hi guys, I’m just learn about blocks in SW 2009 and find it very useful and helpful. I want to build such a suspension system from scratch using that blocks. Is there anyone having an experience in building a car suspension with blocks. If there, please kindly transfer and share your knowledge to me.thx
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rendy_mustang
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Ben
3d Sketching and icosohedrons in SolidWorks
This is how to create a icosahedron model using 3d sketching.
Part one of twoBen
Here is a link to the movie file for download-
dave spencer
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superpilun
Cool video. Funny how sometimes simple geometric shapes can be tough to model. I tried finishing it and struggled to find the easiest most efficient way to fill all the sides with surfaces. I ended doing a planer surface and various circular patterns with skipped instances. I’m curious to see how this pans out.
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admin
You pretty much have it You need 4 surfaces and if done right (I dont do it right in the next video) one revolved pattern around the axis
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admin
Wow this is the best viewed video yet! nearly 200 views in 24 hours! Cool!
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Jason Corl
Having a problem. When i am in a part file, have a sketch shown, and doulbe click on a sketch segment, it no longer takes me to edit sketch mode?
Has anyone else had this problem?
Also my “R” key sometimes does not work to show me the recent documents.
any help would be great. Thanks!
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superpilun
Interesting, I’ve never entered edit sketch mode by double-clicking on a sketch. I tried it in 2009sp3 and it doesn’t work.
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CBL
You need to have Instant 3D activated before double-clicking will open the sketch for editing.
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Jason Corl
Doh! I recently turned off instant 3d when it was getting in the way! Forgot to turn it back on. Thanks Kelvin!
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ecirwin
Why can’t I reference a Reference Geometry/Point in a sketch?
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JeffM
Can you be a bit more specific? Ambiguous questions lead to ambiguous answers.
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ecirwin
I created a datum point that I wanted to use as a reference while creating a sketch. For some unknown reason, I cannot use that datum point while sketching. That is one of the main reasons I would create a datum point.
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MarkKaiser
Here’s how I would do this (if I understand your question correctly).
1. Create a master sketch with datum point via sketch point tool.
2. Make sure this sketch is visible while making new sketches.
3. Inference ‘datum point’ with cursor while sketching or use add relations tool to make relationships to ‘datum point’.
Helpful?
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JeffM
If you created the datum point as a sketch point, you should be able to reference it. How did you create the datum point?
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ecirwin
The point is not created within the current sketch, or any sketch. The point is created as a “Reference Geometry” feature. It is created like a Plane or Axis is created, be selecting model geometry. In this case I created a point that was located at a certain percentage length along a particular model edge.
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MarkKaiser
OK, in your view pull down menu, do you have points selected to show? Also click the point in the feature tree and make sure it is set to shown.
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ecirwin
I can see the point, I just cannot tie Sketch geometry to it. When I select the endpoint of a line, I cannot select the point to apply a relation. Nor can I drag the endpoint to the point and create the relation that way.
Maybe this seems likes an easy thing, and it sounds as though it must work for some of you. This is not the first time I have had this issue. It makes me wonder wheat “Points” are for, if I can’t reference them. Do I have to use a 3D Sketch in order to reference a Point?
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Chris Serran
I’m seeing this as well in 2008 SP5.0
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MarkKaiser
It works best for me when I am normal to the sketch plane I’m working on, and I drag the endpoint of a line onto the reference geometry point. It then creates a relationship. I am not able to select the point if I try to use add relations or I am not normal to the sketch plane.
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ecirwin
It appears that I have finally managed to communicate the issue and it is repeatable. A quick try of Mark’s solution of the view being normal to the Sketch plane and dragging geometry to the Point, seems to work. Very odd that you cannot select the Point and the geometry you want to reference it too.
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admin
SPR/SR did anyone submit one?
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superpilun
It’s very likely that the intended use of a Reference Point is different from that of a sketch point, hence the unexpected behavior. What people use the Reference Point for, I have no idea, I never use it.
An easy workaround for this is to create a 3d-sketch, and point a sketch point right on top of your Reference Point. Then you can hide the Reference Point. You can now add relations to the 3d-sketch point as usual without having to be in a “normal-to” view.
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dave spencer are discussing. 
CBL, and 
Another great one Ben. If someone had asked me to draw this it would have taken me hours and lots of frustrating trial and error. Most likely I would have created angled planes and cut extruded or “shaved off” the surfaces from a sphere. You have shown such an elegant simple and quick way to do it. Awesome!