You can then hide the parent view, (I forgot to mention that)
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You can then hide the parent view, (I forgot to mention that)
Yes, that would be a workaround for most cropped views. It's silly that we need to do things like that though .
Yes, that would be a workaround for most cropped views. It's silly that we need to do things like that though .
We have found that flexible assemblies will bring SWX to it's knees... it just seems that it is too much for it to handle.
We use them occasionally just to test our design andf then turn them off when we're done. This has spead things up considerably compared to having them on.
Hope this helps
Brain,
If you use any out of the box Parametric modeler to do progressive die design, you will have the same frustration in performance. Progressive die design will create lots of associativities in the assembly:
To design progressive die effectively, you must have vertical solution to make your life easier. In 2D world, most people using Diemaker or Striker in order to make them more productive both in design and drafting of progressive die design. In 3D world, most of the systems have solution for progressive die design.
SolidWorks - 3DQuickPress; LogoPress Pro/E - PDX UG - PDW Visi - VisiProgressive
All these programs are designed for progressive die design to release the pain you have right now. 3D for progressive die design is not easy at all without vertical solution.
George.
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Well written Matt, I can only add, is that I have 6 years in SW and 0 experience with AutoCAD. One day, a few years ago, a co-worker of mine was away and called me at work to open an AutoCAD file of his on his computer and print it out for another co-worker. I opened Mechanical Desktop (MD) and then open the file. Then I just went by myself to print it and it was so bizarre - I couldn't figure out how to do it. So my co-worker walked me through it step by step. Now talk about a confusing unproductive program! As soon as I hung up with him, a fellow SW co-worker and I tried to make the simplest thing in MD and it was so weird. We never were able to make anything and I could not believe the complexity just to rotate a part or measure something.
When the MD person got back to work, I asked him to make some 3D models in MD so I could see what it took. Boy, if someone thinks MD is an improvement over SW, I feel sorry for him.
That's my 2 cents....
Dan Bovinich
Your right George. We did have initial problems with that and thats a whole differn't story to be covered. We had alot of associativity errors in the beginning but became very proficient with the software. I can honestly say that it's a rare occasion to have any errors in our die assemblies since changing our assemblty thinking. You definitely have to pay attention to the items you listed. The awareness regarding assembly structure and of course the use of sub-assemblies has helped tremendously. The fact still remains however that the performance is still not up to par on the 2D side. Maybe including an add-in such as
3D QuickPress or LogoPress will aid in the automation of some of our tasks, but will it increase SolidWork's much needed improvements in its 2D envir> Brain,Progressive
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Just out of curiosity, how many springs in the assy do you have modeled as helical sweeps? If you RMB on the name of the assy in the feature mgr, and select "Show update holders", how many do you have? How many circular relations have you modeled in? How many "->?" or "->x" symbols? These are The primary problems that die designers run into. Unbridled incontext and infinite detail.
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