{"id":1286,"date":"2013-08-19T15:38:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T14:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2015-11-04T11:52:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T11:52:09","slug":"solidworks-2014-sneak-peek-path-length-dimension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/08\/solidworks-2014-sneak-peek-path-length-dimension\/","title":{"rendered":"SolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek: Path Length Dimension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SolidWorks 2014 will be officially unveiled on September 9, and while you\u2019re waiting for the big reveal, we\u2019re going to give you a few peeks at some of the new features.<\/p>\n<p>The Path Length Dimension is an entirely new dimension available in sketches. It allows the creation of a path in a sketch to define the exact length of an item like a chain or belt. Like all dimensions in SolidWorks, its value can be parametrically controlled in a variety of ways including equations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SW2014-PathLengthDimension.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1287\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SW2014-PathLengthDimension-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"SW2014-PathLengthDimension\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SW2014-PathLengthDimension-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SW2014-PathLengthDimension-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SW2014-PathLengthDimension.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This provides you with completely new ways for getting the exact geometry you want without the need for complex equations or calculations. Using the Path Length Dimension tool also reduces the number of steps to define a Sketch Path during the creation of the dimension.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Matthew West, on the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2013\/08\/solidworks-2014-sneak-peek-path-length-dimension.html\" target=\"_blank\">SolidWorks Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mkt.solidworks.com\/emarketing_enu\/start.swe?SWECmd=InvokeMethod&amp;SWEMethod=StartSS&amp;SWEView=URLRouter&amp;SWEApplet=SSRoute&amp;SWENargs=SSId=1-12QAQ0H,SSName=REP+ENG+International+Mechanism+Design+Buyer's+Guide,SSLC=,SSCC=,CID=1-1VOY0AL,OID=1-12RQSRK,COID=1-1VOY0AM,PRO=1-NKZ7N\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Mechanism_BuyersGuide_600x90.png\" alt=\"Mechanism_BuyersGuide_600x90\" width=\"600\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SolidWorks 2014 will be officially unveiled on September 9, and while you\u2019re waiting for the big reveal, we\u2019re going to give you a few peeks at some of the new&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[67,25,68],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solidworks","tag-67","tag-solidworks-2","tag-solidworks-2014"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3823,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions\/3823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}