2 Replies Latest reply on Aug 20, 2014 9:40 AM by Aaron Heathcote

    Translating equation from Excel to SolidWorks

    Aaron Heathcote
    Aaron Heathcote Aug 18, 2014 3:41 AM

      Hello everyone, I am trying to create an assembly which is driven by one mate and that mate determines the size of the components. (See attachment)

       

      So I have 2 posts which are symmetric to the Right plane and then there is a mate called "Distance Between Posts" which is a distance mate and that determines the distance between the posts

       

      Now the idea is, when the distance between the posts increases so does the size of the post size.

       

      I am not the greatest at equations but in Excel I came up with an equation which gives the desired result (See Post Size Formula.xlsx)

       

      Excel Formula:

      =IF(B2<=3000,80,IF(B2<=5000,100,IF(B2<=7000,120,IF(B2<=8000,150,IF(B2<=10000,180,200)))))

       

      Now when I try to use this formula in SolidWorks, replacing B2 with "Distance Between Post" I get a Syntax error. I think the error is with the <= part of the equation but I have been playing around with it and no luck.

       

      I did make a simplified equation which was

      = if ( "Distance Between Posts" = < 2000 , 80 , 100 )

      which did change the post size to 100 but then when I changed the distance mate to 1500 the post size did not reduce back down to 80 even after rebuild.

       

      Came to a point where I am out of ideas on how to resolve this issue so that's why I'm here, is there anyone who could assist me? Hopefully I have given enough detail

       

      Kind Regards