Model SARCVD3
Serial # 158
115VDC

Its on a Thompson surface grinder. Everything works except the demag. I...

Good post guys. We got our 8020 lengths in our BOM.

thanks for all the help.

I am no help but we (at work) have been talking about the same thing. We make some guards with 8020. In our BOM we have the part number but we would like to put the length dim into the BOM.

This is how I do it.

I make a sketch. Draw a circle using the hole for the center. Then draw a line from center of the circle to the circle. Then dim the circle and dim the angle of the line. The...

I have tried the save as part and don't like it. I still haven't done the join yet.

I am a machine builder. We are just getting started with Solidworks. One of our customers is asking for...

I need to send an assy to a customer but I don't want them to have all the models. Can I save the assy as a solid or something that will merge all the parts into one?

Anyone else got any good places to get 3D parts?

I like McMaster Carr. They have 3D parts for most of their products.

Ok I was able to get the hole on the OD but im not sure its correct. I just went to the front view and put the hole on the OD. The problem I had is I could not smart dim the hole to anything to get a...

A picture is worth a 1000 words. I'll give it a try when I get back to work tomorrow. My problem could be the size of the plane. I am trying to put it on Plane 7. I have been having trouble creating...

Thats what I have been working on but the hole wizard comes up with an error that the hole does not intersect the part.

I have a round part that has a hole in the middle and a hole offset from center. I want to make a hole from the side. I can't figure a way to get a surface to use the hole wizard on.

Here is how...

I will look at the "Pack and Go".

I agree that they are made correctly but the tube that makes the cylinder bore is different lengths in both cylinder assy. So when I add the second cylinder assy...

I have downloaded a few parts online and I find that they are using the same part name inside two different assy. I find the first part goes in fine but the second one makes changes to the first.
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Ok I went back to work today and got my Solidworks book that came with the software. I see an example for SAE ports in the Design libary. I look and I think it has everything I need. I looked throuh...

First an update. I had a good week this week. As I have posted before I started working with SW to show my boss how easy and fast it was. Well it took about 6 weeks but he said he was ready this...

I put a part into an assy then I mirror that part to the other side. I check the copy mates but it never works. Is there a trick to getting the mates to work?

You need to look at your speeds. A belt drive is fast and you can add gear reduction to gain precision. You must make sure your motors can still go fast enough to go the speeds you want to travel....

I see what your getting at. I will give that a try next time. I have been doing good and finding a way to make a part. I just want to find different ways to make parts and the best way to learn them...

I found that I was doing a G0 before going to comp. I put a G1 move before and it uses that feedrate not the rapid of the G0.

Here is a sample of what I am doing. The bolt hole circle in the middle has tapped and thru holes.

Im getting better with SW and I have found a couple of things that have made me a little faster. The parts I have started working on now are square with a hole in the middle with a couple of bolt...

When I put in cutter comp the axis jump the comp amount. About every 5th or 6th time I get a drive fault. I think it would be ok if I could slow the speed down. Is there any adjustment for this?

Thanks for all the help. We are a small company and I pushed them last year to get solidworks. I've been pushing them the last few months to get everyone trained. My boss is the one that needs it and...

Thanks DareBee, it tool a little work to get the plane the way I wanted but I was able to do it. I did the cut then made the tube go though it.

Here is a pic of what im working on. I have two...

I have a flat plate and I need to put a 2" tube through the plate at a 45deg angle. I have the plate complete but I don't know how to do the tube. My first thought was to make the hole in the plate...

I think your correct. I had the same problem the other day with a fillet.

Thanks for the help.

I have a 0.5 thick plate that is shaped like an H. On the front of the plate the middle of the H is about 4x4. I need to put a 35deg chamfer on the back side of the H. When I select the top of the...