SOLIDWORKS Harry Potter’s Golden Snitch Tutorial – Part 4
It’s safe to say that Quidditch is Harry Potter’s favorite wizarding pastime. As Hagrid would say, a wizard’s passion for Quidditch is the equivalent to a muggle’s passion for football. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first publication
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Hidden Gem: The Delete Face Tool
SOLIDWORKS contains a lot of features, but most users only use a small selection of them. In this tech blog I want to reveal a feature, which is relatively unknown to many users, but yet very powerful: Delete Face. It
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Rocket Hacking Tutorial – Part 1
Hey SOLIDWORKS users, Happy 4th of July! So to celebrate the holiday, we are taking an off-the-shelf model rocket and making it our own with the help of SOLIDWORKS, 3D printing, and a little elbow grease. So let’s get started
... ContinuedDesign Re-use
“I know that part’s here somewhere… I think I saved it in the XXX project folder… We designed a similar assembly last year…” Sound familiar? If you’ve ever spent time hunting for previous designs or recreated the same content multiple
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Harry Potter’s Golden Snitch Tutorial – Part 3
It’s safe to say that Quidditch is Harry Potter’s favorite wizarding pastime. As Hagrid would say, a wizard’s passion for Quidditch is the equivalent to a muggle’s passion for football. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first publication
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Simulation – Define Shell Elements by Selected Faces
SOLIDWORKS Simulation When simulating large, thin objects it is much more simple, computationally, to define these types of objects as shell elements rather than solid elements. The problem is that most beginner simulation users are not comfortable with this element
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Tech Tip: Surfacing Techniques Made Easy
Many high quality designs are created using Surfacing commands in SOLIDWORKS. These commands can seem daunting to use if you’re not too experienced, however many of them are a lot simpler than you may think! For example, many thin-walled bodies
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Bowling Pin Tutorial
Bowling Pin: This model shows how to use split line curves. It also has newer SOLIDWORKS functionality using circular profile sweeps. The circular profile sweep eliminates the need for an additional sketch with a circle on it to create the
... ContinuedUsing SOLIDWORKS 3D Interconnect With Sheet Metal Parts
The new 3D Interconnect functionality introduced in SOLIDWORKS 2017 is useful when working with a variety of native non-SOLIDWORKS files, including parts that are sheet metal in nature. A Note On Methodology There are a few ways to add sheet metal
... ContinuedA Complete Guide to Using SOLIDWORKS Rx
The SOLIDWORKS Rx tool allows you to easily capture video and diagnostic information for troubleshooting problems, checking your system performance, and updating your video card driver. It also allows you to run tests and compare your results with fellow SOLIDWORKS
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