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len_1962

I am a beginner CAD person, but not a beginner in understanding real life process. Biggest thing in the world of solid modeling is approach it just as you would if you were making the part by hand. you make shapes and add other shapes and then meld\glue together, just how a woodworker makes stuff. ...

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probably want to use Top Down Assembly Modeling for this. meaning you create the new part in the assembly environment. As for shelling you may have to shell earlier and then and new features for details the the new part. go here and watch some of Marks vids, may point you in the right direction: htt...

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can you show the part you are going to resess this into as maybe some of the other faces can help develope what you need. As others have asked can you send the files of this and the part to resess into so we can help. I do alot of things like this for 3D printing when students want different colors ...

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Have you tried delete face and patch, it is the surfacing tools. I use this alot

Too Tall Toby!

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Did it work before and the just stopped?

rebooted PC?
Server Rights?
New Software install on thet PC?

Have you tried another user login on that PC, maybe something tied to that user?

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first pics would help. can you show the scan to see what have. I do not know GEOX, I use SW with DezignWorks to turn our scans into surfaces and solid so we can either add to exsiting parts or CNC Machine. I use a Romer arm that both probes and scans right into SW, I have take meshes from other scan...

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Also Too Tall Toby has simple parts that he uses for Speed Modeling along with how he builds them.

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SolidWorks and IV have add-ins from orther software companies that work well for this, one I use is DezignWorks, works great with our Romer arm probe and scanner, you work right inside your CAD building the part file from 2D using the probe to 3D using the scanner creating surfaces or solids. years ...

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Wow. That's sweet. Your applications of surfaces was very cool. Thank you Well Doobes thats what I've had to do as a model makers since 85, first we used our hands to create ID models, then wire frame CAD then once desktop 3D CAD a whole new world. I also machine CNC prototypes and of course the wo...

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hows this

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so you want the

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SW surfacing stalled once Mark Biasotti left as he pushed many of the changes you have today in surfacing.

Edit: here's a link to his tutorials he did when he worked for Spanner.
https://www.spannerpd.com/solidworks-tu ... ical-index

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like with any software YOU NEVER KNOW!

I would download every SP that way you'll have them if one is more stable than another in the future.

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I tried Power Surfacing early on but couldn't quite get my head around it back then. I have been on Fusion360 for a long time, so it was more convenient and cheaper to use that than buy yet more software. Maybe I will have another go when I next need the capability. There ia also another option to ...

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If there is ANY type of vector artwork that is involved in your design and manufacturing process then you will 100% benefit for purchasing a seat of Rhino3D. The goal here is to knock down a heavily segmented (.DXF) or (.SVG)....etc, file into something that is much more manageable for 2D Sketches....

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len_1962 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:38 pm the S hitting the fan then face is to good!

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Control-Q

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matt wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:51 am Probably not the same icons, but here they are: and

the S hitting the fan then face is to good!

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no I don't have, was someone on Practical Machinist Forum, was hitting up here just in case, never know if you don't ask. thanks to all I found the same stuff and forward it to the OP on PM, he doesn't use a computer, does drafting he was helping someone else, went south fast, thats what I get for t...

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Being a Model Maker i've had to be a mediator between both ID and Engineering thruout the years, first turning 2D into 3D surfaces using Surfcam CAM software because solid modeling surfacings sucked, to now using SW to surface art's farts surfaces and models. Now when SW cannot get what I need I use...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2024 10:22 am Perhaps you could have some luck sending them to the guy in this thread

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autosket ... 204#M13977

crosby_a@hotmail.com

i did

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Anyone have AUTOSKETCH from autodesk? Had someone ask to have a native file SKD converted to DXF. this is on Practical Machinist site. I trying to help them out. it was killed off in 2008 by AD, check the forum for answers. never hurts to try and see here because you guys know alot of s h i t! :mrgr...

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Oh, my apologies, I thought shmarmy wanted it for non-commercial use. Disregard my reply. no problem, just stating what could happen. Maker version can only be opened by other maker versions, you would have to save as a step, iges or parasolid to send to commercail verson for solids, dxf\dwg for 2D...

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Maybe you could try and get the student version? If so, get the desktop one, stay away from the cloud (SW Connected). Link: https://www.solidworks.com/product/students you cannot use for commercial work, the files get watermarked and if you get caught they'll make you buy commercial at the version ...

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Yes as Matt suggested delet and patch if you are removing the rib! I think you'll have to split the top face of the rib to delete and patch. You can also try to do an offset of the edges inwards, say .1" to see if it cuts, then double click and change the dim to a smaller number till it fails. ...

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to due what you are asking it is not just a simple parting line or split line, and yes those are SW terms as well in other CAD systems too. you can use the mold tools or cavity tools in an assembly or use multple bodies and the combine tool subtraction or the indent tool or or or this is a big step ...

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Another trick I use is making solid bodies aka Tap and Stud that give the correct MH size. then you can add the body to the part and either add the stud or subract the tap from the part body using the combine tool. It is just us machinist handle getting correct 3D prints or part to CNC. the other pr...

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bnemec

WELL SAID! Aways takes a "CHEDDAR" to make sence of it all

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It's not just the arches that are a problem. The distance between the "Steps" is not the same as the length of the inclined sections. So if it still has to be "work a round", it is easier to do it in a different way. image.png Two selected lines not are equal. The problem will a...

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Well, unfortunately, not all that glitters is gold. Easy but... When the walls tilt (draft feature), the dimensions and arcs change. So the arcs will be elliptical and trigonometry must be used to convert the vertical dimensions. But in many cases it can be useful. It is of course possible to use m...

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how will it work on parts that are all ready shelled aka wall thickness? I get alot of parts created by students that need to be broken apart and then have this type of feature. as you know selecting a face that has inside outside edges will on offset the outer edge..... "No Bueno" Been do...

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CNC mill use 3D and usually STEP file, not DXF/DWG. Frederick, No, not True, HAAS and HURCO have DXF\DWG options that use them to program toolpath at the control. Also most CAM software now read native SolidWorks\SolidEdge\Inventor\NX ...... straight into the software, but most of the time you'll n...

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Haven't seen them do anything to HSMWorks and it is now owned by AutoDesk.

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This is basically the same functionality as the Javelin link above for showing the info in a column of Windows Explorer... Only works with SW installed, only shows "Future version" if newer than installed version of SW. what if EDrawings is installed and not SW, would you see version?? do...

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put the file up, what version of SW are you using?

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File Proporties shows version in the details tab, not sure if it will show EDU

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Edit: what are you using the SW files for? Machining in your CAM software? get yourself the free EDrawings and you can view the files if you just need to see what they look like. it can view parts, assemblies and drawings as well as open other CAD too. if you want something to open them get OnShape ...

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Another good resource is what Mark Biasoti did while at Spanner Product Design, he released a slew of vids, this one is on Master Model Techniques

https://www.spannerpd.com/solidworks-webcast-episode-17

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Toby I show the students this alot. They always make a something like a cabinet that is all one part, not seperate panels so it can be made in the shop, I show them how to split and then rename the bodies and save as a new part to make drawings or put into an assembly. This also works great for CAM ...

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and these vids on Scan to 3D https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=85af15397c77c0f6&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS938US939&tbm=vid&sxsrf=ACQVn09tNjrqUUZJ3h_3denzggXfNIVSPg:1709050675169&q=Scan+to+3D+SOLIDWORKS+Tutorial&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjI0pXz9cuEAxXBIUQIHUDrA7EQ1QJ6BAgJEAE&biw=2752&...

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check this out, guys name is Jon Himself

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Scan Data is just FRIKIN WOUNDERFUL TO WORK WITH...not I use DezignWorks to reverse our scan with our Romer arm, it can get you 10 to 80% there but you have to make some assumptions during the reversing proccess. I just got one of those scanners but haven't worked with it yet, scann looks pretty goo...

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MAKER is for personal\Hobby s h i t!

but having XShape is a plus for those hard to make surfaces

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doobs you mean it's a muliple body part, correct, not assembly. Maybe they were using the master modeling way that many Industrial designers use instead of top down assembly modeling where the new parts are internal and reside only in the assembly. In the multiple body part you could do folders to g...

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Have them watch Too Tall Toby stuff! after they run thru totorials like most of the main CAD have.

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Only way I can see on how you discribed how you want it to work is.............. insert the part into the assembly then turn it into a interal component which then makes it a copy and then you can do what ever you want to it and it doesn't mess with the original...............??????????????? I do th...

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originally from Cedarburg

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have you contacted NexGen in Port Washington, they are the reseller of ProwerMill maybe they have some customers looking???
https://nexgensolutions.com/ (262) 416-7994

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I have scans like this all the time that I have done myself, due to the parts shape, color, shinnyness and other factors not giving me as good scan. So here is my approach, take it as just a suggestion as you will develop your own way. I do not know Geomagic as I use DezignWorks inside of SolidWorks...

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