The beam functionality is quite nice in COSMOSWorks 2008. For example, you can tell the software which beams to connect at end points directly, using a RMC (right mouse click) procedure that is not well-documented. In the image, you can see a purple-colored ball close to where the red arrow is located. If you RMC on it, in turn a small panel will post (as shown) to indictate the beams that will be connected at that location.
You can add more beams to that joint just by selecting them, and remove beams by selecting them again. There is no "ok" button, however. Just close the panel and click on the "calculate" button in the Joint definition dialog. Very handy!
Jul 7, 2008
Beam Joints in COSMOSWorks
Jun 30, 2008
Wrap Feature tips!
Ever wanted to create a wrapped feature and not have the sides of the feature extrude radially?
Well today is the day to learn a new trick.
If you select Emboss of Deboss, you can select a line, linear edge, or plane to set a Pull Direction. For a line or linear edge the pull direction is the direction of the line, for a plane the direction is normal to the plane. Leave the pull direction blank if you want the sides to be normal to the sketch.
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