fastbowtie
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Looking for help, I know SolidWorks is capable of greater speeds but I just can't seem to conform to the style.
I came from a Kubotek 6.3 environment, and getting used to starting everything in a 2d environment is tough... struggling with all these constraints that Solidworks seems to have. When I sketched in Kubo, it was freespace solids sculpting, didn't really matter where I drew solid features in space because I always could easily just move stuff around to where I wanted it and do the appropriate function once I got it there. It seemed a much more efficient way to get stuff created quickly and correctly... I guess I want to know if there is a simple solid move command in Solidworks similar to the move command in Kubotek.
Right now I have an un-restrained solid out in free space in SolidWorks, but I can't seem to get it to go where I need it onto the body I want to add it to. I've tried the move/copy bodies function but everytime I go to place it using the mate settings, it just doesn't seem to have the right idea of what I need it to do. Do I have to change planes to get it to move in 3d space?
In Kubotek, if I had 2 solids sketched in different spots, I would simply get the move command, click on the part I was moving, click where my base position was on that solid, go to the solid I was moving it to, and click which point I was moving it to. (like say, midpoint to midpoint) And the solids would not "merge" when they got there either, I'd have to union them. This is probably a function similar to what is in AutoCAD, but always seemed to work just fine.
Like I said... it's a struggle going from a free universe of solids sculpting to what would seem to be a super-conformed 2d to 3dsketch hell. I'm looking at a part that used to take me 5 minutes, now it takes me an hour or two just clunking along trying to define my full "design intent" before I get those sketches cranking. I know Solidworks has to have more to it than this when it comes to solid creating, locating and editing.(it just seems so clunky to me right now) I know it's powerful, guess I just need some expert guidance.I am scheduled for training soon... but I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced the same withdrawal issues.
Any help with this will be appreciated.
Thanks ahead of time!
Edited by: fastbowtie
I came from a Kubotek 6.3 environment, and getting used to starting everything in a 2d environment is tough... struggling with all these constraints that Solidworks seems to have. When I sketched in Kubo, it was freespace solids sculpting, didn't really matter where I drew solid features in space because I always could easily just move stuff around to where I wanted it and do the appropriate function once I got it there. It seemed a much more efficient way to get stuff created quickly and correctly... I guess I want to know if there is a simple solid move command in Solidworks similar to the move command in Kubotek.
Right now I have an un-restrained solid out in free space in SolidWorks, but I can't seem to get it to go where I need it onto the body I want to add it to. I've tried the move/copy bodies function but everytime I go to place it using the mate settings, it just doesn't seem to have the right idea of what I need it to do. Do I have to change planes to get it to move in 3d space?
In Kubotek, if I had 2 solids sketched in different spots, I would simply get the move command, click on the part I was moving, click where my base position was on that solid, go to the solid I was moving it to, and click which point I was moving it to. (like say, midpoint to midpoint) And the solids would not "merge" when they got there either, I'd have to union them. This is probably a function similar to what is in AutoCAD, but always seemed to work just fine.
Like I said... it's a struggle going from a free universe of solids sculpting to what would seem to be a super-conformed 2d to 3dsketch hell. I'm looking at a part that used to take me 5 minutes, now it takes me an hour or two just clunking along trying to define my full "design intent" before I get those sketches cranking. I know Solidworks has to have more to it than this when it comes to solid creating, locating and editing.(it just seems so clunky to me right now) I know it's powerful, guess I just need some expert guidance.I am scheduled for training soon... but I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced the same withdrawal issues.
Any help with this will be appreciated.
Thanks ahead of time!
Edited by: fastbowtie