Author Archives: FISHER/UNITECH
Landscape Forms Improves Productivity by Designing Outdoor Products with SOLIDWORKS
Learn how the company cut lighting design cycles by 30 to 35 percent and time to market by 15 to 20 percent while reducing design cycles by 30 percent and time-to-market by 20 to 25 percent after implementing SOLIDWORKS Solutions.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Puts Ringbrothers in the Driver’s Seat to Scale Production and Propel Growth
Learn how Ringbrothers deploys SOLIDWORKS CAD, Simulation and PDM to create its line of custom-built classic cars and parts.
... ContinuedGetman Mines for Greater Efficiency and Profitability with SOLIDWORKS
Read how Getman Mines uses multiple products from the SOLIDWORKS portfolio to balance the need to create customized products for its customers as quickly as possible with the safety concerns for miners.
... ContinuedWomen in Engineering: Taking a Step to Bridge the Gap
A look at the efforts being made in both education and organizations to help encourage more girls to pursue careers in engineering.
... ContinuedSolidWorks Drawing Tip: Convert View to Sketch
I’ve been asked a couple of times if there was an easy way to tweak, change, or ‘fudge’ a drawing view. Some people want to change a line style, some may want to change a thickness, and some may just
... ContinuedTractor Trailer Aerodynamics in SolidWorks Flow Simulation
As time progresses and fuel prices increase, you might have noticed some changes to the tractor trailers you see on the highway. Fairings on tractors have been common for quite a while; however, side skirts and extended “tails” on the
... ContinuedSolidWorks Tech Tip: Symmetry Fixtures on Shell Elements
If you have ever used symmetry on a surface body or solid body on which shell elements are defined, you would have had to use a special technique using an advanced fixture. The Symmetry Fixture would not work, as it
... ContinuedSimulation Tip: Verify Your SolidWorks Simulation Results Quickly & Easily
Have you ever wondered, after running a SolidWorks Simulation study, whether or not your results are correct?
... ContinuedTrouble with the Curve? Not Anymore! How to Drive your SolidWorks Assembly Pattern with a Curve.
Have you ever experienced that SolidWorks moment when you’d like to see a part feature available in an assembly?
... ContinuedSolidWorks Simulation Time Saver: Sub Modeling
Submodeling transfers the displacements from a global model to the border of selected submodel bodies. This is available for linear or nonlinear static studies.
... ContinuedSnapshots of PhotoView 360: Viewpoint
Photoview 360 gives the user the option of using a standard named view for the orientation of the rendering or a camera.
... ContinuedSnapshots of PhotoView 360: Lighting
There are several different types of lights that can be utilized in SolidWorks.
... ContinuedSnapshots of PhotoView 360: Appearances
Read the entire series: (Part One: The Basics, Part Two: Appearances)
Appearances are usually one of the first properties added to produce a rendered image. They can add a color, texture, or illumination settings to an assembly, component, face, feature, body, or part. Applying appearances works in a hierarchy; assembly appearances will always override component appearances, and component appearances will override face appearances, and it continues down the list.
TIP: Adding appearances does NOT add mechanical properties.
When dragging and dropping appearances onto a part from the task pane, pressing ALT while dragging and dropping will enable the property manager for that appearance. This gives you the option of choosing your settings without having to edit the appearance to enable the property manager of that appearance.
SolidWorks Materials: Manage & Customize
You can add materials you often use to your favorite list for faster access.
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