Lew_Merrick
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In terms of threading issues, I have just started an Improving Cosmetic Threads topic.
Jimpulse said:3dcad.fi wrote:
4. Sketch rectangle by midpoint
Does the center located Rectangle function of the Shapes tool not work for you?
(I acknowledge that LOCATING the entity of a Shapes tool is a little awkward)
simonb65 said:3dcad.fi said:1. 3D systems, please let Geomagic Design users contribute in development process. Tell us what are your plans, what is going on and what is coming up! Let us give feedback and vote for priority on new features.
+1. Geomagic, this is the most efficient and direct market research you will ever get !
3dcad.fi said:4. Sketch rectangle by midpoint
+1
3dcad.fi said:9. Saved views
You can already do this ! Create a custom view then use it to create the 2D drawing or shaded view (with section if needed). I use it extensively for getting the right isometric, non-standard but in some cases a more clearer, view.
3dcad.fi said:7. Wireframe view with only visible edges to all workspaces
8. 3D measurement tool for creating visible dimensioning to 3D model. I mean multiple visible dimensions to be able to create quick manufacturing drawing directly in 3D workspace.
9. Saved views, for creating drawings like views with sectioning, dimensions, etc. directly in 3D workspace and save them for quick access / print.
simonb65 said:3dcad.fi said:10. Maintain feature colors in Keyshot export, we should be able to assign different material (paint color) to different colored features.
I save all my parts with a material and colour code in the part name, then use the Material Template feature of Keyshot to auto assign the texture based on those codes. It's a work around, but save a bunch of time. Would be nice to automatically pick up the material and colour in keyshot from the part properties though.
Ultimate goal would be to integrate the renderer into Geomagic Design completely rather than being a seperate tool, then you could do more with part properties and metadata.
3dcad.fi said:I ment the actual feature colors, if you set some feature (extrude, cut, hole, chamfer or so) assigned to different color than actual part color you can't repeat this in keyshot. Whole part will be in one color / material.
Shapes are poorly done. The rectangle shapes are nowhere close to a rectangle with a reference line across it with a node midpoint in the center.3dcad.fi said:Jimpulse said:3dcad.fi wrote:
4. Sketch rectangle by midpoint
Does the center located Rectangle function of the Shapes tool not work for you?
(I acknowledge that LOCATING the entity of a Shapes tool is a little awkward)
I didn't ever think of this :shock: I have used a lot of round shape and rectangle with rounded corners but my mind always ignored to notice there is also traditional rectangle.
Might be good enough, should be found under rectangle though.
Thanks for pointing this out Jimpulse.
Shapes are poorly done. The rectangle shapes are nowhere close to a rectangle with a reference line across it with a node midpoint in the center.
You can't explode shapes.
You can't trim to shapes.
You can't trim on shapes.
You can't copy shapes.
You can't dimension to the figures of shapes.
You can't constrain to the figures of shapes.
You can't make shapes dynamic (without formulas in parameters).
I'm sure I missed something.
The only thing the shape tool is good at is quick independent shapes in an array.
Hi Sebastian -- Yes, I know what you mean. I was required to use ProE/Wildfire3 for a project a number of years ago. It was a nightmare. The design intent manager constantly and consistently decided that my fully-constrained and manually defined features could not have been what I "intended" -- and would rebuild my (4500+ parts and sub- assemblies) to suit its artificially intelligent check-list of intent. The final straw for me came when I had to make a presentation based on that model in another location. Four hours before the presentation, I loaded it on another version and everything disintegrated on me.bigseb said:Seriously, not a day goes by when I don't curse Creo. Geomagic is a dream to use.
RocketNut said:Salutations
I was wondering is there any CAD packages out there that have [an work as] GM configurations does?
bigseb said:Did you know that Creo you can't open an assembly (or sub-assembly or even a part) and save that assembly/sub-assembly/part with the same name in a different location? Bonkers...
Been working with iterations of an assembly lately. These iterations often use many of the same sub-assemblies/parts so I like to open that sub-assembly/part and then save to the new location. This is impossible in Creo. The only way to do it is to export that sub-assembly/part as a step file, open the step file and resave in the correct place. This method only works if the step file is saved in the new location. If this procedure isn't followed the one cannot use the same name (necessary for BOM purposes).
Hey man,bigseb said:...
2) Extruding to a concave face is not possible as demonstrated in the screenshot.
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Global parameters can achieve the same thing.drbris said:The holes tool in assembly should actually update the parts like SW. Would be very useful for molds ( KO pin holes, leader pin holes etc. through all the plates at once and they should stay linked so they can be moved).