Building a Stapler - Anvil Rivet

Posted on September 5th, 2008 in Configurations, Design Tutorial, SolidWorks, Stapler by The SW Geek

Yay, it’s Friday! You know what that means…Beer! Oh, and of course another component of our stapler is about to be modeled. I hope you enjoy the modeling tutorials as much as I do. It gives me a chance to play with my favorite design tool SolidWorks (like I need an excuse). Last week, we modeled up the Anvil for the stapler and today we will stay in the general area of the stapler with the Anvil Rivet. The Anvil Rivet is used to attach the Anvil to the Base and retain the Anvil Spring (Next Week). This week is fun because we also get to build the rivet with two configurations, the free state and and as it is assembled. So lets get started…

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Configuring Features and Dimensions

Posted on May 28th, 2008 in Assemblies, Configurations, Dimensions, SolidWorks, User Interface by The SW Geek

A couple of weeks ago I introduced the Configure Component command in assemblies. In case you missed it, the Configure Component command extends the ability to control the display of components in assemblies in one interface. In one window you can configure a component to be suppressed or unsuppressed in different assembly configurations or you can select which part configuration will be used in each assembly configuration. It is a great time saver that I hope you have found useful. Now I am back to introduce you to the Configure Feature and Configure Dimension commands.

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