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SOLIDWORKS How-To: Add Relations with Shared Sketch Endpoints

By GSC June 8, 2021
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SOLIDWORKS How-To: Add Relations with Shared Sketch Endpoints

Did you know that some sketch relationships can be added simply by selecting a shared point common to 2 sketch entities? While we are all familiar with selecting 2 lines to make them perpendicular to each other or selecting a line

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Building Up Your 2D Layout Library in SOLIDWORKS Electrical – Part 2

By GSC May 17, 2021
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Building Up Your 2D Layout Library in SOLIDWORKS Electrical – Part 2

You’ve begun working with the 2D cabinet layout feature in SOLIDWORKS Electrical. Now you wonder, “Where do I get the part graphics to place in my 2D layout?” The first place to look is the SOLIDWORKS Electrical content portal. On any

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Understanding 2D Cabinet Layouts in SOLIDWORKS Electrical – Part 1

By GSC April 6, 2021
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Understanding 2D Cabinet Layouts in SOLIDWORKS Electrical – Part 1

As an engineer, you are on a never-ending quest to efficiently produce meaningful designs to generate amazing and profitable results. On your quest, you must be resourceful and you sometimes must use new methods to get where you’re going! There are

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Shading in SOLIDWORKS Composer: Story Tutorial

By GSC March 8, 2021
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Shading in SOLIDWORKS Composer: Story Tutorial

Are you taking full advantage of SOLIDWORKS Composer’s tools, such as shading? If you’re not, dive into this story below to learn more about your custom rendering options. Sol & Sal Story Tutorial Well, it’s been a while since we last visited

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Top 5 New Features in SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2021

By GSC February 1, 2021
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Top 5 New Features in SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2021

SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE rolled out a little differently this year. If you treated yourself to one of GSC’s virtual 2021 What’s New Recaps, you saw our 25-year veteran Jeff Setzer unveil myriad new features in 2021 through the eyes of

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SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling: Partial Fillet Option Through ‘Partial Edge’

By GSC January 7, 2021
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SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling: Partial Fillet Option Through ‘Partial Edge’

One of the great things about live training is the interaction between members of the class. As students try things or think of how they might use SOLIDWORKS in their own work, questions come up that allow for learning beyond the book. During my last Advanced

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3D Sculpting a Favorite Character: Designing Rudolph on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform

By GSC December 25, 2020
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3D Sculpting a Favorite Character: Designing Rudolph on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform

  Every year, I try to highlight a holiday aspect of the SOLIDWORKS design platform (in 2019, I discussed 10 key modeling tips in SOLIDWORKS 2020). This year, I wanted to take advantage of the 3D Sculptor role on the 3DEXPERIENCE

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How to Copy a Part in SOLIDWORKS Using Virtual Component

By GSC December 21, 2020
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How to Copy a Part in SOLIDWORKS Using Virtual Component

Making Part Modifications There may be times when you’re working on an assembly and decide that one of the parts needs to be modified; however, you don’t want to modify the original, but instead make a copy to be modified specifically

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SOLIDWORKS 2020 Electrical Terminations: Rise of the Machines

By GSC November 16, 2020
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SOLIDWORKS 2020 Electrical Terminations: Rise of the Machines

SOLIDWORKS Electrical Terminations Manager Let’s continue where we left off in our Back to the Future blog and talk about…time travel! Another well known series that sees several time jumps is the Terminator franchise!  In order to understand the sequels, you need to

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Creating a Custom Tool within SOLIDWORKS CAM

By GSC October 1, 2020
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Creating a Custom Tool within SOLIDWORKS CAM

Learn how to create a custom tool within either SOLIDWORKS CAM or CAMWORKS. You’ll start with a SOLIDWORKS part with a single revolve feature. Some notes about the sketch used to create this feature: The sketch must be on the

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