SW is really awesome. I had a 'class' on it in college (I put 'class' in 'these' because it consisted of doing the built-in tutorials... no instruction) and just really like it. It's satisfying when you finally get to extrude a sketch!
I have so many questions...
Can't figure out how to thread/the thread dimensions...
General make-sense dimensions:
- I made the block 50mm x 50mm. Fuzion is 55x55 but that's because the screws are out to the side.
- 1mm thick base. Can I go lower? All the pins/walls collide with the midplate's loft so that should provide lots of support.
- Should I step the base?
- 1mm thick pins/walls. Can I go lower?
- M2 screws to hold it together should be OK right? I want to stick to METRIC/ANSI ONLY (to ENSURE availability) and because my block is all within a square, I need 'thinner' ones.
- Are overall dimensions normalish?
Because I practiced AWESOME engineering procedures, it's actually really easy to change any of this. I don't have everything 100% linked up... for instance, I can't just change one screwhole size and EVERYTHING changes or adjust the inlet size and the nozzle fixes accordingly... the software is still kind of cryptic sometimes, and it goes NUTS if you are referencing too much stuff and/or overdefining. However I did use mirroring and referencing whenever possible, so I'm not afraid of criticism that would make me change things. The only thing I'm pretty dead-set on is the flow-equalizing design of the midplate, which I'm waiting for someone to tell me about its wrongness. I think it's a really good idea and spent about half the entire time on the midplate and flow testing.
EDIT and SolidWorks just crashes now trying to do CFX. It's not system stability. I don't know whether to be glad or not. It worked earlier today!
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