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SOLIDWORKS Simulation: Mechanism Design

By Kapil Gaitonde October 1, 2014
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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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New in SolidWorks 2014: Default Mate

By Matthew West September 30, 2013
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New in SolidWorks 2014: Default Mate

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

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New in SolidWorks 2014: Replace Sketch Entities

By Matthew West September 11, 2013
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New 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

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SolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek: Lock Rotation for Cylindrical Mates

By Matthew West August 27, 2013
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SolidWorks 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

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If a picture tells a thousand words, an animation tells a million!

By TMS CADCentre August 1, 2013
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If 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

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Mating Linear and Spherical Components

By TMS CADCentre June 7, 2012
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Mating 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

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See how parts sticks together to one another

By Matthew West June 21, 2011
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See 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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