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The Panning Problem When Using ATI Graphic Card Drivers

By Mike Tsang • Aug 22nd, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips, XOR, XOS

Problem:
When you pan a model in XOR/XOS, based on ATI graphic (Radeon or FireGL series) and Preferences > Hardware > OpenGL > Frame Buffer Save/Restore is “FBO” in the application,

Fig1. Preference Setting
the model unpredictably moves in the Model View as shown in the image below - fig2 and fig3.

Fig2. Before Panning

Fig3. After Panning
Solution:
You [...]



How to Edit Splines in SolidWorks/UGS/ProE

By Mike Tsang • Aug 22nd, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips, XOR

Problem
After you transfer splines (2D and 3D) that are used for, say, a Lofted Surface, you may want to edit the control points of the splines to do design changes. This document explains how to edit splines in each CAD system.

Solution in SolidWorks
1. Click RMB on a 3D sketch profile/entity in the [...]



How to Trim a Mesh using a Curve or Ref. Plane

By Mike Tsang • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Intermediate, Product News, Tech Tips, XOR, XOS, XOV

When you import scan data, the data will be loading in the software, and a new Mesh Feature will be added in the Feature Tree. Sometimes, you can have additional items created after the Mesh Feature, but you will not be able to immediately be able to trim the mesh using these items. This is [...]



Full Face Fillet

By Mike Tsang • Aug 1st, 2008 • Category: Novice, Tech Tips, XOR

Using the Full-Face-Fillet command:
The “Full Face Fillet” option is used for rounding or capping ribs and other exterior part features. This option uses three adjacent face sets and allows the creation of fillet geometry which is difficult or impossible to create using traditional edge-based filleting method. The image below shows an example feature using Full [...]