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billy2 PRO
engineer, CAD dude, rides, cloud junkie
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Re: Can you constrain the location of a part in an Assembly with dimensions?
1. another approach is to use mate connectors. position the mate connectors, then position the parts. 2. import a sketch from a part studio and use it to position blister card, the closest to what yo… (View Post)1 -
Re: Software to use for early 2D sketching
3dcad- simplify your layouts, but keep them in OS. It drives me crazing walking into a company and they hand me manufacturing data for the their products. I'm always looking for the engineering … (View Post)2 -
Re: Software to use for early 2D sketching
To me in an automated line, where the robot picks up things up, that's a datum. If the machine is symmetrical, that's a datum. If you're making something or handling something, the par… (View Post)1 -
Re: Software to use for early 2D sketching
pete showed me this the other day and it's huge: In your layout, tell me why. (View Post)1 -
Re: Mates frustration
Wrong mate connector, use this one: In 3D you have 6 degrees of freedom (DOF). So, how do you lock them down? How do describe the movement between 2 objects? Use mates (sw)? Lock one down at a time, … (View Post)2



























