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Free Tutorials, What do you want to see?
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Hey guys/gals.  I'm trying to put together a free site, but there are so many out there already.  I want to focus on complex surfacing and wanted to see if there were any subjects/objects that you…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Matt Perez Jan 19, 2011.

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Matt Perez replied to jon's discussion Gear/chain mate
"What type of motion study did you start?  It needs to be a Motion Analysis(not basic motion).  Motion Analysis is only available when you turn on SW motion Add-in on.   Gravity is universal.  It will ask you for a reference…"
Apr 7, 2011
Matt Perez replied to jon's discussion Gear/chain mate
"the only way i know off to manually drag the chain and turn the sprockets is to use the physical dynamics checkbox in the Move feature.  its not very stable when you start dealing with multiple links.  i typically use it for mechanical…"
Apr 6, 2011
Matt Perez replied to jon's discussion Gear/chain mate
"if your sketch had tangency applied it should.  If your surfaces arent tangent then you will have problems using them as a cam follower path."
Apr 6, 2011
Matt Perez replied to jon's discussion Gear/chain mate
"If you are in an assembly you will need to create a surface that represents the centerline path of the rollers on the chain.  I do this by starting a new part in the assembly and drawing a path.  This is easy by simply drawing two circles…"
Apr 6, 2011
Matt Perez replied to jon's discussion Gear/chain mate
"when you go through all your selections and you get down to one sprocket, on the right side you will see some blue letters.  CAD|Catalog Page|Bookmark.  If you click CAD it will pop up with your download options and you can select 3D…"
Apr 6, 2011
Matt Perez replied to jon's discussion Gear/chain mate
"yeah i know it is and i think if you look online no body fully answers the question.  The problem is that its a long process to get it to work.   The first thing I would do is download some actual sprockets.  Go to www.mcmaster.com…"
Apr 4, 2011
Matt Perez replied to jon's discussion Gear/chain mate
"Close.  In the assembly environment there is no mate between the sprocket and chain.  You want to get the sprocket in place and then the actual mechanical interaction between the sprocket and chain will be handled in the motion…"
Apr 4, 2011
Matt Perez replied to jon's discussion Gear/chain mate
"http://tinyurl.com/3kfd4gr   Well thats the tough part really.  You need to essentially mate the chain in place and when you do a motion study the mates will be ignored.  In the video above i turned on gravity and you can see there is…"
Apr 4, 2011
Matt Perez replied to jon's discussion Gear/chain mate
"It depends on how exactly you want to drive the assembly.  There is a cam mate in the mechanical mates section in the assembly but this will need to be applied to every pin and mate it with a path.  There is a limit to the number of mates…"
Apr 3, 2011
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Mar 31, 2011
Matt Perez replied to jon's discussion Gear/chain mate
"I did a chain/sprocket animation last night.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQa09oRlh9M&feature=youtube_gdata_player   I will be doing a how to on some of the ways to drive it hopefully this weekend.  Im not sure that a pattern…"
Mar 31, 2011
Matt Perez replied to Purushothama.A.M's discussion solidworks running out of memory
"Are you running 32bit XP.  What version of SW are you running?  There is a big jump in performance when you go to a 64bit system.  32bit xp has a limit on the RAM.  Even if you have more than 3gb xp will not use it.  What…"
Mar 28, 2011
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"A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip HAVE A BLAST MANY MANY RETURNS OF THE DAY !!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!"
Mar 14, 2011
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"Welcome to Sw geeks!"
Feb 10, 2011
Matt Perez replied to Thomas Blake's discussion Configuration advice
"No problem Thomas, I was thinking a little bit more on the Design Table option.  I mentioned not knowing if you already had a configuration that met the dimension but thats not totally true.  you can use VLookup or one of the other look up…"
Feb 8, 2011
Matt Perez replied to Thomas Blake's discussion Configuration advice
"Blake, im sure there are several ways to do it but thinking about it a little I think using VBA and creating a macro might be a solid option depending on what you need to do with the part after the fact.  You could create a macro that allows…"
Feb 5, 2011

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What version of SolidWorks do you currently use?
2010
How many years have you been using SolidWorks?
2.5
What certifications do you have? (CSWP, CSWA, ETC...)
CSWE, CSWP-sheet metal, mold tools, Advanced Surfacing
What other programs do you use?
UGS NX6, Inventor2011, SolidCAM, MasterCam
What field do you work in?
Transportation Research
How did you hear about SWGeeks.com?
Bill Hamze

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At 2:43am on March 14, 2011, Deepak Gupta said…
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip

HAVE A BLAST

MANY MANY RETURNS OF THE DAY


!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
At 5:48am on December 30, 2010, Deepak Gupta said…

Thanks for the file Matt.. I'll surely update you with the issues and my outcome :)

 

Deepak

At 10:01pm on December 29, 2010, Deepak Gupta said…

Matt I have been trying your SolidWorks Speaker Tutorial and stuck at few points. Will it be possible for you to share the SolidWorks model for reference.

 

Thanks

 

Deepak

 
 
 

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