I only write grievances because I know nothing will change.
Suppose you got two locations one is anywhere around a circle. The circle is at 45 degrees from at least one nominal plane. The other point is on a line located also at some off angle. You want the straight distance.
In NX this is simple… Point to point minimum for example would get that dimension. Otherwise you can use the circle as the plane of orientation and measure up towards the line. Anyone who has ever done this by hand and has some background in calculus could figure out a way. But not solid works. No sirybob! That’s a $10k feature a year if you need it!
How about a green hue theme for the entire app? No problem! That’s the next upgrade! And screw you if you don’t upgrade because anything someone opens with the new version is magically not backwards compatible! Fuck solid works! Stop using this stupid software.
Can you screenshot the sketch you’re referring to?
Imagine a circle on a plane, then draw a diameter line on the circle, now offset the diagonal line. This offset was what I wanted to find. However you will find that if the circle is aligned to XYZ, then its a piece of cake. Otherwise if you rotate that circle and diameter it suddenly becomes a much more involved problem. Add on top of that, the circle is one part 1, the line is on part 2 in some top level assembly. There are many ways to “work around” the problem. But just like the first clutch/break/accelerator system on a car, the solution was to simplify the acceleration and deceleration of a car. The embodiment of the solution turns out to have a lot of variants… Clutch, brake, accelerator, break accelerator, single pedal, single lever, steering wheel tabs etc. We came up with a ton of different ways to command a car to move. But one thing I don’t do in a decent vehicle is to spray fuel into the intake with a water bottle spray can. That’s how it feels like when I use the solid works measuring tool.
Eh? Maybe I’m visualizing this wrong.
I’ve never had a problem making FreeCAD measure anywhere to anywhere, no matter what it was or in what orientation.
You almost got it. Make the line a diameter, then move the diameter offset from the plane formed by the circle. And it’s good that the circle is at some random angle to the xy plane. Yeah solidworks sucks at it. I would show the example but its a work project. Can’t show those.
Do you mean something like this? The two parts are offset but parallel.
Yup almost. In my case the measurements would not actually give a normal direction measurement. That’s why it frustrates me so much.
You can’t provide a similar but different example?
I’ve moved on with my life lol. I should do a video demo of how its done on NX. Its so incredibility intuitive. I haven’t touched NX in the good part of a year. Maybe 6 months. Unlike in klunker solidworks, NX will always give you the answers you are looking for.
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