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Cogs Toy Drawing Sheet Part 1: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

By Jade Wilson March 7, 2025
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Cogs Toy Drawing Sheet Part 1: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

The design of this cogs toy originated from my other tutorial here, click the link if you’d like to see how it was designed and modeled in SOLIDWORKS. I started with the assembly of my design open. Then selecting file,

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SOLIDWORKS Drawing Tutorial: Baby Swaddle Part 2

By Jade Wilson July 19, 2024
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SOLIDWORKS Drawing Tutorial: Baby Swaddle Part 2

For this SOLIDWORKS drawing tutorial, I decided to take the baby swaddle I designed in this tutorial, and show you how I would create the drawing sheet for production. I demonstrate a range of features in this tutorial, including inserting drawing views,

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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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Using SOLIDWORKS’ Smart Dimension Tool When Sketching Arcs & Circles

By GSC March 23, 2020
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Using SOLIDWORKS’ Smart Dimension Tool When Sketching Arcs & Circles

This helpful #TechTip is brought to you by our Training Manager John Setzer, and covers using the smart dimension tool when sketching arcs and circles. Find more options available to you, when you want to create a dimension and don’t

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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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Five Great Smart Dimension Tips for Sketch and Drawings

By CAD2M March 27, 2017
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Five Great Smart Dimension Tips for Sketch and Drawings

While every SOLIDWORKS user knows how to dimension lines, arcs or circles, I noticed that some engineers do not know the full power of Smart Dimension. So, in this tech blog I want to show you five handy tricks to

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