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Automate PDFs of SOLIDWORKS Drawings
PDFs are a ubiquitous requirement in daily engineering life. You might have Purchasing or Sales asking you to send out PDFs of drawings for a vendor to quote or to a customer for approval. Wouldn’t it be nice to set a
... ContinuedHex Gear Pendant Part 2
Welcome back, SOLIDWORKS community, to part 2 of our 3-part series where we are running through how to setup configurations and configuration publisher to make assembling different versions of this geared pendant a breeze. In Part 1 of the series
... ContinuedThe Speed Shop-Concept Handlebars for a Classic Track Bike
As someone who has a need for speed in the two-wheeled self-propelled category, I enjoy playing around with bike concepts. The off-season generally provides time and open space for this, and this last one was no different. The target bike?
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Hex Gear Pendant Part 1
Hi SOLIDWORKS Community! A while back we provided a tutorial series on designing a functioning geared heart pendant with a rotating message. In that series we showed you how to design the enclosure around a few existing gears using mostly
... ContinuedDesigning Printed Circuit Boards More Efficiently
When designing Printed Circuit Boards, we need software that handles designs ranging from simple to complex engineering challenges. SOLIDWORKS PCB is a powerful, yet very flexible, system that allows you to design faster and more efficiently. For example, when you
... ContinuedReorient Imported Parts in SOLIDWORKS
Fixing “Wrong” Orientations A question I get from time to time involves working with imported models that come in at with the “wrong” orientation. Often this occurs with models made in CAM, where the Y and Z axes are reversed
... ContinuedUsing Defeature in 2019 to Speed Up Assemblies
If you have been following the blog you may know that we are preparing to renovate our training room and have been using SOLIDWORKS to assist with the task! Last time, I used 2019’s new Large Design Review to add
... ContinuedInteractive Web Content from SOLIDWORKS Composer
Finding a replacement part can often be a hassle, even for the simplest of products. Calling up customer service and trying to decipher exactly what widget you are attempting to order can be next to impossible without having the unique
... ContinuedAssemble Components in a Flash with Magnetic Mates
Magnetic mates are used within SOLIDWORKS assemblies to easily configure and position assembly components. Through defining connection points and ground plane(s) – position components through drag and dropping one component within close proximity of another to snap the asset into
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