SOLIDWORKS support Monthly News – January 2017
Hello to all, Welcome to this new edition of the SOLIDWORKS Support Monthly News, coauthored by members of the SOLIDWORKS Technical Support teams worldwide. Vote to promote the best ideas to the Top Ten List There isn’t much time left
... ContinuedFatigue Analysis: The General Process
Running a fatigue analysis is a growing trend in mechanical parts and assemblies. You must already familiar with stress analysis, as it is the basis for fatigue analysis. Stress or strain information from a stress analysis is the basis for predicting
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Time-Lapse Tutorial: Camera Gimbal
With technology advancing rapidly and associated costs becoming cheaper, it is easier than ever get access to it. This allows amateur filmmakers to have access to equipment that used to cost thousands of dollars and is now readily affordable to
... ContinuedHow to Tolerance a Part: Simple Steps to Specify Part Tolerances – Part II
This is a sequel to ‘How to Tolerance a Part: Simple Steps to Specify Part Tolerances – Part I‘ provided last month. Design for Assembly – Criteria for Tolerance Selection contd.. Choice of Assembly process determines the selection of Datums
... ContinuedUse Magnetic Mates for Quick Layout of Conveyors and Tracks in SOLIDWORKS 2017
Written by: Alex Frank, Support Engineer, DASI Solutions Magnetic Mates are a new feature in SOLIDWORKS 2017 that allow you to quickly and easily arrange and rearrange assembly components until you achieve a desirable configuration. This new feature is
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Golden Icosahedron Tutorial
Golden Icosahedron: This model is a icosahedron which is a polyhedron with twenty faces. The twenty triangular faces have five faces meeting at each vertex. Construction Surfaces(Golden Rectangles) are used to start the model. These rectangles are used to create the individual triangular
... ContinuedWire Style Modification in SOLIDWORKS Electrical
The process of creating a large quantity of wire styles can be simplified through the use of Microsoft Excel. SOLIDWORKS Electrical can interface directly with Excel to allow for much faster wire style generation. The following is an outline of
... ContinuedWill it float? Let’s test it with SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Will it float? (And if so, how deep?) Last month, I built a six-metre rowing boat in SOLIDWORKS. I was interested to know just how much I could find out about this boat using SOLIDWORKS Simulation– for example, how many people
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Calendar Dial Tutorial
Calendar Dial: This is a fully detailed production part with over a hundred features. Learn about how to use a Layout sketch to plan your work and work your plan. Many techniques are demonstrated in this model. Multi-body part design
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Candy Castle Assembly Tutorial
Candy Castle Assembly: This festive assembly has easy to understand component patterning and mirroring. It has examples of linear, circular and curve-driven patterns. One part has a fill pattern. Assembly level cuts using “Feature Scope” are used to control which components are cut. Part
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