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Creating A Tube With Normal To Surface End Cutoffs: Option 3, by Anna Wood

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:32:14 +0000

“I recieved another solution for the modeling task of creating end cut-offs in a tube that are normal to the surface. This particular solution was submitted by Charles Culp.” …

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Published by Anna Wood on 6/7/09 on Anna’s SolidMuse

Creating A Tube With Normal To Surface End Cutoffs, by Anna Wood

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:07:50 +0000

“This was a question posed a few weeks ago on the SolidWorks Forums. How do you model a tube with an end cutoff normal to the surface of the tube? This is the type of cut that would be created with a laser. The tube is held in a chuck that rotates the tube around it centerline. The laser head will move along the tube centerline to make the cut. A google search on ‘laser tube cutting’ will get you several links to companies that do this type of work and have some neat videos of the lasers in action.

Using typical SolidWorks modeling techniques, Extrudes and Cuts with solid bodies, this looks like an impossible task. This is where we, as SolidWorks users, need to think beyond our normal tools we use everyday and take a look at some of the other tools SolidWorks offers us.” …

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Published by Anna Wood on 5/31/09 on Anna’s SolidMuse

SolidWorks Forming Tool Wizard… Why I Don’t Use It, by Anna Wood

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:31:19 +0000

“Ever since SolidWorks developed a new way of creating Sheet Metal Forming Tools in SolidWorks 2006 with their Form Tools Wizard I have not used it. I use the old school techniques for creating the forming tool. The number one reason I do not use the wizard is the Orientation Sketch in the form tool sldprt file can’t be edited and for my needs the Orientation Sketch created by the Wizard is inadequate for orienting the form tool.” …

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Published by Anna Wood on 5/27/09 on Anna’s SolidMuse