Tangent Face Constraint for 3D sketch splines

One important feature of 3D sketch splines that I did not have time to
cover in my Curves presentation at SolidWorks World this year was the
tangent face constraint.

The reason that this is so important is that it does not often need a
reference projected curve or intersection curve to be used as a
"bridge curve." The problem is that it is rather undiscoverable in
that you must pick both the spline, the edge it lies on as well as the
surface to be tangent to. To see click on the following link. We are
working on ways to make it more discoverable. I have included this
with the PowerPoint that will be distributed to Conference Attendees
soon.

click here http://files.solidworks.com/special-videos/applying face
tangent constraint.avi

To play this video you might have to download the Techsmith codec
from: http://www.techsmith.com/download/codecs.asp






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Regards

Mark Biasotti
Product Definition New Concepts
SolidWorks Corporation

 

sorry about the link syntax, try this:

http://files.solidworks.com/special-videos/applying a face tangent constraint.avi

 

Thanks, Mark. This might prove to be a real time saver. I often have trouble
with the intersection curves in older models. They often forget that they
have been converted to construction. The bridge curve often gets its
tangency reversed. Sometimes the bridge curve will attach itself to the
wrong end of an intersection curve. It seems like the tangent face
constraint could eliminate all of these possible failure points.

I really enjoyed your presentation. It could easily have run considerably
longer.

Jerry Steiger