SOLIDWORKS
Overboard with Overmolding
Overmolding is present in two different situations; the first is the overmolding of metal, such as a computer connector, and the second is overmolding of plastic, such as a toothbrush during manufacturing. SOLIDWORKS Plastics can handle both situations.
... ContinuedDuplicating a SOLIDWORKS Assembly Project
Something that all designers and engineers are asked is to create new work that is based, often heavily, on a previous design iteration. If you’re already using SOLIDWORKS, you’ll be well aware that there are file references between an assembly and
... ContinuedSecure your Intellectual Design Properties through “Defeature”
SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD is not only a design Software, it is also a great communicative tool to get and share designs among suppliers and customers. In tradition, customers utilize design by manually go through in and out and remove the unnecessary data
... ContinuedEnd of Life…for Windows 7
Have you seen this message when installing SolidWorks 2018? With each major release it’s important to check the system requirements before installing. Windows 7 is currently the most popular operating system, with about 68% of PCs worldwide using this OS!
... ContinuedDissolving Sketch Text
It is common place to stamp or etch machined parts, so they can be identified easily on the shop floor. As many users know, SOLIDWORKS has a sketch tool that can be used as the basis of modeling a feature
... ContinuedMinimize manufacturing tolerances using TolAnalyst
TolAnalyst is an Add-in tool which is provided with SOLIDWORKS Professional and SOLIDWORKS Premium. This feature allows to identify the effects of tolerances have on parts and assemblies and also it give you the information such as maximum/minimum worst case
... ContinuedPlastics, Starting from Beginning
To be a good vendor of custom molding, you should have the ability to fulfill the demand from the customer and the plastic market. You can cut times by analyzing the filling stage; the determinations are a necessity to improve the production rate without neglecting the quality performance of the product produced. This element can give the benefit to the industry to achieve profitability and survive in this challenging plastic industry.
... ContinuedRouting Tips and Tricks
SOLIDWORKS Routing allows you to completely automate the process of routing pipework, tubing or even cabling. This add-in enables you to save many hours of modelling against traditional methods. In this blog, we’ll share our top Tips and Tricks for
... ContinuedLiving a Balanced Work Life
Designers and engineers face a multitude of challenges whenever they approach an injection molding machine. One that has persisted for years is the difficulty of getting multi-cavity tools to produce identical parts. SOLIDWORKS Plastics can balance the runner system to fill the parts evenly.
... ContinuedQuicker Assembly Modeling in SOLIDWORKS
SOLIDWORKS is constantly adding new tweaks to the software in an effort to make our lives easier. However, sometimes we fall back to the way we’ve done things in the past. Let’s step outside of our ingrained methods and take a
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