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SOLIDWORKS 2010

SolidWorks Drawing Tip: Convert View to Sketch

By FISHER/UNITECH September 3, 2013
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SolidWorks 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

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SolidWorks Modeling Methodology: Part 3

By Josh Altergott August 30, 2013
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SolidWorks Modeling Methodology: Part 3

In my previous articles we started with the different items we need to consider before we start building our model such as the Manufacturing, Features, Assemblies and Drawings. For the second article we explored the first few features of our

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SolidWorks Modeling Methodology – Part 2

By Josh Altergott July 25, 2013
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SolidWorks Modeling Methodology – Part 2

In my previous article we talked about all of the items we need to consider; Manufacturing, Features, Assemblies and Drawings. For our part that we are going to design we had some knowledge of the Manufacturing and Features of the

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SolidWorks Modeling Methodology: Before You Start Your Design

By Josh Altergott June 20, 2013
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SolidWorks Modeling Methodology: Before You Start Your Design

When we were taught SolidWorks it was in one of two ways–we were either self taught or we took a class through a local SolidWorks reseller, or maybe at a local college. In either case, when we learned SolidWorks we

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Free SolidWorks Certification for Subscription Service Customers

By Josh Altergott April 17, 2013
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Free SolidWorks Certification for Subscription Service Customers

Are you looking for a way to test your skills in SolidWorks or maybe you are in the hunt for a new job and want to make yourself more marketable, then trying one of the SolidWorks Certification Exams is a

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Allowing SolidWorks to Perform

By Josh Altergott March 20, 2013
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Allowing SolidWorks to Perform

For the 4th year in a row Adrian Fanjoy and I have done one of our favorite SolidWorks World presentations, “Allowing SolidWorks to Perform”.  The presentation was well received and we thought it would be a good idea to share

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SolidWorks Dismissed Warning and Error Messages

By Josh Altergott February 21, 2013
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SolidWorks Dismissed Warning and Error Messages

One call that we get on a regular basis on the support line is a question of “I used to get this warning message when I did…. and now thing are not happening the way they did before–why?” More often

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Customizing SolidWorks Flyout Toolbars

By Josh Altergott October 17, 2012
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Customizing SolidWorks Flyout Toolbars

The other day while watching a video on some of the new SolidWorks 2013 features, I noticed that one of the Flyout Toolbars for Annotations had a command for Cosmetic Threads that I did not have in my Flyouts, so

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Increasing Performance in SolidWorks Patterns

By Josh Altergott September 25, 2012
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Increasing Performance in SolidWorks Patterns

I had a customer send me a file recently because they were having issues with the performance of their part file that had several pattern features in it. When you look at the file from the surface you do not

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SolidWorks’ Hidden Document Properties

By Josh Altergott August 15, 2012
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SolidWorks’ Hidden Document Properties

Most all of us who use SolidWorks know that for each document whether it is a Part, Assembly or Drawing that we can modify the Document Properties for each of these files. In the Document Properties we can change items

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The Importance of Material Properties in Analysis with SolidWorks Simulation

By 3DVision Technologies May 18, 2012
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The Importance of Material Properties in Analysis with SolidWorks Simulation

Have you ever considered the importance of Material Properties to your Finite Element solution? What about the accuracy of the data provided by material vendors? As Designers and Engineers, we are used to dealing with tolerances….What will happen to the Finite Element solution if one material property varies?

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SolidWorks Indent: One Tool with Unlimited Uses

By Josh Altergott April 18, 2012
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SolidWorks Indent: One Tool with Unlimited Uses

One of the SolidWorks tools that I think gets overlooked for the unlimited number of possible uses is the Indent feature. Below are 3 different examples of how I have found that the tool can be used on an everyday

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Green Design Contest in Full Swing

By Asheen Phansey June 10, 2011
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Green Design Contest in Full Swing

Thanks to all those of you who have participated in our Green Design Contest so far! I'm dying to preview your entries, but I'm going to wait until the formal judging starts on July 1st to check them all out

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What do you want to see in future versions of SolidWorks? It’s time to vote!

By Matthew West January 11, 2010
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What do you want to see in future versions of SolidWorks? It’s time to vote!

Every year we let our customers vote on what they want to see in future versions of SolidWorks software, and then announce the top-ten most requested things at SolidWorks World. Last year we rolled out a new brainstorm tool to

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Guess the keynote speaker at SolidWorks World 2010

By Matthew West December 18, 2009
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So this year we're announcing the big keynote speaker for SolidWorks World 2010 ahead of time, just like we did for Richard Branson at SolidWorks 2009. And just like last year, I'm going to give you a chance to guess

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