I make soft jaws regularly to hold parts for milling. Typically I just import a .dxf outline of the shape into my CAM system and move the shape into the correct position. I'm getting more into machine simulation and modeling my fixtures with the parts in them. I have models of my chick tombstone and can't figure out a simple way of doing this in Solidworks.
My tombstone is an assembly, then I made an assembly from it and inserted the soft jaws and mated them to the tombstone. Then I inserted the parts and mated them to the top of the softjaws and dragged them into the approximate place I want them. How do I go about using the shape of the part to modify the individual part files for the softjaws?
Thanks in advance!
My tombstone is an assembly, then I made an assembly from it and inserted the soft jaws and mated them to the tombstone. Then I inserted the parts and mated them to the top of the softjaws and dragged them into the approximate place I want them. How do I go about using the shape of the part to modify the individual part files for the softjaws?
Thanks in advance!