Dido Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Hello everyone, Can anyone please tell me how to construct a curve in SolidWorks 2008 such as below image? http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8420/28548416.png Please advance Dido Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Its a spline with various construction line references. It says the sketch is fully defined but im not sure how the vertical line through the origin is defined at the top point. Is this part of a tutorial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhamze Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Click Tools/Sketch Entities/Spline. Create a 3 point spline in graphics area. After third point right click and select end spline. You can try and dimension spline but the sketch shown looks under defined and missing dimensions. The first and last point of spline have to reference. Are you following a tutorial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhamze Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I noticed that too Matt. Are we missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I noticed that too Matt. Are we missing something? There must be some other geometry before the sketch that its coincident with. Some reference converted entity. Also there is no location for the upper spline point or its handle weight. Also when you can dido you want to create splines with the minimum amount of spline points. That spline would be better with only the end points. Look at the screen shot i uploaded and the curvature combs of both. You can get a 3point spline smoother but it takes more work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhamze Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 There must be some other geometry before the sketch that its coincident with. Some reference converted entity. Also there is no location for the upper spline point or its handle weight. Also when you can dido you want to create splines with the minimum amount of spline points. That spline would be better with only the end points. Look at the screen shot i uploaded and the curvature combs of both. You can get a 3point spline smoother but it takes more work. I agree...the two point spline looks much better. I'm curious to see if this is part of a tutorial. If so, post here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dido Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 Mind anyone to teach me step-by-step of how to construct the curve in SolidWorks 2008? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Can you give us a little more info on why. The curve you pictured is not how I would model it so if we know what you are doing(or if you are following a tutorial) it might help us guide you in the right direction. What is your experience level with solidworks? Do you understand basic sketching principles/methods? How to construct lines and dimension them? How to apply constraints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhamze Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Have you tried the SolidWorks help menu? Go to Help/SolidWorks Help and type in creating 2d splines in search menu. Here it will explain how to create a 2d spline and show a reference video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dido Posted November 3, 2010 Author Share Posted November 3, 2010 Can you give us a little more info on why. The curve you pictured is not how I would model it so if we know what you are doing(or if you are following a tutorial) it might help us guide you in the right direction. What is your experience level with solidworks? Do you understand basic sketching principles/methods? How to construct lines and dimension them? How to apply constraints? Yes, I understanding how to make sketch, constructing line, dimension them, and applying constraints in SolidWorks 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Then can you give us a little more info on what the spline is for and how you came about that screen shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dido Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 I agree...the two point spline looks much better. I'm curious to see if this is part of a tutorial. If so, post here. Below is the download link for the Solidworks 2008 file: http://www.2shared.com/file/IK8IEpy3/mixer.html So, can anyone please tell me step-by-step tutorial of it? Thanks Dido Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Im sorry dido but im not in the habit of downloading files. If you can give us more info, images, screen shots on why/what that curve is we can help you. Once you get to 10posts you can zip/attach files here that we can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dido Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 shift1313 Im sorry dido but im not in the habit of downloading files. If you can give us more info, images, screen shots on why/what that curve is we can help you. Once you get to 10posts you can zip/attach files here that we can see. That link is the compressed file (WinRAR file) of the object .sldprt I’m asking for the tutorial. You can download it on the link I've post in my previous message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dido Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 Here’s the image of the entire object: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Dido, if you can upload your zip file here(once you get to 10 posts) I will look at this for you. I cant open your winrar file at work because of admin privileges needed. Also if you could let us know where the tutorial is located or the page in which this curve is described it might be easier to help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dido Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 Dido, if you can upload your zip file here(once you get to 10 posts) I will look at this for you. I cant open your winrar file at work because of admin privileges needed. Also if you could let us know where the tutorial is located or the page in which this curve is described it might be easier to help you out. It supposed to be on below link: http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/807_ENU_HTML.htm It seems that the training file for SolidWorks 2008 has been not exist again. The only still exist are the training file for SolidWorks 2009, 2010, 2011. If I assume all of the training materials are same, only the version of the SolidWorks is different, then it should within the "Advanced Part Modeling", lesson01 folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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