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Reset the SolidWorks Planes to Z axis up — and call that the Top.

by on febrero 21, 2017 in Generales

From those of us that are accustomed to working in ‘Machine Space’, the Z-Axis is always UP.   So why on earth does SolidWorks insist that Y is up?

Rather that ask and then answer the question, I’d would rather show you how to change it.  What we will do in the steps below is reset the default views and rename the default planes for both parts and assemblies and save the changes into the Part and Assembly templates.

 

Open Solidworks and create a new PART

The default view is most likely trimetric view and look like this.

We will be using the Triad to change and verify the views we want in several steps.

 

 

 

First, change to the Front View.  Use Ctrl-1 or the Heads-up menu or Spacebar
The Triad should look like this.

 

 

 

 

 

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ONGAA CAM Generates MRPs in Inches

by on julio 31, 2016 in Generales

INCHES for Operators

Although the ‘underlying’ Units of measure of both SOLIDWORKS and WoodWOP are metric, this does not help operators accustomed to units in Inches.

Since one of the 4 ‘Guiding Mandates’ of ONGAA CAM is ‘ allow the operator to perform all operations as before’, we felt we should do something about this.

As of version 1.3.34, ONGAA CAM generates WoodWOP programs in Inches.  This is independent of the Units of Measure of the model or programming units.  Simply turn the option ON and ONGAA CAM creates the MPR with the WoodWOP Inch indicator ON and values in inches.  All ‘geometric measures’ are converted to Inches as the MPR is generated.  This includes all X,Y,Z locations, distances, radii and depths.

It should be noted that, at this time, programming in ONGAA CAM is still in metric (expected and displayed).  This ensures that all programs (old and new) will … Read the rest

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ONGAA CAM- Extendiendo el modelo paramétrico más allá de WoodWop

by on octubre 2, 2012 in Característica, Generales

Antes de explicar cómo hace ONGAA CAM para extender modelos paramétricos, definiremos primero lo que es. El uso de parámetros, es una manera de definir algo donde parámetros y variables son utilizados para hacer algo en escala.
  • Por ejemplo, una caja 24” X 12” X 6” se puede decir que es mitad de ancha como es de larga y media profundidad como es de ancha, y la caja es de 24” de largo (Longitud).

En este ejemplo simple, solo un número necesita ser indicado y todos los demás números pueden ser derivados. Con este modelo cualquier tamaño de caja puede ser fabricado y siempre conservara las proporciones deseadas. Si solo fuera tan fácil…tomemos ese mismo ejemplo y agreguemos un poco de realidad…hacer la caja de madera ( 0.5 » grosor). La simple adición de un ancho fijo hace las dimensiones del componente de una caja, un poco más compleja de

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