Standards Wednesday - Dimensioning Features Pt4

Posted on July 30th, 2008 in Dimensions, Drawings, Standards by admin

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 previous post, if you missed any of them. Let’s go ahead and jump right into the fun before we get hit with an aftershock.

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Standards Wednesday - Dimensioning Features Pt3

Posted on July 23rd, 2008 in Dimensions, Drawings, Standards by The SW Geek

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 until next week to finish, but it’s worth it. Almost every aspect of dimensioning drawings uses the rules described in this section.

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Standards Tuesday - Dimensioning Features Pt1

Posted on July 8th, 2008 in Dimensions, Drawings, Standards by The SW Geek

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 types of features exist for a part there are as many techniques for dimensioning them. What are foreshortened radii? How do you dimension a part with rounded corners? What is a symmetrical outline? All these questions and more will be answered over the next couple of weeks. So grab your reading glasses and your thinking caps and lets go ahead and jump right in.

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Introduction to the DimXpertManager

Posted on July 7th, 2008 in Dimensions, Models, Productivity, SolidWorks by The SW Geek

ASME Y14.41, Digital Product Definition Data Practices, was introduced in 2003 to bring ASME Y14.5M into the digital age. In short, ASME Y14.41 allows you to dimension and tolerance a 3D model without the need for a paper drawing. SolidWorks 2008 took a big step in the direction of adopting this standard with the addition of the DimXpert for parts. DimXpert for parts uses feature recognition and topological recognition to supported manufacturing features in your model such as bosses, chamfers, cylinders, simple holes, slots and others. Today using the Auto Dimension Scheme will will dimension a simple part from our press assembly. Later in the week, I will be covering some more advanced techniques when using the DimXpert for parts.

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