- Solidworks 2018 Tab And Slot Assembly Bracket
- Solidworks 2018 Tab And Slot Assembly Kit
- Solidworks 2018 Tab And Slot Assembly Tool
- Solidworks 2018 Tab And Slot Assembly Machine
Salam hangat untuk para user Solidworks Indonesia, oh ya masih di Tahun baru nih,tak lupa saya mau mengucapkan Selamat Tahun baru.Pada kesempatan ini saya mau membahas mengenai fitur Tab and slot pada sheet metal,karena belum banyak pengguna SOLIDWORKS yang tahu fungsi Fitur Tab and slot pada sheet metal. Tab-and-slot feature between tube & sheet metal has to be added by the engineers/draftsmen. 2018 makes that easy enough (the tube-slot feature works flawlessly between tube and plate). You can generate a.STEP file of your weld assembly, or even your top-level assembly, and filter out the tubes you want to generate a program for. So for SOLIDWORKS 2018, we added the 'Tab and Slot' feature to automate this task making it faster, easier and error-free. Tabs and slots can be created on parts in an assembly, a single part, or a multibody part. You start by choosing an edge to define the tab, and a face to define where the slot will terminate.
Hole Wizard is a tool inside SOLIDWORKS that allows you to quickly create holes within a part or assembly without the need of drawing or using multiple features.
The Hole Wizard is made up of two tabs, the first: Type, covers the creation of the hole. The second: Positions, will give you a graphical representation of the hole and allow you to place the hole as a 3D sketch.
Solidworks 2018 Tab And Slot Assembly Bracket
Type Tab
Solidworks 2018 Tab And Slot Assembly Kit
Within the Hole Wizard ‘Type' tab there are standard pre-set holes you can choose from, these are: Counterbore, Countersink, Hole, Straight Tap, Tapered Tap, Legacy Hole, Counterbore Slot, Countersink Slot and Slot. Once you have selected the right type of hole, you can then decide the standard and sizing of the hole. SOLIDWORKS even allows to make custom sizes. At any time you can choose to save the hole as a favourite, this will allow you to just load it up as and when it is needed saving you time on recreating the hole.
Solidworks 2018 Tab And Slot Assembly Tool
Position Tab
The position tab will ask you for a face to place the hole, once you have placed the hole on the face you can then use the dimension tool to define the hole. This allows you to place multiple holes and then dimension them. If you have placed the hole and can not place another but want to, just switch back and forth to the ‘Type' tab.
Because the Hole Wizard is a feature it makes it simple to pattern and mirror. This means that it is possible to create multiples of the hole quickly and smartly. Create boundaries within the pattern to dictate the number of holes and the space between, allowing the part to change and the holes will automatically update.
An extra feature linked to the Hole Wizard is Thread, this will allow the creation of threads easily and quickly. Once you have your circular edge, you can specify the angle (if any), the end conditions (such as up to surface) and the specification (type of thread, sizing and method). Create either a cut thread e.g. a bottle cap, or extrude e.g. bottle neck.
What's Next?
For more information on the Hole Wizard or the Thread feature, please don't hesitate to give us a call. If you would like to learn more about SOLIDWORKS, what it can do and the other features consider booking one of the following courses;
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A costly part of the manufacturing process is creating fixtures, so many designers are now turning to self-fixturing, design techniques to reduce assembly and set-up costs in the manufacturing process. SOLIDWORKS 2018 introduces a powerful Tab and slot tool to automate this design step.
Tab and slot can be created on parts in an assembly, a single part, or a multibody part. You start by choosing an edge to define the tab, and a face to define where the slot where will terminate. Offsets can be applied to control the tab distance from the ends. Spacing can be defined equally among a given number of instances or by a defined length. The length of each tab can easily be specified, and the height can be a blind value, or up-to or offset-from the selected surface.
Corner treatments, such as fillets and chamfers can be applied to the tabs and their size can be specified. The clearance between the slot and tab can be defined as well and SOLIDWORKS creates features in both components to meet these specifications.
These tab and slot features are fully editable, for instance, an additional tab and slot can be added on the side by adding a new group to the definition.
The new tab and slot feature not only reduces design time by automating the creation of these features but reduces manufacturing costs by minimizing the need to build expensive fixtures that can delay manufacturing.