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  Matt 8:03 am on January 16, 2009 | 15 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: bug, Swept cut

  I have a problem with a swept cut along a spiral.

  Essentially I am making a 1/4-20 thread with an actual cut (I know that isn’t the common way to do it). The thread length in my model is driven with a design table. This works for all kinds of different sizes of thread and lengths….
  *Except* if I make the thread 4 inches or longer the entire model disappears.
  If I preview the cut for the 4 inch model it shows up just fine. The underlying rod is there, the spiral looks correct, and when you click OK there are no rebuild errors… but the entire model just disappears. Make the thread 3.75 inches and it cuts fine.

  I turned down the graphics settings and it made no difference.
  I also checked the model on a second computer and it seems to have the same problem.

  Has anyone had similar problems? Any ideas what could cause/fix this? I can provide the file if someone wants to take a look at it.
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  Update here is the file…
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  Matt 9:06 am on December 11, 2008 | 10 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: 2009 (4), crash (4), stability, x64

  Is anyone else having stability problems with Solidoworks 2009 x64? Lots of random crashes here. We are working with tech support but I was wondering if it was wide spread.

   
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  Matt 11:38 am on December 9, 2008 | 17 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: Move/Copy, Part (3), Position, Subtract

  I have a question about positioning (moveing via the move/copy command) parts inside other parts.
  I need to position a part with a flat face such that a specific point on the face is locked to a variable point in the part I am inserting it into. For simplicity think of it this way:
  Take a cylinder, insert another part that is a cube. I need to position the center of one of the cube faces in the center of the cylinder a specific distance up.
  Unfortunately I can not use an assembly because this is being used to create a subtract so (AFAIK) I can’t use an assembly.

   
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  Matt 6:49 am on November 26, 2008 | 9 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: assembly (11), Fillet (3)

  Question About Assemblies
  I am trying to model something that has two parts. Part A is always the same. The second part has several different versions (call them B, C, D, etc.). I would like to use an assembly to be able to swap out B, C, etc.. However, their needs to be a fillet at the mate between A and B,C,whatever. Is there any way to add that in when creating the assembly?