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“Things to do” while in Phoenix, AZ (after SOLIDWORKS World 2015)

By Matt Lorono December 30, 2014
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“Things to do” while in Phoenix, AZ (after SOLIDWORKS World 2015)

Southwest is always a great place to visit.  Around the time of SOLIDWORKS World 2015, temperatures are usually in the low 70’s (low 20’s Celsius).  Not bad, especially if you are travelling from places where Feburary temperatures average in the 30’s (circa

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Voting for SOLIDWORKS World 2015 Top Ten List is now open!

By Matt Lorono December 15, 2014
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Voting for SOLIDWORKS World 2015 Top Ten List is now open!

With the idea submission period over, it is now time to vote for your favorite ideas!  To review and vote on ideas for the SOLIDWORKS World 2015 Top Ten list, logon to the SOLIDWORKS World 2015 section of the discussion forum

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SOLIDWORKS World 2015 Top Ten List is going strong

By Matt Lorono November 25, 2014
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SOLIDWORKS World 2015 Top Ten List is going strong

There have been many user submissions to the SOLIDWORKS World 2015 Top Ten List this year, mentioned a couple months ago!  There is still plenty of time to submit your ideas!  Deadline is December 12, 2014 (a few more weeks from

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Drawing View Labels enhanced in SOLIDWORKS 2014

By Matt Lorono October 28, 2014
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Drawing View Labels enhanced in SOLIDWORKS 2014

As of SOLIDWORKS 2014, labelling of your drawing views has gotten easier and more consistent with new functionality.  A few releases ago, functionality was added to control the font for each text element of the view labels for section views.

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SOLIDWORKS World 2015 Top Ten List: Now Open For Idea Submission

By Matt Lorono October 15, 2014
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SOLIDWORKS World 2015 Top Ten List: Now Open For Idea Submission

It is the time of the year to start preparing for SOLIDWORKS World 2015. To start things off we are looking for your input in creating the SOLIDWORKS World Top Ten List. This is a list of your ideas for

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Improving the SOLIDWORKS Help File

By Matt Lorono September 30, 2014
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Improving the SOLIDWORKS Help File

With all the enhancements in SOLIDWORKS each year, there comes a time when the Help file might lag behind new functionality.  The SOLIDWORKS team does its best to keep the Help file updated.  However, sometimes there is a need for further

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What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2014: Ballooning

By Matt Lorono June 24, 2014
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What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2014: Ballooning

Balloon annotations have been improved in SOLIDWORKS 2014, with several formatting and behavioral enhancements. Moving the arrow instead of the drawing view Selection of the geometry within a drawing view tells SOLIDWORKS you want to move the entire drawing view.  Normally, this is

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Stick Font (What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2014)

By Matt Lorono May 27, 2014
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Stick Font (What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2014)

SOLIDWORKS 2014 includes a new font called stick font or single line font.  Stick fonts are different from traditional fonts on your PC because they contain characters created from strokes made from single lines that terminate at the end of each stroke. Traditional fonts

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Come meet the SOLIDWORKS Product Definition team at SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2014

By Matt Lorono January 21, 2014
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Come meet the SOLIDWORKS Product Definition team at SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2014

SolidWorks World is a great place to meet with your SOLIDWORKS crew.  Many areas of SOLIDWORKS are represented, such as Marketing, Sales and R&D.  Yes, there is a sizable number of R&D staff running around the conference each year.  R&D

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New in SolidWorks 2014: saving sorts in BOMs

By Matt Lorono December 24, 2013
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New in SolidWorks 2014: saving sorts in BOMs

Tables have seen several improvements in SolidWorks 2014.  One specifically for BOMs is the ability to save sorts.  In previous versions of SolidWorks, sorting BOMs was a one time action.  Each time you wanted to sort a BOM, you re-entered

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SolidWorks World 2014 Top Ten Idea List is now open for voting

By Matt Lorono December 16, 2013
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SolidWorks World 2014 Top Ten Idea List is now open for voting

Idea creation is now complete.  We are excited by the number of Idea submissions for the SolidWorks World 2014 Top Ten list.  This year, we have the most submissions ever! Now’s the time to vote for Ideas that will make it to

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SolidWorks World 2014 Top Ten – Deadline for Idea submissions is coming up quick

By Matt Lorono December 5, 2013
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SolidWorks World 2014 Top Ten – Deadline for Idea submissions is coming up quick

We are looking for your input in creating the SolidWorks World 2014 Top Ten List. This is a list of your ideas for enhancements to future versions of SolidWorks. The top rated ideas are revealed at the SolidWorks World 2014

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CSWP-DRWT exam tests drawing tools in SolidWorks, not drafting “best practices”

By Matt Lorono December 4, 2013
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CSWP-DRWT exam tests drawing tools in SolidWorks, not drafting “best practices”

Jim Lucas of 3DEngr.com exaplains the SolidWorks CSWP advanced exam for Drawing Tools (CSWP-DRWT). In his series of articles, he walks through each of the problems on the Drawing Tools practice exam (the exam you should try out before taking

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SolidWorks World is coming up fast: Other things to do while in San Diego

By Matt Lorono November 26, 2013
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SolidWorks World is coming up fast: Other things to do while in San Diego

Due to the relatively good weather in San Diego all year long, attractions don’t have to close during the so-called Winter months.  Here are some places you may wish to visit while in San Diego after SolidWorks World 2014.  Have

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New in SolidWorks 2014: All Uppercase

By Matt Lorono November 12, 2013
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New in SolidWorks 2014: All Uppercase

For an added level of clarity, ASME requires that notes on drawings be capitalized, except for cases where lowercase is used as a common abbreviation.  SolidWorks 2014 now allows you to set any annotation note to be all uppercase, while

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