There’s been a whole lotta shakin’ going on here in SoCal but it’s going to take more then a little rumbling to keep me from bringing you some ASME goodness. This week we finally get to finish up on dimensioning features per Section 1.8 of ASME Y14.5M-1994. Make sure you go back and read the [...]

Earlier this week I I took part in training, offered by our VAR, on PDMWorks Enterprise (PDMWE) 2008. For the past 5 years, or so, I have been involved in a few PDMWorks Workgroup (PDMWW) implementations and I continue to have nothing but praise for the software. I am not afraid to admit it’s shortcomings [...]

As promised, we are back with part two of creating the base for our stapler. If you miss the first half of this post make sure you go back and read it since it introduces you to Dynamic Mirrors, Instant3D and a different approach to modeling. So with out further a due, one to the [...]

For weeks now I have been staring at the stapler on my desk thinking “This would be so much fun to model.” A stapler has everything; formed parts, machined parts, sheet metal parts, springs, rivets and injection molded parts. What better way to put to use some of the tools and concepts we have explored [...]

For the past couple of weeks for Standards Tuesday…ummm…Wednesday…No it was Standards Tuesday, now it’s Standards Wednesday. Anyway, for the past couple of weeks I have been covering the Dimensioning of Features per Section 1.8 of ASME Y14.5M-1994. Today we are going to continue this section and it looks like this section will take us [...]

Here we are at the start of another fine week. On Friday, I announced a schedule change and today being Monday means that we will be discussing various tools, tips and tricks. One new tool in SolidWorks 2008 that I have been wanting to cover some time now is the FilletXpert. Since I am using [...]

Woo-Hoo! Another Standards Tuesday and I am so excited. I hope you have been looking forward to this week’s installment as much as I have been. Last week we began looking into Section 1.8, Dimensioning Features, of ASME Y14.5M-1994 and judging by the traffic it seems to be the most popular Standards Tuesday yet. If [...]

Hey Kids! Here we are at a start of another fun filled week. To start things off this week we are going to continue our tour of the DimXpert command. Last week we began exploring the DimXpert tool with with the now famous posts: Introduction to the DimXpertManager and DimXpert Datums, Sizes and Locations. This [...]

Earlier this week I introduced the DimXpert Manager and auto dimensioning simple parts. Using the DimXpert to auto dimension simple parts is a great simple tool but as your part becomes more complex it may become necessary to dimension the part manually. Before we can jump right into dimensioning your part we first should make [...]

Another Tuesday is upon us and it’s time for another batch of fresh hot ASME goodness straight out of the oven. Today we are digging ever deeper into everyone’s favorite ASME Y14.5M-1994. Last week we finished on the Applications of Dimensions so this week will will begin digging into how to dimension features. As many [...]