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The Fastest Way To Fully Define a Sketch in SOLIDWORKS | Tech Tip Tuesday

By SOLIDWORKS June 3, 2025
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The Fastest Way To Fully Define a Sketch in SOLIDWORKS | Tech Tip Tuesday

Discover how to use the Fully Define Sketch command to add relations and dimensions to a sketch automatically in this Tech Tip Tuesday blog.

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SOLIDWORKS for Makers: Soundboard to Communicate with Animals Part 1

By Jonathan Harrison February 21, 2025
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SOLIDWORKS for Makers: Soundboard to Communicate with Animals Part 1

Okay, I’ll start by saying the title of this blog might be a little bit of a stretch of the story. However, what I’d be designing did have some potential to allow our dog to communicate with us in an

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3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers: Dice Tower

By Jonathan Harrison February 6, 2024
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3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers: Dice Tower

Is a dice roll really random? Let’s find out using SOLIDWORKS If you’ve ever wondered if a dice roll is truly random, you’re not the only one. I’m adamant it isn’t and that hand rolling dice needs to be avoided

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xDesign – Design Guidance and SOLIDWORKS Collaboration

By Ridvan Polat August 5, 2022
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xDesign – Design Guidance and SOLIDWORKS Collaboration

While studying Automotive Engineering at the university, I designed a Gearbox with Locked Synchromesh as my internship assignment and produced it using a 3D printer. I designed the Gearbox using SOLIDWORKS. When I discovered the world of 3DEXPERIENCE, I wanted

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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Gasket Part xDesign Tutorial

By SOLIDWORKS June 4, 2022
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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Gasket Part xDesign Tutorial

In this tutorial we’ll design a Gasket part using the 3DEXPERIENCE 3D Sheet Metal Creator role and the app XSheetMetal. We’ll use sheet metal features to create the part and use Extrusion, Wall on Edge and Cutouts to create the

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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Jewelry Ring Tutorial

By SOLIDWORKS May 21, 2022
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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Jewelry Ring Tutorial

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a ring which has text around the circumference of the ring. The tutorial will show you how to wrap the text around cylinder and extrude the text. 

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Festive Toy Baking Set Tutorial

By Jade Wilson December 25, 2020
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Festive Toy Baking Set Tutorial

In this SOLIDWORKS tutorial create a festive toy baking set, the set includes a rolling pin, baking tray, cookies and cutters. Learn some sketch techniques such as circular pattern, dynamic mirror entities and offset entities.

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Real Applications for Sketch Picture

By TPM September 13, 2018
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Real Applications for Sketch Picture

SOLIDWORKS is full of awesome little tools that enable us to create…well, almost anything.  Too often, I find myself discussing these features with clients and usually ending the sentence with ”….too bad you’ll never use it”. So, I thought I

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The fastest way to add Smart Dimensions in SOLIDWORKS

By CAD2M March 23, 2018
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The fastest way to add Smart Dimensions in SOLIDWORKS

One thing SOLIDWORKS users use every day is the Smart Dimension tool during sketching. Beginners often start the command by selecting it at the Sketch toolbar of the CommandManager. But this needs quite some mouse travel to select it. So

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Think Backwards with Sweeps

By Unitec January 17, 2018
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Think Backwards with Sweeps

Many years ago (actually 25 years, pre-Quicken), my wife was balancing our checkbook when the battery died in her calculator.  She came into my home office and asked to borrow mine,  I happily lent it to her. As I expected,

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