Thursday May 17, 2012

Resizing a proportional spline in SolidWorks

In this episode of Matt’s Minute, Matt explains how to resize a proportional spline in SolidWorks Read More

Dimension Control SolidWorks

In this episode Matt demonstrates several ways to add dimensional control to your SolidWorks sketches.  Read More

Flattening Curved Surfaces in Rhino

In episode #3 of Matt’s Minute, we learn three ways to flatten surfaces in Rhino.  Read More

Replace Face and Move Face in Inventor

In Inventor, I use a lofted surface to replace a face of a solid, and then extend the solid with the Move Face command, stretching the area of the lofted surface. Read More

Simulate Mechanisms with Blocks in SW Sketches

In this episode of Matt’s Minute, I show how to use blocks in SolidWorks sketches to simulate mechanisms. Sometimes full-on 3D is too much for simple conceptual work. In cases where what you really want to do is cut shapes out of paper and make a little mechanical mock-up, blocks in a sketch work great for this kind of work. Editing and coloring the blocks is also easy. Blocks... Read More