PREPARING A SOLIDWORKS MODEL FOR 3D PRINTING
Learn How to Optimize Your Design in SOLIDWORKS to Prepare It for 3D Printing In today’s age of 3D printing, once-inconceivable manufacturing projects can now be brought to life right from your desktop. But whether you’re using a desktop-sized Markforged
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS 2018: Making Magnetic Mates Even Snappier
What is Magnetic Mates? Introduced in SOLIDWORKS 2017, Magnetic mates was arguably one of the best new features, but as the Beatles put it: “It’s getting better all the time!”. With SOLIDWORKS 2018, things are not only getting better, snapping
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Convert your SOLIDWORKS standalone license to an online license
What can’t you do online these days? Why not convert your SOLIDWORKS standalone licenses to online licenses? What is an online license I hear you say? An online license allows you to work between an unlimited number of machines using
... Continued3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS
What is 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS? 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS gives you a direct path to additive manufacture by allowing you to prepare, optimise and modify designs. The 3DXpert add-in sits inside your software. It takes the native SOLIDWORKS data and imports
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS assembly delighters for everyday use!
Since assembly modelling in SOLIDWORKS is one of the daily tasks of an engineer, I want to share some handy tricks to simplify the workflow of this task. The main focus in this tech blog will be the creation of
... ContinuedOverboard 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
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