Learned a new 3D Cad trick---

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Brian Rupnow

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Yesterday afternoon I had some "dead time" where I didn't have any real work, and didn't have any machining hobby work either. I knew that Solidworks 2015 had some new features which I knew very little about, and so I called up my "tech help" guys in Toronto and got a couple of private lessons via "Gotomeeting.com". One trick was the capability to make two shafts revolve in the same direction as though they were driven by a belt. There was a command for this, but it was in an unusual place. The other trick was the ability to create a roller chain and then animate it. This capability is just mind boggling, but it takes some time and really other than sales presentations has little value---BUT---It is sooooo neat!!!
Check out the attached video I made. It doesn't last very long, but it sure is a nifty visual trick.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZg-CBsl6LU[/ame]
 
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