SolidJott Cast 04 Followup on Casts 2 and 3

Here is a followup on questions and comments on Casts 2 and 3 in regards to animating a spring and the freeform feature.



Here is a link to the movie file


Ben

Repost of the Podcast

Link to surfacing handles

SolidJott EP03 spring animation

Here is how to animate a spring in SolidWorks. I generally would not recommend it but if you need a good animation here is my method of doing it.



Here is a link to the M4V file to play in Quicktime or iTunes

And here is a link to Ricky Jordans Site mentioned in the cast here

Flat pattern for tubing notches

How to make a flat pattern for a tube notch.



Here are the files mentioned in the video

AeroTube
Notched tube

Here is a link to the mpg4 file

Also mentioned is Josh Mings at http://SolidSmack.com

First SolidJott Podcast

Here is the first SolidJott podcast / webcast. This will be distributed under SolidJott, SolidMentor and MountainWave as well as on Viddler and YouTube. Future episodes are in the works....



You can download the m4v file to play in iTunes or Quicktime here

Enjoy!
Ben