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SOLIDWORKS Simulation: Mechanism Design
Designing mechanisms is a comparatively challenging task and needs fair amount of expertise. Normally designers use past experience, existing designs or manual sketches to conclude on a working mechanism. And ultimately they need to create multiple prototypes to ensure their
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SolidWorks 2014 helps you build assemblies faster and with more automation using mating intelligence. Now, SolidWorks automatically determines proper mates that will not over-constrain your parts, based on the geometry and existing constraints on the bodies. This avoids overconstraining parts
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2014: Replace Sketch Entities
SolidWorks 2014 introduces the ability to replace one sketch entity with another while keeping feature history and referencing the replaced part—even deep within the Feature History Tree. The Replace Sketch Entity command lets you replace one sketch entity with another
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek: Lock Rotation for Cylindrical Mates
SolidWorks 2014 will be officially unveiled on September 9, and while you’re waiting for the big reveal, we’re going to give you a few peeks at some of the new features. Some companies require that parts in assemblies are fully
... ContinuedIf a picture tells a thousand words, an animation tells a million!
Recently, I had a discussion with several SolidWorks users about unique ways of exploring and showcasing SolidWorks models, and noticed a common hesitancy when the conversation turned to using animations. To my amazement, this hesitancy came from premonitions that creating
... ContinuedMating Linear and Spherical Components
I was recently contacted by a customer who designs and manufactures a range of optical and crystal monitoring and control systems. Included in their design work is the requirement to position lens components with a high level of precision. This
... ContinuedSee how parts sticks together to one another
This can be done by selecting two elements in the consolidation and chose "Properties Tab"The Mates that are together are marked in bold. Another way to understand the relationships is to point on a detail and then the View
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