Standards Wednesday on Hiatus

Posted on October 5th, 2008 in Misc, Standards by The SW Geek

When I started The SolidWorks Geek six months ago, I wanted to share the benefit of my experience with SolidWorks and ASME with the rest of the engineering community. I started Standards Tuesday, later Standards Wednesday, to introduce readers to drawing specifications that control our daily engineering lives. I never expected the response to the concept and I was surprised about the following it has gained. I am proud to say that Standards Wednesday has introduced some readers to ASME and has hopefully improved the quality and consistency of their drawings. It’s because of this that I make this announcement with profound sadness… Standards Wednesday is going on hiatus.

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Even more Sketch Tools

Posted on September 29th, 2008 in Models, Sketches, SolidWorks by The SW Geek

♪Monday, Monday, so good to me ♪♫ … because it is the beginning of another fine SolidWorks week. Over the past two weeks, we have been covering some cool Sketch tools available in SolidWorks 2008. I know some of you might be wondering why I am still in 2008. Well to be honest, I would love to start using 2009 but since my company hasn’t moved to 2009 yet…I am stuck for now. I am working feverishly to work something out to get ‘09 but it may take some time. Until then, I have plenty of topics to cover in 2008 that will still help out those of you who have made the transition to 2009. With that being said, let us just jump right in with both feet…

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Building a Stapler - Arm Spring

Posted on September 26th, 2008 in Configurations, Design Tutorial, Dimensions, SolidWorks, Stapler by The SW Geek

After missing a week, we are finally back to building our stapler. The last time we were here, we made a multi-configured spring for the anvil without using a Design Table. Today we are going to make another spring but this time we are going to be creating a simple design table to configure the spring. So let’s see what we need to do…

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Standards Wednesday - Limits of Size Pt2

Posted on September 24th, 2008 in Dimensions, Drawings, GD&T, Standards by The SW Geek

Today will be a short article continuing on where we left off last week when we covering the Limits of Size. Section 2.7 of ASME Y14.5-1994 only relates to the Limits of Size and limits of size do not control the orientation or location of features. Section 2.7.3 goes into detail about this and we will quickly examine the contents of this section today.

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The Modify Sketch Tool

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 in Productivity, Sketches, SolidWorks by The SW Geek

♫ It’s just another manic Monday. I wish it were Sunday ’cause that’s my funday ♫♪. Since it has to be Monday, let’s make the best of it with another look at some more sketch tools. Last week, we started looking at some sketch tools in the world famous article,The Right Sketch Tool for the Job. This week we will look at a another sketch tool that is sure to make your job easier, the Modify Sketch tool.

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Standards Wednesday - Limits of Size

Posted on September 17th, 2008 in Dimensions, Drawings, Standards by The SW Geek

Don’t you just love Wednesdays? Monday is a distant memory, Friday is just in sight and of course…Standards Wednesday. If you have never heard of Standards Wednesday…where have you been? On Wednesdays, I try my best to break down different standards and specifications that impact our daily life as engineers, designers and drafters. For the past few weeks we have been taking a detailed look at ASME Y14.5-1994, and this week is no different. Today we will get knee deep into Section 2.7, Limits of Size; try not to get any on your good shirt.

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The Right Sketch Tool for the Job

Posted on September 15th, 2008 in Productivity, Sketches, SolidWorks by The SW Geek

Sketches are such an  important aspect of SolidWorks. Virtually everything that is modeled in SolidWorks is controlled by a sketch. Yet, It still amazes me how even though everybody creates sketches daily, a lot of users aren’t aware of all the cool sketch tools available. Over the next couple of weeks we will look at some the the lesser known sketch tools available that will ultimately help you creating better sketches.

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Building a Stapler - Anvil Spring

Posted on September 12th, 2008 in Configurations, Design Tutorial, Models, SolidWorks, Stapler by The SW Geek

Today on this very happy Friday, we are going to continue building our virtual stapler with the Anvil Spring. Over the past couple of weeks we built the Anvil and Anvil Rivet, now we will make a configured spring without a design table. The spring we make today will have three configurations: Default, As Assembled and Compressed each represent the three states of the spring, with the Default configuration representing the Free State. So let’s get started with all the fun.

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Add-A-Geek

Posted on September 11th, 2008 in Uncategorized by Just Gotta Smile

Hey Everyone,

My name is Ben Linville-Engler and I was fortunate enough to be asked by Alex to write for TheSWGeek.com. I have been working with Alex for the past 6 months; it’s been alright, but the guy can get a little preachy when it comes to SolidWorks….Zing!

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Creating Fillets using Hold Lines

Posted on September 8th, 2008 in Fillets, Models, SolidWorks by The SW Geek

Another week is upon us, it’s time to knock those cobwebs out of your head and get ready to learn some more cool stuff. Last week, I went over a couple of fillet tricks that I hope you enjoyed and this week I am doing more of the same. One of my favorite fillet tricks is using Hold Lines with Face Fillets. Hold lines allow you to better control how you fillet your part by specifying the tangent lines for a fillet rather then the radius. Today, we’ll look at two ways hold lines can be used.

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