Modelling a Zalman Heat Sink in Solidworks 2005

i initially modelled this in Solidworks, and it went pretty well. Not
a perfect replica, but good enough for the task at hand.

i'm currently trying to "do it in pro-e". it's not going so well (i'm
new at both s'Works and pro-E.)

i put some of the images online in a simple web page at

http://www.geocities.com/wwswimming/

with screen dumps from solidworks, pro-e, and one-space designer.

i thought the Solidworks folks might be interested in this comparison
of the same medium complexity geometry, in 3 different "mainstream"
solid modelling programs.

thanks !

wwswimming


PS a zalman heatsink is one of the best-performing heat sinks among
the hundreds of different fan/heat sink solutions that are available in
the PC marketplace. as far as "what it is."

 

I'd be interested to follow this, can't access your website though as I
get the following error.

"The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data
transfer" can you host it somewhere else?

Regards

John Layne

 

hi

thanks for the heads-up !

i put up an informal mirror site at

http://www.geocities.com/zeromovecopy/

and

http://www.geocities.com/cadfreq/

i guess it's about a megabyte of images. i'm surprised i ran into
bandwidth limitations.

 

Any chance of getting a copy of the model? It would be of some use in
understanding the complexity.

Regards

John Layne
Solid Engineering Ltd

 

Sorry, I can't help you on the Pro-E front, but there is a MUCH simpler way
to do it in SolidWorks... (that feature tree is scary!).

Unless I am missing something, you can do it in 5 features...

revolve
cut extrude
linear pattern
another cut extrude
and a mirror)

If I can work out how to post the model somewhere tomorrow night I will
(unless someone offers to stick it somewhere for me??).

There are a couple of neat tricks you can use that folks around here might
find interesting...

Cheers!

 

OK. just would need your email. i think mine shows up on the Google
news reader. but from your other post it sounds like you've found a
more direct/ less circuitous route ?

wwswimming<at>yahoo.com