create part of a set

[Garrett]

Bye to all,

it's been very short that I started using solidworks for hobbistic purposes only, at the present time I managed to draw parts using extrusion functions starting from 2d masks imported from autocad (with which I the cavity quite well)

subsequently the various parts assemble them in a set through the mating functions.

the problem is that now I need to create a part, to add to this set, that for how it is made it needs to be created on the basis of the latter. Is it possible to do that?

in particular I would need to do this:

This is as far as I arrived, as you can see, all parts can be obtained very banally by extrusion. I would like to add the two conical lids, these:

and, definitely easier to do, add the two rods that come out from it:

my question is precisely if it is possible to do so starting from that axieme depicted in the first image, to make the tubes for example I thought to make a circle exploiting the appropriate axis as a center and then extrude it, but I did not even manage to make appear a miserable axis on which to support me. . .


I thank anyone who has the patience and time to lose with a newbie like me.


Andrea

 

[reggio]

hi andrea, will surely be more competent aid of mine,
In any case, I should do so, I would begin to insert new planes into the axieme (insert/geometria reference/plane),
then I would use insert/component/new part by touching the first floor created to "support" the first sketch of the conical cover.
for the tube instead it is easier since having already a face on which to rest the sketch you will not even have to create a plan.

I hope you have some help.

 

[re_solidworks]

the road you have undertaken (painting copy of autocad sketches) is not the maximum. It usually takes more time to define the glued sketch than to do it again. Now I don't know if you defined your sketch or not, sketches can also be left undefined, but this is not a good use of the parametric. to do that component you need, you can proceed with a loft.
returning to your question: you can insert into the assembling parts already made and new parts. new parts can exercise modeled within the "supporting" axieme on the various existing entities. In this way they create "external references" in the part, which will be satisfied when that aid is open.
I suggest you do the tutorials included in the help, are well done and learn the product philosophy without spending too much time and too much money.

I'll train your sheet.

 

[Garrett]

Thanks for the answers! !

the sheet does not open it to me as it probably saved with a more recent sw version of mine.

the pipes I managed to realize them, I understand the use of the reference geometries (thank you reggio) but I have problems with the snaps.

when I select a plan on which to do the sketch, for example a plan relative to one of the faces of the cover, I have problems on some to trace the lines because the snaps do not hook me to the edges.. .

 

[reggio]

Thanks for the answers! !

the sheet does not open it to me as it probably saved with a more recent sw version of mine.

the pipes I managed to realize them, I understand the use of the reference geometries (thank you reggio) but I have problems with the snaps.

when I select a plan on which to do the sketch, for example a plan relative to one of the faces of the cover, I have problems on some to trace the lines because the snaps do not hook me to the edges.. .

If I didn't get it wrong, you're trying to hook edges that aren't on the plane you're squirting on, if it were, you're going to need to use the Sketch/Convert Tools command with that command, touching the line or point or edge and pressing "convert entities" you'll find projected the edge on your sketch plan and then you can hook it.

I hope that's what you asked for.
ps: this gentleman has made many beautiful videos very useful tutorials, which I recommend to watch http://www.youtube.com/user/9ningk89.

 

[Garrett]

That's right! ! !

however I solved through the use of the loft function. here is the result:

the problem is that while on the one hand I managed to make the cover, on the other it seems to be impossible. I can make the loft, to thicken the surface but as soon as I try to reconstruct the drawing pulls down a couple of reconstruction errors and following "impossible to thicken the surface" and deletes the part. I can't understand why. is there likely to be any problem because the original designs were imported from autocad? Perhaps small differences in the quotas that interfere these functions. . .

 

[re_solidworks]

Are your sketches blue or black? start modeling in swx without copying glue from autocad and fia so that geometrically your functions can exist. example:
if one of the segments of the loft sections is not parallel to another create a non-planar surface that cannot be flattened.
Insit: lose an hour or two and do some tutorials, then you will go much more sent.

 

[Garrett]

while drawing the sketch is black, when I finished it becomes gray.