SolidWorks Robotics Summer School

[JulieB]

dose anyone know if they meet 1000 people yet?

[intellec7]

The way I deal with the Square Hole, round peg issue is I add a point to the center of the square hole (this can be done many ways, I prefer to use the 3 point arc tool and make an arc where the 3 defining points are the midpoints of three edges of the square hole. You can also draw a perpendicular bisector from the one edge to the opposite edge, and the midpoint of the bisector segment is the center of the hole, etc)

Once you have the hole in the center, you need to add an axis. Insert-> Reference Geometry -> Axis. You will select the center point, and the plane/face that the square hole is on. It should automatically draw the axis, but if it doesn't, basically you want to use the axis generation mode where you select a point on the axis and a plane perpendicular to the axis.

So that's how you can get your screw or standoff aligned. Then you can do a Coincidence mate on the face of the plate and the back of the screw/standoff to fix it onto the plate. This constrains the entire piece except for it's rotation in the hole, which really shouldn't be important.

[mplanchard]

Originally Posted by JulieB

dose anyone know if they meet 1000 people yet?

We are well over 1000 still fulfilling requests until we get to 2000. Demand has been high.

Also, you will be sent two emails after you install the product. One to license SolidWorks. This is a long number, copy and paste this when prompted. Make certain you have the DWG icon and the eDrawing icon on your desktop.

You will receive a second email, this contains the license data file for COSMOS. Refer to the instuctions on the installation card. You will also need your computer address. Marie

[JulieB]

o thanks i just i read it full next time