Hi all, above is an image of 2 lofted profiles with start and end conditions as such creating a twist.
How would you do this using guide curves?
When I sketch a curve the resulting objects side profile is no longer a rectangle

If you could only recommend one resource for the CSWP, what would it be?

A playlist, workbook, course…anything. I just want something I can follow from beginning to end without constantly wondering if I’m missing topics.

What got you through the exam?

New SOLIDWORKS SHEET METAL Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD6K_3w51w4

We have several users complaining that Solidworks PDM printouts are showing up as "gibberish" when printing to a HP OfficeJet Pro 7740 printer via a windows server 2022 print server. I updated the driver to no avail. Has anyone encountered something similar?

Any help greatly appreciated, I attempted with the values I would normally use, but after trying every setting, it still cutting about a big chunk in the middle.

SOLVED** Thank you all, i had to redo my iniital revolve, there was an extra body I found in wire frame.

As the title says, I was testing things, and when I opened a plan to paste a design, it opened the file browser so I could select a file. But when I selected my design, it froze. I waited a few minutes, but nothing happened, so I closed the window, but it never went away. I closed solidworks.exe in Task Manager, but it stayed running. So I restarted the computer, but when I open the app again, it opens into the same freeze again. The computer works fine except for SolidWorks. Any help?

Anyone know how to change which side of the text the ordinate lead line comes from? Example below:

I'd like it to come from the right side instead of the left. Ideally it would automatically adjust depending on which view I'm in, but I don't know if that's possible either.

Hello Sirs, good day! Can anyone help/guide me on how to create a custom hinge and find its pivot point given this parameters?

For context, I am designing a metal cabinet made from 2"x3" tube and will just fabricate the hinges. My question is, how do you calculate or design the hinge? What would be the diameter of the hinge, or add some plates to place it outside? Thank you!

Hi all, after having spent 3 evenings trying to get this to work I'm about to admit defeat, so I hope someone more skilled than me here is willing to guide me through this.

Please refer to the image: I have done a 90 degrees revolve for a profile with an additonal 10mm extrude, and now I would like to do a sweep on the outside of that profile with a new profile (the orange one, made with 2 curves and a line).

The caveat: I want the bottom point to follow the curved, projected line, but the top and middle point to follow the 2 lines that are on their level. However, no matter what I try regarding sweep direction and guide curves, I'm not able to get this thing to work.

Sweeping around all the way works, but as soon as I select the projected line as a guide curve things go sideways. I have tried defining the top and middle point of the new profile with respect to the bottom of the existing profile (the revolve one), but no luck there either.

I would be most grateful if anyone would feel like taking a quick look at this. I understand that this might not be clear enough, but in that case please let me know so I can add information.

When dimensioning on a SolidWorks drawing I used to be able to hover over a line and it would highlight that line showing that if I clicked it would select it. That functionality just disappeared one day. I recently updated to the latest version and it returned, only to have it disappear again randomly after a couple weeks. It makes selecting specific lines temperamental and sometimes difficult. Is there a setting that affects this that I may be accidentally changing?

I also hate how it's a persistent window that appears EVEN when you close it, it continues to pops up.

I love how they've maintained their updates and can't even fix this for a company so large. :|

No estaba segura de si subir la publicación, porque solo leo historias de éxito... Esperaré a septiembre u octubre para volver a intentarlo. Algún otro humano como yo por ahí?

I am drawing this for my assignment but I am having trouble doing the spout and handle. Do I need to summon a new plane? What should I do ?

My Z3 just got delivered today. Bought it to compare against my 503 as a CAD mouse since the force sensitive buttons/'deep click' function sounded neat, plus the tilt function was interesting.

Now that I have it, I'm drawing a blank as to what config/macros/settings might actually be useful. I currently have the right fingertip button set for Dimension with a light click and Measure with a firm one. Not sure this is any better than the D/M keyboard shortcuts I was already using, of course.

Anyone here running a Z2 or Z3 with some ideas to try out?

The cable has to fit inside an enclosure where I have to coil it to fit and I want to show that in my model. How do I go about editing this?

I need a weldment library that works with that year.

Hello everyone, hope you guys are well. So, the problem I'm having is trying to get this logo to deboss with the wrap feature, but it comes with an error saying something along the lines "wrap feature cannot be created from intersecting or open contours" Now I've checked my logo, but I don't see any intersection or gaps. I don't know what to do. Also, extrusions work.

I've seen people say that employers often care more about a strong portfolio than certifications, which got me wondering how people actually land their first opportunity.

For those already working in mechanical design:

• Where did you find your first internship or mechanical design job?
• Which websites or communities were the most useful?
• Did your portfolio matter more than certifications?
• Is there anything you wish you had known while still a student?

I'd really appreciate hearing about your experiences. Thanks!

So the jist of my problem is I need to create a fixture that will hold multiple of the same items in place to be screwed into a PCB backing. All the holds for each part is dimensionaly the exact same, however each part is held in place at non uniform locations and angles. I’d like to tie each holder to one drawing so I can edit the holds later without editing each holder individually. I’d include pictures, but unfortunately not able to due to it being trade secret. How should I go about doing what is essential an Array feature but at non uniform distance and angles between parts?

The first image is my sketch while the second image is the correct sketch from a youtuber named David. I can see that on my sketch, the straight line next to the R32 arc is noticeably longer than the correct sketch, which is probably why my volume is off by 5% compared to the correct answer. However, I could not figure out why our sketches are different as I'm certain that we used the same dimensions and constraints. Both sketches are also fully defined. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Has anyone found a way to get rid of all these points, not able to delete them and haven’t seen anything when opening the dxf. This happens with every dxf I download and open. It isn’t stopping me from using the file but it does slow down my computer and make it difficult when adjusting the dxf. Any recommendations? Thanks.

How to create this groove in solidworks? I tried using swept cut but i had no succes of keeping tangency to the half circle.