Hello, there are some information on the net to teach how to project a sketch on a plane. What about projecting the shape (outer boundary) of a 3D extruded surface on to a plane?
It seems that this may be the one I need but there is no "Mode Tools" in my version of SW (Student 2014-15). Which version is that? Is the feature mentioned at the beginning of the video implement in SW 2015?
SOLIDWORKS Tutorial - Projecting the outline of a solid body on a face or plane - YouTube
Thanks Dennis. I found it. A menu showed up on the left of the screen. However, all the icons were dimmed. I clicked on different components of the model but all icons were still dimmed.
I checked and found that mold tools is available in SW standard also. When you say you clicked on different components of the model it sounds to me that you are in an assembly. Mold tools only works in the part environment I believe. I have never used mold tools before you posted this so I thank you for giving me something else to drive me crazy.
Thanks. How come Mold tools only works in part environment? Has Mold tools in assembly environment been implemented? Anybody?
Hi Peter, can you post your part and let us know what version of solid works you are using.
Hello, not sure if your question was ever answered or if i understood you correctly, but one command i use all the time is called "convert entities" once you have your plane created, go ahead and create sketch on that plane. then up in the "sketch ribbon" there is a "convert entities", this lets you select object boundries and also shapes and converts them to a sketch on your new plane. makes life so much easier, especially with complex geometry. again, not sure if this is what your looking for but hope this helps.
Peter,, I'm not sure if it is in the Student Version but it is called "Mold Tools". I know it is available 2014 & 2015 (professional) and I think many earlier versions.