Example of Linear and Natural Ribs

part. Linear. The rib extends normal to the direction of the end contour until it meets a boundary. ...

Fixtures in SolidWorks Simulation

Specify a sliding condition where a planar or non-planar face can slide but cannot move in the normal direction

Selecting Features to Measure

Selection order is especially important when you select Normal to Origin Feature in the Analysis Results PropertyManager under Analysis...Select Normal to Origin Feature

View Toolbar

Normal To is a view perpendicular to any selected face or...Normal To...Normal to selected plane or face;...

Rib PropertyManager

Normal to Sketch...Creates the rib extrusion normal to the sketch...Creates a rib that extends the sketch contours normal to the direction of the sketch until they meet a boundary

Standard Views Toolbar

... Left Two View - Vertical Right Four View Link Views Bottom Isometric Trimetric Dimetric Normal To

Strain Plot

EPSX: X Normal Strain...EPSY: Y Normal Strain...EPSZ: Z Normal Strain GMXY: Shear in Y Direction on YZ

Miter Flange - Sketch Creation

The sketch plane must be normal to the first edge where the Miter Flange is created...A sketch opens normal to the selected edge

Arcs

SolidWorks infers from the pointer motion whether you want a tangent or normal arc...Moving the pointer in a normal direction creates a normal arc...between tangent and normal arcs by returning to the end point and moving away in a new direction

Summary of Failure Criteria

... tensile and compressive strengths Maximum normal stress...normal and shear strengths of the composite.

Creating Grooves

To make adding dimensions and selecting sketch entities easier, click Normal To (Standard Views toolbar) to change the view orientation so it is...normal to the sketch plane

Factor of Safety Wizard

... Mohr-Coulomb Stress criterion The Maximum Normal Stress criterion For options with composite shell...

Multi-Threaded Retrieval

... another document. After the retrieval is complete, SolidWorks changes to the normal edit state.

Drop Test Setup

If you select a reference plane or planar face, the velocity is applied in the direction normal to the reference plane or the planar...select a reference plane or planar face, the gravity is applied in the direction normal to the reference plane or the planar face...Sets the stiffness per unit area normal to the impact plane

Example of Extrude - Direction of Extrusion

entities Reference planes Planar faces Preview - normal extrude Sketch entity used for Direction of

Rotate Orientation

For the shell face above, the stripes rotate about the axis normal to the plane (blue arrow) by 90 degrees in counter-clockwise direction

Measure

Projection and Normal are not calculated...The software calculates the projected distance (on the plane you select), and the normal distance (normal to the plane you select...Projection and Normal appear in the Measure dialog box

Full Screen Mode

... tree area It keeps track of the visibility of these areas separately from normal mode. To access ...

Specifying Directions

A reference plane (or a planar face) defines two directions in its plane and a normal...The normal is obvious...Similar to a reference plane, a planar face defines two directions in its plane and a normal

Edit Scene PropertyManager

... the background image about an axis that is normal to the floor. Appearances Scenes Editing Scenes

Orientation/Twist Control Option

Select Keep normal constant and the section remains parallel to the beginning section at all times...Select Twist Along Path With Normal Constant to keep the section parallel to the beginning section as it twists along the path

Feature Previews

Normal PropertyManager preview...If you leave both check boxes clear, the preview is identical to the preview in the normal PropertyManager...Click Detailed Preview to return to the normal PropertyManager

Loft with Start and End Constraints

Normal to Profile...Applies a tangency constraint normal to the start or end profile...Set the Draft angle to add draft at the start or end profile (available with Direction Vector or Normal to Profile selected...

Geometry Requirements - Pipe Elbow

A sketch: named Route on a plane normal to one end of the arc A circle representing the outside ...

Defining Two-Dimensional Curve-to-Curve Contact

Click Outward Normal Direction to change the direction of the normal force applied to the selected part