This Week in the SolidWorks User Group Network
The flurry of activity continues in the SolidWorks User Group Network with eight meetings scheduled this week. Texas groups are leading the charge with meetings in Houston, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi. San Antonio Celebrates 10 Years!!The San Antonio SolidWorks User Group
... ContinuedUsing the Intersect tool in SolidWorks 2013
A new powerful tool introduced SolidWorks 2013 is Intersect. Intersect enables you to perform complex operations to quickly combine surfaces, faces and solid bodies in practically any way you need without the need for multiple cut, trim and fill features. The tool’s visual interface allows you to…
... ContinuedJL Audio is creating assembly instructions that go BOOM!
Like most SolidWorks users, I love technology. I love to see what’s next, and get excited when I see our customers create something truly original. For example, at SolidWorks World 2013, Dr. Vijay Kumar’s presentation on micro-robots was my favorite
... ContinuedDonn McKinney’s U.S.S. Missouri Propelling Forward with eDrawings
Since 2011, when we first featured Donn McKinney’s U.S.S Missouri project, our friend Donn has further progressed in his work. To give some background to those of you who are unfamiliar with Donn’s project, Donn, a fan of World War
... ContinuedNew “Bounding Box” in SolidWorks 2013 (it’s not just for weldments!)
If you attended a “What’s New in SolidWorks 2013? rollout or even if you were a good user and read the “What’s New” guide for 2013, you hopefully saw something about the new automatic Bounding Box that gets created for
... ContinuedRevisiting Your SolidWorks Copy Settings
Most users run the SolidWorks Copy Settings Wizard after they have initially set up the SolidWorks interface to their liking. The problem with this is you turn on all the possible options you may use and leave them at that.
... ContinuedSolidWorks 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
... ContinuedAnd The Award Goes To… SolidWorks!
Roll out the red carpet–awards season is upon us! This February, we are pleased to announce that SolidWorks products such as SolidWorks 2013, SolidWorks Electrical, and SolidWorks Plastics have been recognized for three different awards: Control Engineering’s Engineers’ Choice Award,
... ContinuedSolidWorks Composer: An Easy Way to Rotate Actors
I have to credit this trick to Scott Lidgey. When you are rotating an actor in SolidWorks Composer, you can control the amount of revolution and make sure it rotates at a constant velocity. The trick to this is to
... ContinuedNow available: eDrawings for iOS with Augmented Reality
We've all been there. Your manager or customer has been looking at 3D images of your latest product design for months on your computer. But when the first prototype is put on the table in front of them, they say
... ContinuedRendering Liquids In PhotoView 360
So close…yet so far. This should look perfect, but it doesn’t. What’s the problem? It is not uncommon, when using PhotoView 360 to portray liquid in a glass, to create the liquid as a second feature in the part file.
... ContinuedHere’s how to show off your CSWP on LinkedIn (and vice versa)
CSWA, CSWP, CSWP advanced modules, and CSWE are all important certifications that demonstrate a person’s skill level with SolidWorks. One of the easiest ways to let others know that you’ve successfully passed a SolidWorks certification exam is to list the certificate on Linkedin.com. There are several ways to do this. A very common method right now…
... ContinuedSolidWorks Simulation Tech Tip: Initial Temperatures
A friend recently emailed me an article that CERN researchers had ‘discovered’ that materials could be brought down to temperatures BELOW zero Kelvin. And I thought, “That’s gotta be against the law”. But it also reminds me of a common
... ContinuedFebruary in the SolidWorks User Group Network
February is always a big month for SolidWorks User Groups. Many of the group leaders have made their way back from SolidWorks World flush with new presentation ideas and a recap of the conference is always on the schedule. Here
... ContinuedSnapshots of PhotoView 360: Lighting
There are several different types of lights that can be utilized in SolidWorks.
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