DimXpert - Feature Selector

Posted on July 14th, 2008 in Dimensions, SolidWorks, ToolBars by admin

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 week I decided to do something different for this subject only. Since the DimXpert has soooo many topics that need to be covered, I will break up the post to make room for other topics. I would hate for you to get burnt out on such a great tool.

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Slots O’ Fun

Posted on June 4th, 2008 in Productivity, Sketches, SolidWorks by The SW Geek

I can’t recall how many times I have seen a user do the following when creating a simple straight slot. First, the user creates two equally sized circles and makes the origins horizontal to each other. He then creates two horizontal lines, one above the circles and the other below the circles. A tangent relationship is then added between the lines and the circles. Then, lastly, the user trims up the arc and lines to create a simple straight slot. A lot of steps? yes. Is there an easier way? Of course. I am going to show you an easy way to create three types of simple slots; a straight slot, an arced slot and a slot based on a compound path. All with one command…Offset Entities.

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