Apologies if this has been posted but hopefully my request is a little more specific. I'm back to SW after 7 yrs in Creo and work for a global automotive company. My task is to take customer models with specific coordinates and recreate them for our form/bend process. In Creo you can easily get this result from a "Point Offset Coordinate System" command and the use a "Datum Curve Through Points" and set your bend radius and finally a Sweep (See attachment Fig. 1). I then create a new Coordinate system on Point 1 and set Z to face screen according to the first bend that sits the flattest and save the new view (See attachment Fig. 1B). In the Creo drawing it's a simple click of Hole Table / Datum Points / decimal places and click new Coord Sys in model tree and create (See attachment Fig. 2)
I've recreated a model I made in Creo using 3D sketch Points (established each points XYZ), added a line to each point and then a filet for my bend rad and then performed a Sweep. My dilemma with SW is I can't see the order of points I created because they're apart of the 3dsketch and they don't have labels and all the Macro's I've come across are not quite what I'm needing or I just have no clue how to use them (I'm a newb to whole Macro world). Ultimately, I'd like to be able to have a parametric table that could be associated with the tube model and have those end and bend points based off of the Origin Coord Sys and have the points displayed (bend rad column would be a bonus) in a XYZ table similar to the attached Fig. 2 on the drawing based off the new Coord Sys on Point 1.
Any help would be greatly appreciated or general direction! Thanks in advance!
FYI, I'm using SolidWorks 2022 Standard and do not have the pipe feature or access to that library. (would this solve my dilemma?)
Coordinate Table for 3D Points to create tube routing w/ bend rad.
Coordinate Table for 3D Points to create tube routing w/ bend rad.
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Re: Coordinate Table for 3D Points to create tube routing w/ bend rad.
Sorry, I can't quite tell... Are you trying to figure out the best way to create the model, or how to make the bend table on the drawing? Do you need LRA or just XYZ?
Re: Coordinate Table for 3D Points to create tube routing w/ bend rad.
Are you trying to figure out the best way to create the model, or just how to make the bend table on the drawing?