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Sometimes it takes reading a blog post to generate another blog post. Hence, this post.
I had a user group member ask me this same question at a meeting. I got to see exactly what he was trying to do when Mike Puckett and I went on a customer visit. Then today, Anna posts a way to do this on her blog..! So I thought I’d give you another option to capture the same result.
First, I created my sketch profile and extruded it as a thin feature. Note: I have a .001in gap between the 2 lines so I can create a sheetmetal feature from the solid.
After I have my base shape, I created a sheetmetal feature out of it by going to Insert, SheetMetal, Bends
Once you have your sheetmetal feature created, you can sketch the profile you want to cut out and do a Cut Extrude. NOTE: I have “Nomal Cut” selected. This will give you the laser cut shape.
And there you have it. The final product.
The nice thing about this option, is if the shop comes up and says that they are going to saw cut the tube, you can just edit the cut feature and un-check the Normal Cut option and you have a straight cut.
I’m sure most (if not all) of you have had to edit, open, change or fix another person’s SolidWorks part, drawing or assembly. I get the chance to do this every day as a CAD administrator and I always find a certain feature or part that makes me think “What in gods name was this person thinking?” That’s were leaving a comment is very helpful.
Comments can be added to items in the FeatureManager design tree (assemblies, components, features, sketches, and so on) in the manner of Post-It® notes. You can include a date and time stamp in text comments.
To add a comment, right-click an item in the FeatureManager design tree and select Comment, Add comment.
The Comment box will pop-up and you can start typing text.
You can also add the current date and time by clicking the Date/Time Stamp.
Click Save and Close.
So how do you view these Comments?? Well,there are a few ways to view Comments. If you hover over the Part, Feature or Drawing View it will pop-up.
You can also view all the Comments in the Model, Assembly or Drawing in the Comments folder int he FeatureManager.
So the next time to add a empty model in your assembly for a BOM, or model something way out in left field, do your fellow co-workers a favor and add a comment.
