{"id":21385,"date":"2018-09-13T10:01:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T14:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=21385"},"modified":"2018-09-05T10:09:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T14:09:26","slug":"real-applications-for-sketch-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2018\/09\/real-applications-for-sketch-picture.html","title":{"rendered":"Real Applications for Sketch Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOLIDWORKS is full of awesome little tools that enable us to create\u2026well, almost anything.\u00a0 Too often, I find myself discussing these features with clients and usually ending the sentence with \u201d\u2026.too bad you\u2019ll never use it\u201d. So, I thought I would write about a practical application for a function that falls into this category. Sketch Picture!<\/p>\n

I recently was required to procure new wingtips for a single engine aircraft. Incredibly, the sketch picture function in SOLIDWORKS allowed for a precise fit to the existing wing, without the use of a scanner. I have illustrated the process.<\/p>\n

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Plane at the shop getting prepped for paint and other mods.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The moment of truth. You haven’t lived until you actually have to cut the wingtip off a very expensive airplane.<\/p>\n

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We needed to \u201cprecisely\u201d capture the new wing cross-section to fit the new tips correctly. Scanning was not an option for us.<\/p>\n

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Utilizing the imported sketch, we simply traced the profile, and offset it to create a flange we could mate to the existing cross section. This was then used as a cross section to generate the new tip.<\/p>\n

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So, the next time your situation prevents you from having access to a scanner, grab a pencil and paper and get to tracing.<\/p>\n

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By: Rob Stoklosa \u2022 Application Engineer \u2022 TPM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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