SOLIDWORKS Virtual Sharp
In this video tech tip we’ll cover five SOLIDWORKS sketching techniques that you can incorporate into your workflow so you can optimize your sketch creation process and significantly reduce time when working in SOLIDWORKS. We’ll be taking a look at Quick Relations, Symmetry Relations, Virtual…
A SOLIDWORKS Virtual Sharp in sketches and drawings provide the ability to dimension to the imaginary point where two lines would intersect in space. Our previous blog posts show how you can add a virtual sharp using the Point tool or using Find Intersection with…
If you have ever needed to dimension to a virtual sharp (a point at which two lines would intersect if they were long enough), then you have probably done so by either creating construction lines so the lines intersect, or sketched in a point to dimension to (as my colleague describes in this blog article). While both of these methods work, they require the creation of reference sketch entities in a separate step. Of course, sometimes you get lucky and can sketch and dimension the lines to a sharp point before inserting a sketch fillet and maintain that relationship, but this doesn’t work in all situations. One of the nice new enhancements added in SOLIDWORKS 2014 is the ability to select an intersection between two entities when…
While teaching a SOLIDWORKS Essentials training course, a customer attending the class asked for the best practice on how to add a virtual intersection point to a part so that you can dimension to the point. His method was to insert a sketch point using…