Measurement sensor

3D Design Routing
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Hello

 

I have a small problem using solidworks.

 

At the moment I'm working on bent tubes. So I use 3D sketches for the shape of the tube and then a scan.

What I'm looking to do is have the length of the tube unfolded. To do this, I use a measurement sensor or I select the different segments and curve ends of my 3D sketch, which allows me to have the length directly with each modification of my 3D sketch.

 

My problem is that I wish I could fit this measurement into a plan, in the same way that I incorporate the name of the piece or the weight of the part.

 

Does anyone have an idea that could solve my problem?

 

Thank you in advance.

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Hello

 

Used mechanically welded construction and you would get the length of your bent tubes.

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Hello

Yes, the welded mechanic is better for this kind of app! Rather than making a sensor (not stupid at all) I would have simply dimensioned all my tube parts in my room (straight parts, curved parts, etc.) and put an annotation on the plan with the sum of all its dimensions as links! ( I'm not sure that on a map you can put a link to a sensor (but I'm asking to see )) A +

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I may be saying something stupid but I think that with a global variable linked to an annotation in your MEP should be able to execute what you are trying to do...

 

Otherwise, as @Fred and @David say, the mechanically welded allows you to create bills of materials that provide information on the properties of each section of your piping (weight, length, material, etc.).

 

Kind regards

 

Joss

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Hello

 

There are two features of SolidWorks that allow you to dimension:

 

- A bow: http://help.solidworks.com/2012/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/Video_Dimensioning_Arc_Length.htm

 

- A trajectory: http://help.solidworks.com/2014/french/SolidWorks/sldworks/t_create_path_length_dimensions.htm

 

Edit: the trajectory is a new feature for 2014.

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If you have the premium version with piping routing it does itself

 

@+ ;-)

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Thank you all for your answers.

 

@Frédéric and @David be3:

Unfortunately I can't use a mechanically welded structure, the tubes I work on are already existing tubes for the most part and they are made via a sweep (there are several 10 of them)

 

@Joss.G: The global variable is more like what I would like to use, but I can't use a sensor as a global variable...

I tried Lucas P's method to score the arcs (a method that works very well by the way), but I can't use these dimensions in the gloabale variables, nor to measure an arc with this method in the variables.

 

@gt22: No, I'm not premium :s

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if your tubes are made via a sweep

 

There is a way to recover the trajectories

 

So all you have to do is create your library of tube sketches

 

and to watch this tutorial

 http://www.lynkoa.com/tutos/3d/tuto-bibliotheque-de-tuyauterie-sous-solidworks

 

(in welded construction I think that curves are not taken into account in the length of the parts)

 

@+ ;-)

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@tristan.benoit, no need for a welded mechanic to do the odds accumulation and put a link to this accumulation in your plan!!

Look at the attached file "TOTAL = ( Sum of the odds drawn in the room )"


sw04.jpg
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a folder to be glued in the mechanically welded profiles, French standard quite complete


nf_a45.rar
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Thanks for the dishes! I didn't have those!

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@frederic, there may be a bit of cleaning up to do because I got it from a Dutch steel bar supplier. 

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So I did an accumulation of the coters, but it's really not fast, and it overloads the view of my room a lot. 

But in any case it works.

 

Thank you all for your answers.

 

Have a nice day