How to Customize Your Drawings with the Line Format Toolbar
The Line Format Toolbar can be used in drawings to change an entity’s appearance. Using this toolbar, we have the ability to control an entity’s color, line thickness, and line style. These appearances can be managed through layers to maintain
... ContinuedBe the first to know – “General Contact” has just launched!
You may know that SOLIDWORKS just launched a new product on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform: Structural Professional Engineer. What is Structural Professional Engineer? It is a Finite Element Analysis or structural analysis software application powered by Abaqus, the best non-linear solver
... 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?
... ContinuedTop Five Injection Molded Part Design Errors, the Consequences, and How to Avoid Them
When injection molded parts have defects, it’s often the molder that takes the blame. However, the root cause of many defects is a poorly designed part. In fact, it is the part designer that has the greatest potential to improve
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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
... ContinuedDXF/DWG Task Functionality in SOLIDWORKS PDM 2019
With the 2019 release, SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional is now able to support DWG and DXF file creation for sheet metal files requiring a flat pattern output using the Convert Task in PDM. This option has long been asked for by PDM users.
... 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
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