Creating Plane Parallel to current view-point
I know there used to be a macro available for this but I couldn't get to it. So if anyone is interested I created a new one today here is the code. I wanted the plane so that I can project onto faces so that I can apply a hatch to a surface that is partially hidden. Anyway here is the code. What a stuborn wh@re the math utility is. I had to create a point array and then pass it to a variant for the darn thing to work right. Sub main() 'Create a plane parallel to the current view 'written in it's entirety by Corey Scheich 'No warranty is expressed or implied 'I will...

Why insert into a view update a view?
Pardon my ignorance, but I wonder if you could answer a question. Why would you ever need to insert into a view? Also, suppose the view has a restrictive where clause, if the inserted row doesn't match the where clause, would the insert fail? What if the view is a multi table join? What about updates to a view? Thanks in anticipation :) "Strangiato" <nochance@youmustbejoking.com> wrote in message news:c0tg0l$1bquof$1@ID-222597.news.uni-berlin.de... > Pardon my ignorance, but I wonder if you could answer a question. > > Why would you ever n...

2004 Insert Sketch Snaps View Normal to Plane
Yesterday, while experimenting in SolidWorks 2004, everytime I inserted a new sketch the view would automatically snap normal to the selected plane or face. This was quite frustrating, since I typically work in oddly rotated and zoomed in views which had to be reset after each new sketch shifted the viewpoint in an undesirable way. I've seen this happen in 2004 before, but today the "snap normal" behavior only happens to the first sketch inserted into an otherwise blank part file. I'm glad to NOT be forced into head-on orthographic views, but am afraid to be forced back int...

insert current date on a subform with Before Insert event
Access 2000 I have a fldCreateDate on frmCustomer(mainform)and also a fldCreateDate on frmCustomerVisit(subform). They are one to many relationship. On the main form, frmCustomer, I have a Before Insert event call a MacroCustomerCreateDate Action: setvalue Item: [Forms]![frmCustomer]![CreateDate] Expression: Date( ) This is working fine; I got the current date as soon as I input something on a new record. On the frmCustomerVisit, I do the same, I have a Before Insert event call a MacroCustomerVisitCreateDate Action: setvalue Item: [Forms]![frmCustomerVisit]![CreateDate] Expression: Date( ) This one is not working, I don't get the current date when I start input on a new record. Please help! Thank you On 19 May 2004 04:34:39 -0700, lphuong@neh.gov (lphuong) wrote: >Access 2000 >I have a fldCreateDate on frmCustomer(mainform)and also a >fldCreateDate on frmCustomerVisit(subform). They are one to many >relationship. >On the main form, frmCustomer, I have a Before Insert event call a >MacroCustomerCreateDate >Action: setvalue >Item: [Forms]![frmCustomer]![CreateDate] >Expression: Date( ) >This is working fine; I got the current date as soon as I input >something on a new record. >On the frmCustomerVisit, I do the same, I have a Before Insert event >call a MacroCustomerVisitCreateDate >Action: setvalue >Item: [Forms]![frmCustomerVisit]![CreateDate] >Expression: Date( ) >This one is not working, I don't get the cu...

Measure tool in Solidworks/EDrawings (point to point, possible?)
I've used a reverse engineering software package to generate an .igs file which I would like to measure in Solidworks or preferably EDrawings. I cannot do this with my current file but I can with files I've designed in Solidworks. What I really want to do is click on one point and then on another and get the linear measurement between the two points (the way I can in Geomagic.) If it helps, the file I want to measure has no straight lines, its a bone. Ted, You can measure between any two selectable objects, end point, vertex, point and curve, surface and point etc. Just select the objects, and click the measure tool. (it looks like a little ruler) Regards Mark "Ted Trafton" <tedtrafton@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:39311434.0404121149.1d1ca1dd@posting.google.com... > I've used a reverse engineering software package to generate an .igs > file which I would like to measure in Solidworks or preferably > EDrawings. I cannot do this with my current file but I can with files > I've designed in Solidworks. What I really want to do is click on one > point and then on another and get the linear measurement between the > two points (the way I can in Geomagic.) > If it helps, the file I want to measure has no straight lines, its a > bone. Ted, reading your message I wonder whether the other Mark misunderstood your question -- because you aren't very clear on a point. That point is whether or not you've been...

inserting sketch dimensions from annotation views automaticaly into drawing views
Hi, This is intriguing me! How do I insert automatically, sketch dimensions (not feature dimensions) into drawing views without repeating all dimensions as reference dimension in part document? The reason I need them is that in drawing mode there is almost no way to insert dimensions from silhouette edges besides duplicating edges with sketch entities - this looks to me too cumbersome. On the other hand, I don't like the option of Split line feature>Intersection plane, because it messes all my assembly and other in-context parts + introduces many unnecessary faces to the model. ...

Computing transform of plane given transform of points defining plane
I'm wondering if anyone has some ideas on approaching this problem: Suppose you have a plane passing through three 3d points, a b & c, which form a triangle in that plane. So then you have the plane normal n = (b-a) X (c-a) / ||(b-a) X (c-a)||, and the plane in 4d homogenous coords is [n_x, n_y, n_z, -n dot a], where n_x is the x coordinate of the normal, and so on. Now suppose a b & c are transformed by matrices A B & C, and the new points are a' = A*a, b' = B*b and c' = C*c. (And A B & C could be limited to orthogonal matrices, if necessary). These three points may define a new plane. My question is, how can we use this information to determine the matrix representing the transformation of the original plane (in 4d homogenous form) into the new plane? Thanks for any help! Chris DeCoro Just d' FAQs <nobody-here@mac.com> wrote: > On 3 Jul 2003 21:52:32 -0700, cdecoro@uci.edu (Chris DeCoro) wrote: >>My question is, how can we use this information to determine the >>matrix representing the transformation of the original plane (in 4d >>homogenous form) into the new plane? > Read the FAQ. > "Subject 5.27: How do I transform normals?" > <http://www.faqs.org/> I'm quite certain that won't help him, because he's not using a single matrix to transform all vertices by, in the first place. -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker@physik.rwth-aachen.de) Even if all the snow were...

DS SolidWorks Extends Support for SolidWorks 3D CAD Software
Business-Critical Solutions are Now Free to any Subscriber for an Additional Year CONCORD, Mass., USA, May 11, 2009 =96 While many companies are reducing service levels, Dassault Syst=E8mes SolidWorks Corp. (DS SolidWorks) is now extending support for SolidWorks=AE 3D CAD software versions by a full year. This means that DS SolidWorks will directly address and remedy any Subscription Services member=92s confirmed business-critical issue with SolidWorks 2008 through the announcement of SolidWorks 2010 in September =96 in fact, all the way to December 2009. Until now, SolidWorks ended these re...

Cad Technician currently available for subcontract (offsite/telecommuting) CAD drafting/design.
Cad Technician currently available for subcontract (offsite/telecommuting) CAD drafting/design. My skills include but are not limited to very good and comprehensive AutoCAD and Microstation skills and knowledge along with customization and troubleshooting. My salary requirements are especially flexible. Jon Eberhardt thecadalyst@hotmail.com 208-724-3714 you can request my resume through the email address above.. ...

Cad Technician currently available for subcontract (offsite/telecommuting) CAD drafting/design.
Cad Technician currently available for subcontract (offsite/telecommuting) CAD drafting/design. My skills include but are not limited to very good and comprehensive AutoCAD and Microstation skills and knowledge along with customization and troubleshooting. My salary requirements are especially flexible. Jon Eberhardt thecadalyst@hotmail.com you can request my resume through the email address above.. ...

how to do the intersection between a plane (know one point and normal vector) and a line (know two points)
undefined Hi that is pretty straighthforward math. what you need: plane equation: ax + by + cz + d = 0 two 3D points p1 and p2 ###################################################################### function p_out = intersect_plane_line(a, b, c, d, p1, p2) v = p1 - p2; l = - (a*p1(1) + b*p1(2) + c*p1(3) +d) / (a*v(1) + b*v(2) + c*v(3)); p_out = p1 + l*v; ###################################################################### hope that helps Peter ...

inserting the current filename
Hi, is there a way to get the filename of the current LaTeX file within the document? And, if there is, is there also a way to get the first letter / the first digits of the file name? Igor Igor Akkerman wrote / a �crit : > is there a way to get the filename of the current LaTeX file within > the document? \jobname -- Le TeXnicien de surface Igor Akkerman wrote: >> Hi, >> >> is there a way to get the filename of the current LaTeX file within >> the document? >> >> And, if there is, is there also a way to get the first letter / the >> first digits of the file name? >> >> Igor \jobname H. Igor Akkerman <igor@noemail.com> wrote: > is there a way to get the filename of the current LaTeX file within > the document? > And, if there is, is there also a way to get the first letter / the > first digits of the file name? See \jobname. -- Brian Blackmore blb8 at po dot cwru dot edu Igor Akkerman wrote: > is there a way to get the filename of the current LaTeX file within > the document? FAQ. See http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=filename > And, if there is, is there also a way to get the first letter / the > first digits of the file name? In general, parsing things in LaTeX is a bit tricky. Here's a macro that returns the first letter of a string: \newcommand{\firstletter}[1]{{% \def\getfirst##1##2!!!{##1}% \expandafter\getfirst#1!!!% }} Thus, \fi...

figuring out points in a plane
I have drew a square as such: {}, {}, {}, }}; glBegin(GL_POLYGON); glVertex3f(-2.0,2.0,0.0); glVertex3f(2.0,2.0,0.0); glVertex3f(2.0,-2.0,0.0); glVertex3f(-2.0,-2.0,0.0); glEnd(); I also have a function that when I click the mouse, I get the x,y coordinates. I am trying to figure out how to map the x,y coordinates I get when I click, to what the actual coordinates are in the square. When I click a place on my square, I get something like: (20,55). How do I get the actual in relation above (I know that the actual point should be between -2.0 --- 2.0 for both x and y. Any help would be appreciated. <leshanster@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1131121423.122949.49880@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... >I have drew a square as such: > > {}, {}, {}, }}; > > glBegin(GL_POLYGON); > glVertex3f(-2.0,2.0,0.0); > glVertex3f(2.0,2.0,0.0); > glVertex3f(2.0,-2.0,0.0); > glVertex3f(-2.0,-2.0,0.0); > glEnd(); > > I also have a function that when I click the mouse, I get the x,y > coordinates. I am trying to figure out how to map the x,y > coordinates > I get when I click, to what the actual coordinates are in the > square. > > When I click a place on my square, I get something like: (20,55). > > How do I get the actual in relation above (I know that the actual > point > should be between > -2.0 --- 2.0 for both x and y. > > Any help would be ...

solidworks views help
hi, im new to solidworks.. i downloaded parts of the internet that i was suppose to get fo college! its just a block that where supose to design into a brick, very simple as i tought! the second i started i ran into a problem. the when i click the views menu and select "front" it brings me to the top of the object, when i click isometric it geoes upside down! is there any way of rectifing this lik creating a new view of the front and naming it front???? maybe this isent the right place to go for advice i duno! i just seen it on google if not sorry! thanks!! when i click the vie...

INSERT INTO VIEW
Hi, I've this data model: CREATE SEQUENCE a_seq START 1; CREATE SEQUENCE b_seq START 1; CREATE TABLE a ( aid integer NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, aval character varying (255) NOT NULL ); INSERT INTO a (select nextval('a_seq'),'a1'); INSERT INTO a (select nextval('a_seq'),'a2'); CREATE TABLE b ( bid integer NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, bval character varying (255) NOT NULL ); INSERT INTO b (select nextval('b_seq'),'b1'); INSERT INTO b (select nextval('b_seq'),'b2'); CREATE TABLE c ( cid inte...

Ranking points in the plane
I have 4 points in the plane, I need is some sort (by angle ?), that after the merger was a square (rectangle). thanks for the reply On 04/11/10 7:54 AM, Miroslav wrote: > I have 4 points in the plane, I need is some sort (by angle ?), that > after the merger was a square (rectangle). thanks for the reply Consider using cart2pol() thank you please write me solution procedure. I have these points in one plane A= [0.5000 0.5000 0.5000] B= [0.5000 1.0000 0.5000] C= [0.5000 0.5000 1.0000] D= [0.5000 1.0000 1.0000] how can i do quadrilateral without diagonal ? Walter Roberson <roberson@hushmail.com> wrote in message <tHyAo.15192$3f.2938@newsfe12.iad>... > On 04/11/10 7:54 AM, Miroslav wrote: > > I have 4 points in the plane, I need is some sort (by angle ?), that > > after the merger was a square (rectangle). thanks for the reply > > Consider using cart2pol() On 04/11/10 8:58 AM, Miroslav wrote: > thank you please write me solution procedure. > I have these points in one plane > A= [0.5000 0.5000 0.5000] > B= [0.5000 1.0000 0.5000] > C= [0.5000 0.5000 1.0000] > D= [0.5000 1.0000 1.0000] > > how can i do quadrilateral without diagonal ? > > > Walter Roberson <roberson@hushmail.com> wrote in message > <tHyAo.15192$3f.2938@newsfe12.iad>... >> On 04/11/10 7:54 AM, Miroslav wrote: >> > I have 4 points in the plane,...

Distance from Point to plane
Hi, I am new MATLAB user. I am trying to write a code that will do the following: I have five points in 3D space that I will input each time. The first of the three points must be used to create a plane. Once the plane is created, the distance from this plane to each of the other two points must be calculated, and summed. So far, I have created a plane, but now I am stuck... this is what I have. Thanks in advance for any help! disp('Please input five points needed:'); p1=input('Point 1: '); p2=input('Point 2: '); p3=input('point 3: '); p4=input('point 4: '); p5=input('point 5: '); %Create plane using first three points% normal = cross(p1-p2, p1-p3); syms x y z p = [x,y,z]; planefunction = dot(normal, p-p1) ...

4 points and a plane
homework question, having trouble visualizing this. If you have 4 3-d points that don't belong to the same plane, how many separate planes are equidistant from these points? On 12 Nov 2005 16:44:38 -0800, "goulet45" <afl1030@hotmail.com> wrote: >homework question, having trouble visualizing this. > >If you have 4 3-d points that don't belong to the same plane, how many >separate planes are equidistant from these points? Are you sure you have understood and stated the question correctly? Take the first three points. They form a triangle in a common plane. Any point equidistant from the first two must lie on the plane which is the perpendicular bisector of the line segment between them. For each pair of vertices there will be such a plane. However, any point equidistant from all three must belong to the *intersection* of the three planes. Can such common points form a plane? 4 ? Look at a pyramid ( Tetrahedron ) to see why. Claudio "goulet45" <afl1030@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1131842678.852635.279310@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > homework question, having trouble visualizing this. > > If you have 4 3-d points that don't belong to the same plane, how many > separate planes are equidistant from these points? > "goulet45" <afl1030@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1131842678.852635.279310@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > homework question, having trouble vis...

insertion point problem...
I have a collection of drawings that I USED to (autocad Map 3d 2005) insert at 0,0 and they all tiled together (each drawing had its own insertion point that tiled it nicely). Now with Map 3d 2006 and 2007, when I try to insert one of these drawings, it comes in at a different scale and way out in no mans land..... are there some new settings in 2006 or 2007 that I need to change to make these drawings tile once again ?? thanks ! You need to set the variable "INSUNITS" to a consistent value. This variable changes the units (meters, millimeters, etc.) of the drawings. When inserted into another drawing, AutoCad scales the drawing accordingly. You can also set this variable through the "DDUNITS" command. ...

Solidworks View in Access
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to view a Solidworks drawing file from within an Access database. If so what is the prosses to do this -- ---------------------------- Couray Sheetmetal 9 Apsley Plc. Seaford Melbourne. Australia. PH 03 97861609 --------------------------- "Damian" <dmgillespie007@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<yBMEc.72094$sj4.33952@news-server.bigpond.net.au>... > Can anyone tell me if it is possible to view a Solidworks drawing file from > within an Access database. If so what is the prosses to do this > > -- > -----------...

Insert into Materialized View
Hi, We're pretty new at using Materialized Views, so....... We have a materialized view: SPECIAL_TST. It seems that the base table also has the same name. So, when I try and insert, I get an ORA-01732. First I guess I want to know where the source is which made the materialized view, which dictionary table? Next, how to insert my values. Do I need to drop the view and re-create it? Thanks. They must be in different schemas. Prefix the MV with the schema name. JH It looks like they are in the same schema: SQL> select owner, object_type, object_name from dba_objects where object_name = 'SPECIAL_TST'; OWNER OBJECT_TYPE OBJECT_NAME ------------------------------ ------------------ -------------------- PUBLIC SYNONYM SPECIAL_TST MIRS_LOOKUP MATERIALIZED VIEW SPECIAL_TST MIRS_LOOKUP TABLE SPECIAL_TST amerar@iwc.net schrieb: > Hi, > > We're pretty new at using Materialized Views, so....... > > We have a materialized view: SPECIAL_TST. It seems that the base > table also has the same name. So, when I try and insert, I get an > ORA-01732. > > First I guess I want to know where the source is which made the > materialized view, which dictionary table? Next, how to insert my > values. Do I need to drop the view and re-create it? > > Thanks. > You should have a look on documentation...

Insert point problem
Hi, I have a problem with point inserting in scene. I created scene and performs some rotations and translations, now I would like to insert new point into scene. However, I cannot get properly transform screen coordinates into object coordinates. I have only window mouse x, y coords, and problem how to properly calculate x, y, z coords in world coord system. Sorry, If I repeated question but I really couldn't find solution. Regards, F fahron wrote: > > I have only window mouse x, y coords, and problem how to properly > calculate x, y, z coords in world coord system. > ...

Are embedded views (Views within views...) evil and if so why?
Fellow database developers, I would like to draw on your experience with views. I have a database that includes many views. Sometimes, views contains other views, and those views in turn may contain views. In fact, I have some views in my database that are a product of nested views of up to 6 levels deep! The reason we did this was. 1. Object-oriented in nature. Makes it easy to work with them. 2. Changing an underlying view (adding new fields, removing etc), automatically the higher up views inherit this new information. This make maintenance very easy. 3. These nested views are only ever used for the reporting side of our application, not for the day-to-day database use by the application. We use Crystal Reports and Crystal is smart enough (can't believe I just said that about Crystal) to only pull back the fields that are being accessed by the report. In other words, Crystal will issue a Select field1, field2, field3 from ReportingView Where .... even though "ReportingView" contains a long list of fields. Problems I can see. 1. Parent views generally use "Select * From childview". This means that we have to execute a "sp_refreshview" command against all views whenever child views are altered. 2. Parent views return a lot of information that isn't necessarily used. 3. Makes it harder to track down exactly where the information is coming from. You have to drill right through to the child view to see the raw table joins etc...

List View
Hi, I have a list view control called IDC_LIST1 . I'm using win32, non-MFC. I have an mdb access table and want to populate records into this list view. The way the insertion into list view seems very confusing. // some initialization / declaration of CDatabase, and CRecordSet here... // some record set open, sql string.. while( !recset.IsEOF() ) { // Copy each column into a variable recset.GetFieldValue("Name",sz_Name); recset.GetFieldValue("ID",sz_ID); recset.GetFieldValue("Type",sz_Type); // how to insert record...