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by rembrant999
Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:24 pm
Forum: How To Questions
Topic: 500m extrusion limit??? workaround?
Replies: 6
Views: 1474

Re: 500m extrusion limit??? workaround?

That seems to be the consensus...model everything as if 1mm was 1m and scale it up in the drawing by 1000x to export as a .dxf. This way I could have a consistent coordinate system over the 10km and not piece it all together...with new survey data it would be extremely challenging to keep 100% accur...
by rembrant999
Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:39 pm
Forum: How To Questions
Topic: 500m extrusion limit??? workaround?
Replies: 6
Views: 1474

Re: 500m extrusion limit??? workaround?

Or you can model everything in cm or mm and write in a drawing that all dimensions are in meters. That seems to be the consensus...model everything as if 1mm was 1m and scale it up in the drawing by 1000x to export as a .dxf. This way I could have a consistent coordinate system over the 10km and no...
by rembrant999
Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:38 am
Forum: How To Questions
Topic: 500m extrusion limit??? workaround?
Replies: 6
Views: 1474

500m extrusion limit??? workaround?

Hi there,

Been using Solidworks since 2004, and have never come across a situation where I need to extrude something this long.

Is there a way to get around the 500m limit for extruding, sketching, etc???

I'm using Solidworks Premium 2018 SP5