Create a 45º seamless tiling line hatch fill in Illustrator

To create a 45º seamless tiling line hatch fill inside a shape in Illustrator,

Make your Pattern artwork horizontal or vertical only. Fill an object with the Pattern. DoubleClick the Rotate tool. Deselect Object, select Pattern. Enter 45 (or any other desired angle).

If you want to save it as rotated to a particular angle for use it in other objects, drag the filled object to the Styles Palette to define a Style.

Source: http://www.justskins.com/forums/45-hatch-fill-144496.html

tried add appearances at part level? Using Appearances at Assembly level does not give one enough control over said faces, this is because part level overrides assembly level.


(SOURCE: https://forum.solidworks.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-366726-87293/Applying+Appearances.JPG)

Solidworks Photoview 360 - one part multiplied for many decals

Solidworks Photoview 360 - one part multiplied for many decals

in decal dialogue window, choose "Apply change at assembly component level" to apply one decal to multiple identical parts.

 

I can select the multiple identical parts as shown below for the same decal. Then I can repeat the same procedure for the same parts in another row for another decals. 

In this case, do not use part level as it will apply the same decal to all of the parts in the same name in the assembly.

products bury in tray

products bury in tray - 1/3 of product height at least

Plexiglass Non-Glare, Textures, P95

The table below shows some of the various uses for non-glare and textured plexiglass

Material	Application
Non-Glare Ultra-Light Matte P99	Best for high-end artwork
Non-Glare Light Matte	Matte level between P99 and P95. Great for art and text
Medium Matte/Satin P95	Matte level between P99 and frost. Designed for signs and displays
UV Filtering Non-Glare P99 OP3	High clarity for text, images, & artwork with UV protection
Clear UV Filtering OP2	OP2 = Clear cast sheet with UV protection
Clear UV Filtering OP3	OP3 = Clear extruded sheet with UV protection
Frosted Sheet	Heavy matte texture equivalent to frosted glass
Abrasion Resistant	Clear sheet with scratch resistant coating on 1 or 2 sides
Adobe Acrylic Sheet	Pattern used for partitions, patio tables etc.

Source: http://www.eplastics.com/frosted_plexiglass_acrylic_sheet_textures

Opening artwork with Dfont files on PC

Dfont or data fork TrueType is a special type of TrueType font format, specifically developed for Macs running Mac OS X. Some of the system fonts that ship with OS X are dfont fonts. You won't find this file format on any other operating system.

I am sharing a link to an online converter that convert dfont into PC fonts:

http://transfonter.org/ttc-unpack

It is an online tool for extracting TrueType fonts from TrueType and DFONT collections. Converting TTC and DFONT to TTF. I used it to convert a .dfont file successfully into PC font files!

Home Depot Pine Board Size Chart

Below is the size chart I measured in Home Depot for its pine board stockings:

Size No.	Thickness	Width
1x2	0.75	1.5
1x3	0.75	2.5
1x4	0.75	3.5
1x6	0.75	5.5
1x8	0.75	7.25
1x10	0.75	9.25
1x12	0.75	11.25

How to select white acrylic sheets

This is a good reference on selection of white acrylic sheets from eplastics.com

(http://www.eplastics.com/ACRY75080-187PM24X96 )

There are 3 whites in the WHITE color line:

2447 - a lighting white

7328 - a sign white for illuminated signs

7508 - an opaque white for signage.

In the white colors, light transmission changes with the thickness of the material. The thicker the white material, the less the light transmission. This is also true in all translucent acrylic sheets (i.e. sign colors). All transparent shades of acrylic (i.e. bronze, gray, etc.) remain the same color and light transmittance regardless of thickness.

Reference chart:

0.125" 2447 white - 50% light transmittance - typically used in overhead lights, xray chart readers

0.125" 7328 white - 31% light transmittance

0.125" 7508 white - 09% light transmittance

0.187" 2447 white - 42% light transmittance

0.187" 7328 white - 23% light transmittance

0.187" 7508 white - 06% light transmittance

0.250" 2447 white - 35% light transmittance - typically used for photog light tables

0.250" 7328 white - 17% light transmittance

0.250" 7508 white - 4% light transmittance

0.375" 2447 white - 27% light transmittance

0.500" 2447 white - 19% light transmittance.

Transparent Gradients in Illustrator

  Transparent Gradients in Illustrator

http://www.creativetechs.com/tipsblog/transparent-gradients-in-illustrator/

Change Line and text colors in Solidworks

the colors of line and text can be changed in Solidworks. Just select the line or text and click on Line Color button to change its color.

Lin Color button is in the Line Format Menu tool bar.

Graphic Insert - Cardstock Thickness

This link to busineescards.org provides the good explanation on the thickness of cardstock that can be used in graphic inserts for display units:

http://www.businesscards.org/design-guide/printing/paper-guide/

 

For most cases, the thickness of the graphic insert is 12 points.

Another reference can be found at Case Paper's website: http://www.casepaper.com/resources/charts/paper-thickness-caliper/

Simple lighting and scene in rendering done in Photoview 360 at Solidworks

In Basic tab, for Environment file, use C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\data\Images\textures\background\kitchen.hdr

in Advanced tab:

1. Autosize floor
2. Scene file is at C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SOLIDWORKS (3)\data\graphics\scenes\01 basic scenes\11 white kitchen.p2s

In Photoview 360 Lighting tab, pay attention to settings in Background brightness, Rendering brightness, and Scene reflectivity. Also play with Environment Rotation.

Die Line checklist

In Solidworks:

_Check scale 1:1  (full scale) on trim sizes
_Check dimensions
_Check correct drawing view(front view, top view, etc.) for die line area
_Add "SHEET 1 of x", etc. to number drawing pages, e.g. SHEET 1 of 1, SHEET 1 of 2
_Add "PRELIMINARY" or "FINAL" bold text in red
_Add isometric view
_Call out dieline areas and number them on isometric view
_Add central line and CL symbol on die line view
_Add product shadow in die line area
_Non-print area

_Change line colors for:
     - bleed area (Red)
     - die line (Black)
     - safety (Cyan blue)
     - live area (Green)

_Add callouts for:
     - bleed area (Red)
     - die line (Black)
     - safety (Cyan blue)
     - live area (Green)

Add trim size callouts (in INCHES ") on:
- width
- height


In Illustrator:

_Add crop mark (In AI, under Objets-> Create trim mark)
_change trim size callouts to:50% gray font in 36 points bold type

In title block
_Fill in project title and item description (project title - item description)
_Fill in Version #
_Fill in Version Date

_Fill in client
_Fill in project number, e.g. LAN16177
_"ART/GRAPHIC DIE LINES" checked in red dot or red X

Solidworks - turn on color mode for output colored drawings

Use this icon to turn on color mode for output colored drawings in PDF format to be tweaked in AI later.

And don't forget to turn it on for regular SW gray scale engineering drawing. Or, oops, it will look like this when it is turned off:

this problem happens in AI because I did not turn off shaded with edge display style in SW. Once I turn to the hidden lined removed display style, it show only line graphics in AI.