Design
Cottage Dolls House Part 1 – Tutorial
This is Part 1 of a 3-Part SOLIDWORKS tutorial series for a Wooden Cottage Dolls House. Part 1 focuses on creating the main Dolls House structure as a Part file. The tutorial series involves creating the whole Dolls house as a part file with multiple separate parts before exporting the solid bodies as grouped or singular part files to create an assembly.
... ContinuedNew Addition to Thicken Command in SOLIDWORKS 2020: Defining Thicken Direction
SOLIDWORKS 2020 adds a very nice option to one of my favorite surface-to-solid tools, Thicken. Thicken takes a surface body (which has zero thickness) and makes it a solid (making it a volume) by specifying a thickness value and side to thicken.
... ContinuedDELIGHTING COLLECTIONS OF SOLIDWORKS USER INTERFACE- PART 2
Our previous blog explored a few interesting features of the SOLIDWORKS User Interface. In continuation, we shall move forward for still more tools to experience a rich experience. With respect to that, the first highlight is creating Folders in the
... ContinuedHow Strong is Your LEGO® Piece Really? Find Out With SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Growing up and playing with LEGO® as a budding engineer, had you ever thought about how strong your LEGO® pieces were? We shall investigate this thought using SolidWorks Simulation, an FEA module that runs natively within the SolidWorks User Interface.
... ContinuedCopy & Mate by CTRL-Drag & Drop: SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip
You may know that you can copy a component in an assembly by doing a CTRL-drag and drop. You may also know that you can create mates with the SmartMate tool by doing an ALT-drag and drop. But did you
... ContinuedReverse Engineering Police Respirator Mask Canister in SOLIDWORKS for Milwaukee Police
The Police Chief of Milwaukee put out a statement March 20th for businesses in the Milwaukee area to donate any Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs) they could due to supply shortages. MPD’s Detective Eric Draeger’s gave a call to us at GSC shortly
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Quick tips – Advanced Component Selection
Everyone knows SOLIDWORKS is very flexible and user friendly to execute the commands to complete any 3D design easily. When it comes to handling Complex assemblies (Increased in number of components) many of us will search for special tools to
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS 2020 Benefits of the Structure System Tool
You probably remember last year’s video; The Benefits of the Structure System Tool in SOLIDWORKS 2019. By popular demand, Elite Applications Engineer Colin Murphy is back to highlight the benefits of the Structure System tool in SOLIDWORKS 2020! What
... ContinuedHome Project Series: Site Plan
Do you enjoy making home improvements? Do you have a flare for design and have some SOLIDWORKS skills? Perhaps, you just want to install a fence? Depending on when and where you purchased your home it may have a fence
... ContinuedSolving “The Hook Debate” with a 3D Scanner and SOLIDWORKS Simulation
This case study seeks to find the answer to a common question: Which way should you affix hooks to your fence so they can properly handle the load of a hanging flower basket? Javelin’s Application Engineer; Colin Murphy CSWE, takes
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