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... ContinuedPresentations from SolidWorks World 2014 are now available
Maybe you couldn’t make it to SolidWorks World 2014 in San Diego. Or maybe you had to choose between two sessions being held at the same time. Either way, now is your chance to see the presentations that you wanted
... ContinuedIan Baxter: Employee Number Seventy Something
If you stroll by Ian Baxter’s office, a life-size Austin Powers cut-out peers out through the window, the blue leisure suit and the toothy grin awaiting anyone rounding the corner. When you walk in, you’re greeted by a red “Please Take
... ContinuedRelax and reduce hair loss–we have the solution for your top 7 fluid flow challenges
Do you want to tear your hair out because you a) have to scrap entire elements of your product design, b) spend days on rework, c) spend wads of money on prototypes or d) have to recall your products because
... ContinuedDramatically reduce design errors by using SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology
As the complexity of your engineering problems, design, and assemblies increases, so do the chances of making a costly mistake that may lead to many hours of re-work and may cause you to pull your product out of production. You’ll
... ContinuedImproving Performance of Large Assemblies
Large Design Review (LDR) and Lightweight (LW) are great ways of loading your assemblies into session very quickly. However I still come across a lot of customers that prefer to load in fully resolved. Even if you use the tools
... ContinuedDesign scenarios for fluid flow in SolidWorks Flow Simulation
A known value of CAD integrated simulation is to run “what if” scenarios as early as possible to find the best design and/or the design which fits your criteria. In SolidWorks Simulation, our users know well the tool called “Design
... ContinuedAre you currently using workarounds in SolidWorks Drawings?
In software, a workaround is some extended workflow or trick used to achieve desired results that are not available through standard methods. SolidWorks is easy to use, yet it is our goal to make it even easier and more intuitive.
... ContinuedLooking for tricks and tips? Check out the SolidWorks Tech blog!
Over the past year, the amount of technical posts we’ve been able to offer has grown by leaps and bounds. Much of that has to do with the growing number of contributors from the SolidWorks reseller channel. Some of it
... 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
... ContinuedWorking with Multibodies in SolidWorks
SolidWorks have always been a leader when it comes to multibody modelling- since its introduction in SolidWorks 2003 developers have continued to strive and improve the way that we can work with them- so much so that multibody modelling rivals assembly modelling
... ContinuedSolidWorks 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
... ContinuedSolidWorks Simulation: How to Get the Angle of Displacement
A common question we often get regarding post processing of a SolidWorks Simulation study is: Does SolidWorks Simulation have a way of displaying displacement plots as angles of displacement in the case of a torsional load? SolidWorks currently does not
... ContinuedSolidWorks Toolbox Browser: Adding Property Values with the Help of Excel
The SolidWorks Toolbox Browser is one of the most used add-ins by SolidWorks users, and supports international standards, including: ANSI and ISO. You can use the Toolbox Browser directly from the Toolbox Design Library task pane, in order to access
... Continued