The principle of mold material selection
(1) The mold meets the requirements of the working conditions 1. When the wear-resistant blank is plastically deformed in the mold cavity, it both flows and slides along the surface of the cavity,…
Mechanical
Automatic container is a new concept in logistics warehousing
Automatic container is a new concept emerging in logistics warehousing. The use of three- dimensional warehouse equipment can realize high-level rationalization of warehouses, automation of access, and simplification of operations; automated three- dimensional warehouses are…
[Structural optimization] Importing parametric modeling into WB
The identification must meet the following conditions: 1. Pro/E has installed the Ansys Workbench plug-in, and directly click the Ansys button on the Pro/e toolbar to import and generate the model. 2. When CAD Configure,…
How to center all dimension text in Inventor drawing at one time
Q: This is the retrieved size. How can I center all linear sizes at once? Now it is all manually dragged one by one, which is very troublesome. A: There is no way to do it…
Design methods (bottom-up and top-down)
Bottom-up design method Bottom-up design method is a more traditional method. You design and shape the part, insert it into the assembly, and use mates to position the part. To change parts, you must edit…
Practical skills that SolidWorks masters must master
As a non-standard design engineer, I often use solidworks, a super drawing software, and my lazy skills are carried out on the software. After many years of work experience in the world’s top 500, the…
Why can’t two boats run side by side? SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation answers your questions
In people’s common sense, two ships in the process of traveling cannot be driven side by side. This is not only the captain’s experience, but also contains more scientific reasons. In order to facilitate understanding, a small…
How to using external iLogic rules?
Save iLogic rules in a part, assembly or drawing file, then save those rules in that document and use them every time you open the document. You can save iLogic rules in a part, assembly…
Why is SolidWorks start so slowly?
1. Several common causes of slow SolidWorks startup and suggested ways to improve and pinpoint the cause of the slowness. Load third-party plugins at startup. These 3rd party libraries need to be loaded into the…
How to suppress parts in assemblies using Inventor iLogic?
Setting the Level of Detail with iLogic iLogic requires a custom Level of Detail (LoD) before it can perform an operation that suppresses a component. If a custom LoD is not active or one does…
How to delete components in suppressed assemblies using Inventor iLogic?
Here’s how to do it, ignoring occurrences in patterns. Trace.WriteLine(“Starting….”) Dim oComp As ComponentOccurrence Dim oComps As ComponentOccurrences oComps = ThisDoc.Document.ComponentDefinition.Occurrences For Each oComp In oComps If oComp.Suppressed Then Trace.WriteLine(oComp.Name + “is suppressed”) If Not…
How to use iLogic to change dimensions in a sketch?
It is a bit tricky but you can add a new rule and inside that rule set the named dimensions and parameters. Inside a part add a rule. Here is an example, Blue words are…
How to automatically download 3D models in teamcenter through the iLogic automation programming program
Teamcenter is a product lifecycle management software owned by Siemens. iLogic is an automated programming design program in the inventor software. How to automatically download 3D models in Teamcenter through the iLogic automation programming program? In…
How to use Inventor iLogic to automatically convert 3D drawings to stp format files?
Use Inventor iLogic to automatically convert 3D drawings to stp format files, the code is as follows: ‘ Get the STEP translator Add-In. Dim oSTEPTranslator As TranslatorAddIn oSTEPTranslator = ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById(“{90AF7F40-0C01-11D5-8E83-0010B541CD80}”) Dim oContext As TranslationContext oContext…
Automatically convert 2D drawings to AutoCAD files in dwg format using Inventor iLogic
Use Inventor iLogic to automatically convert 2D drawings into AutoCAD files in dwg format. The code is as follows: Dim oDoc As Document oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument Dim DWGAddIn As TranslatorAddIn DWGAddIn = ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById(“{C24E3AC2-122E-11D5-8E91-0010B541CD80}”) Dim oDocument…
