Amexmod Posted August 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Somebody can help me with the 3d model for the 2014 version of SolidWorks , I need to design my mod thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 The IGES doesn't get you where you need to be? Solidworks won't let you do a save as older version, how else would they force people to buy upgrades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amexmod Posted August 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 I'll have to buy the last servicepack.... thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Well, you could use the platform-agnostic files, like the .stl or the .iges... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueridgedog Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 The 3d files posted are indeed a great work. However, the case screw holes penetrate the sealed space of the model inside the case and inside the atomizer housing, making the model not "water tight". As such the platform agnostic files are of limited use for non-milling operations like 3d printing (without a great deal of tweaking and working). I have hacked away at the STL, but in the end left it to someone with the right software so that perhaps the face openings could be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Can you screenshot where you're talking? A number of people have 3d printed the reference case, including myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueridgedog Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Here is one example...I believe there are four such issues. Look at the bottom right, you will see the screw hole piercing the 510 threading and the mesh breaking around the top of the atomizer. It can probably be repaired with a pre-processor, but it makes the file hard to use for modification. I use sketchup pro, so the STL files are all I can get from your side that works and they are no longer natively editable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 I would also like to know how i can edit the case, im new to 3d printing and i couldn't get the case to save as a STL file in inventor 2016. End up making my own model with the measurements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Oh. Those. Those are actually supposed to be there, in that it gives sufficient clearance for the tap when they are machining. The other two are on the back case at the bottom around the screw holes. They aren't geometry errors as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueridgedog Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 In the STL files they are holes in the solid...ie there is no closure to the face...they are not tubes but simply holes. There are also gaps around the edge of the atomizer milling area. The entire STL comes across as full of open faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podunk Steam Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 I used FreeCAD to change the files over to SLT and than imported into Blender 2.75a, whacked the scale all to heck but it can be recovered. From there I go to DAE exports so the size is locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvlSmrk Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 It'd doable, just not easy. I made a model for Mike Petro in an older version of Solidworks by reading in the .iges file and using the surfaces to make sketches and constrained them to the remaining geometry in order to produce the solids. Removal of the associations and reassignment so you can delete the imported initial file and only be left with editable sketches, and applicable solids, was time consuming, but not complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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