Hi!!
I've done this with AutoCAD:
And I want to to this with Solidworks because I want to control the HEIGHT of each row (in the image there are 6 rows).
After creating a sphere, how can I go on?
Thanks!!
Hi!!
I've done this with AutoCAD:
And I want to to this with Solidworks because I want to control the HEIGHT of each row (in the image there are 6 rows).
After creating a sphere, how can I go on?
Thanks!!
I attached only my AutoCAD dwg file because I can work with SolidWorks only at school (I have a Mac) and I won't be there until Monday. The fact is that in CAD I used surftab1 and surftab2 to set the number of columns and rows, then I used revsurf (picking first a semicurcumference and then a line that represents the axis of rotation) to obtain the domo sphere. Then I removed the pieces that I didn't need. But in this way I can't control the height of columns, the function sets the same height for each row by default. In Solidworks I want to to something like this: 
Thank you!
Giulia Crocioni wrote:
... I can work with SolidWorks only at school and I won't be there until Monday. ...
I thought of a technique to simplify this, what version of SolidWorks are your running at school?
I don't have dim of reference...but maybe like this?
Thanks for answering me! I need to have both rows and columns (in your image there are just rows) and the geometry must be the one of a sphere. Like my Cad drawing, except for the fact that the height of the rows does not have to be the same for each row, but I want to adjust it with a specific length each time. Maybe with this drawing it will be clearer: 
Hello Giulia,.. you maybe able to use Surftab in DraftSight (a Autocad type program offered by SolidWorks for free).
...or, you can mimic this by revolving the edges and patterning them to give a similar faceted outcome? (image attached)
Paul Salvador wrote:
Hello Giulia,.. you maybe able to use Surftab in DraftSight (a Autocad type program offered by SolidWorks for free).
...or, you can mimic this by revolving the edges and patterning them to give a similar faceted outcome? (image attached)
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Dear Giulia
Part file is attached
The main idea and control sketch
I hope you understand it without additional explanations.
The second part of your task is surface design and there are a few tiny moments here - "Planar surface" feature is not very convenient and intuitive but if you play with it you understand how to work with it.
I hope my post Planar surface.Contour selection problem for 3D bounding box sketch helps you.
Igor,.. I wonder if someone created a geodesic dome generator / add-on? I know there were some for Rhino3D?
https://simplydifferently.org/Geodesic_Dome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVurBm0gpJY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmsYraQ1ifw
Can you Attach your AutoCAD dwg file and your SolidWork sldprt attempt here?
Geometry is geometry - there should be no difference.