Comments on: How To Use 3D Sketches To Reduce SolidWorks Features

By: Chris Jackson

Chris Jackson — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:56:47 +0000

you don't have to draw points, just draw lines in the 3d sketch. the plane dialog will let you pick the line end points.

By: Chris Jackson

Chris Jackson — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:56:47 +0000

you don’t have to draw points, just draw lines in the 3d sketch. the plane dialog will let you pick the line end points.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:08:52 +0000

Cool Chris, nice to see that someone else has tried this out. If I'm not able to do something with the typical sketches or have a lot of extra reference features, I'll try it out with 3D sketches. Comes in handy for sketch patterns as well as Component Patterns in assemblies.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:08:52 +0000

Cool Chris, nice to see that someone else has tried this out. If I’m not able to do something with the typical sketches or have a lot of extra reference features, I’ll try it out with 3D sketches. Comes in handy for sketch patterns as well as Component Patterns in assemblies.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:47:24 +0000

I've done both ways. The faster way is the one you've suggested Dale but I've had issues where I wanted more control over the feature and the video solution allows for a few more degrees of control.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:47:24 +0000

I’ve done both ways. The faster way is the one you’ve suggested Dale but I’ve had issues where I wanted more control over the feature and the video solution allows for a few more degrees of control.

By: Dale Dunn

Dale Dunn — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:03:37 +0000

This can be done even more quickly… Use a single line, with one end coincident to the curved face, and the line perpendicular to the curved face. Once that's done, you can create a plane entity in the 3DSketch, or exit the sketch and create a reference plane on the end of the line.

By: Dale Dunn

Dale Dunn — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:03:37 +0000

This can be done even more quickly… Use a single line, with one end coincident to the curved face, and the line perpendicular to the curved face. Once that’s done, you can create a plane entity in the 3DSketch, or exit the sketch and create a reference plane on the end of the line.

By: Devon T. Sowell

Devon T. Sowell — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:45:50 +0000

Hi Josh-

Great tip, thanks for sharing.

Devon

By: Devon T. Sowell

Devon T. Sowell — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:45:50 +0000

Hi Josh-

Great tip, thanks for sharing.

Devon