Hi all
In the "Curve-driven repeat" function, the "Vary Sketch" option is never available to me. Is this also the case for you? Is there a way to activate it??
PS: I'm on Solidworks 2017 Pro.
Yours truly.
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Hello
Me too on linear repetition......
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... same for me ....
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after research, according to Sw you should not completely dimension the sketch you want to make varied..
if I understood everything correctly
http://help.solidworks.com/2012/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/Vary_Sketch.htm
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+1 @ ben.13
It is clear that if the sketch is blocked with dimensions
you won't be able to change unless you go back to the sketch and change the sides
for the repetitions ditto
It is necessary to side while leaving the possibility for the log to create these said repetitions
Needs-based
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After several tries indeed, you have to leave a floating rib... that which must vary.
I had never used this option! Not bad!
Thank you
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Hello
I'm not talking about the same thing, since 3 or 4 versions it is possible to repeat one or more operations by playing on the values of the dimensions of the sketches, for example to make repeat 10 times every 100 mm a rectangular cut of 60*25 whose dimensions vary from -5 and -1 mm to each step.
So we have a first rectangle of 50*25, then 45*24, then 40*23 .... up to 10*15
So @akram.hedhli what do you need exactly?
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Hi Coyote!
For you the problem is different,
You have to check "Instance to vary"
(dsl but my Sw is in English)
and then you click on the dimension to modify and you can change the increment!!
Ex: if your part is 10mm wide and you give a value of 5mm,
so your first part will be 10mm, the second 15mm, the third 20mm, etc...
Am I clear?
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Hello
The "Vary Sketch" option is only possible if a dimension is selected as a direction. If you select an entity (edge, sketch entity,...) the option remains grayed out. So in the "Curve-driven repetition" function, it seems normal to me that the option remains grayed out because you have to select a geometric entity. I think that in this case you should use the function (as recommended by @Coyote) the "Variable Repetition" function.
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Hello
Thanks @ben.13 but I don't have a problem otherwise I wouldn't have made the image ;-), I just wanted to explain to @akram.hedhli that there are two possibilities and so that he tells us what doesn't work with him.
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Hi all
I am sorry for that late reply.
Indeed, I sometimes use the "variable repeat" to make a repetition of holes on a curve. The downside is that as the bore diameters are variable, it is complicated to manage the spacing between occurrences. That's my problem.
Thank you all for your answers.
Here's basically what I'm trying to do:
A repetition of holes of different diameters on a left shape, and a constant spacing between the holes.
visuel_1.jpg
Here's what I was able to do
I'm not saying it's the best walkthrough far from it ;-(
but the part is done ;-)
but without repetition by a curve by varying the sketch it doesn't work for me in SW 2012
so x circles constrained in tangent
and 2 elevation of material so 1 in offset plane for the draft at 45°
I made the part flat and then via the deformed tool: curve/ curve
see my SW 2012 file
for a better understanding of the process
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piece_akram.hedhli.sldprt
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Here's what I was able to do
I'm not saying it's the best walkthrough far from it ;-(
but the part is done ;-)
but without repetition by a curve by varying the sketch it doesn't work for me in SW 2012
so x circles constrained in tangent
and 2 elevation of material so 1 in offset plane for the draft at 45°
I made the part flat and then via the deformed tool: curve/ curve
see my SW 2012 file
for a better understanding of the process
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piece_akram.hedhli.sldprt
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Thank you gt22 for this feedback.
Your solution works well for this case, but we agree that it's not the ideal solution, because I sometimes have shapes to manage much more complicated than this one, and with the deformation function it doesn't do it at all.
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I can only answer you for the present case
and there it works in my opinion quite well
your holes are not deformed
and it's pretty much in line with your basic piece
if you have other specific cases, you can show us where you are blocking
and we will surely find a walkthrough
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Can something like this meet your expectations?
The problem with your walkthrough is that your holes don't follow the curve of the room
they are all parallel
which is not the case in my example
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