novacaine
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| posted on 17/5/08 at 08:52 PM |
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Any Solidworks Gurus out there?
Well, ive just bought a copy of solidworks with a student discount,
(12 month licence, with COSMOS £48  )
well, now all i have to do is learn how to use it,
Anyone on here able to offer some tips if i run into problems?
I also ordered one of these
well, give it a few weeks and i could be designing some locost related parts
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but its sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again, the sun is the same in a relative way but
your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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Bob C
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| posted on 17/5/08 at 08:55 PM |
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just plough through the tutorials that come with it ;^)
They're in the help menu
[Edited on 17/5/08 by Bob C]
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novacaine
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| posted on 17/5/08 at 09:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Bob C
just plough through the tutorials that come with it ;^)
ahh, i didnt know it came with tutorials,
thanks !
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but its sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again, the sun is the same in a relative way but
your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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D Beddows
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| posted on 18/5/08 at 12:59 AM |
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I suspect you'll find that gimmicky 3d mouse thing will make a lovely desk ornament  tried them all (and there have been a few) and at the
end of the day you can't beat a good mouse.
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Nosbod
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| posted on 18/5/08 at 07:00 AM |
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First invaluable tip I would give is to make sure that whenever you are "sketching" that you constrain every line, point, curve etc. with
relations or dimensions. You know when they are constrained because they are drawn in black rather than blue. Without this solidworks has a silly
habit of moving geometry on its own 
Good luck.
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balidey
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| posted on 18/5/08 at 09:48 AM |
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Stick with the 3d mouse. i had a couple on trial for 2 weeks, the guy from 3dconnexions said it will feel alien, slow and difficult ot use for the
first 3 or 4 days, but after that you will wonder how you managed without. I thought that was salesman speak, but it is so true. Really hard for the
first couple of days, but I've been using them for over 2 years now, and everytime I sit at another cad machine without one i grab for it when
its not there.
As for Solidworks itself, i've been using it for about 19 years, and the best training you can do is get on a proper training course. Contact
your seller to ask about this. But failing that, yes the tutorials and the books that come with it are very good.
EDIT: as for cosmos, its very easy to use, but be warned, because its easy to use you may think you are using it correctly, but all fea results are
only as good as the person using it. you really do need to go on a good training course to learn just the basics.
[Edited on 18/5/08 by balidey]
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