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Get the perfect color for your models with SOLIDWORKS 2021 and the new COLOR PICKER

By Toby Schnaars December 8, 2020
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Get the perfect color for your models with SOLIDWORKS 2021 and the new COLOR PICKER

SOLIDWORKS 2021 was released on Monday, October 5, 2020, and it had some terrific enhancements! One of my favorites is the addition of the COLOR PICKER tool. This tool allows users to easily match the color of their SOLIDWORKS model

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How to Bring Complex Designs to Life in SOLIDWORKS CAM

By Alignex, Inc. October 8, 2020
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How to Bring Complex Designs to Life in SOLIDWORKS CAM

Hi. I’m Mike Dady, Application Engineer for Alignex. A few months ago, I was having dinner at a friends’ house when I was given a wine glass that piqued my SOLIDWORKS interest. The glass had a set of spiral grooves

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SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip – The Formation Tool

By SOLIDWORKS July 6, 2020
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SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip – The Formation Tool

Learn how to use the Formation Tool to rapidly arrange several models in a single Visualize project.

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Copy & Mate by CTRL-Drag & Drop: SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip

By GSC June 11, 2020
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Copy & Mate by CTRL-Drag & Drop: SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip

You may know that you can copy a component in an assembly by doing a CTRL-drag and drop. You may also know that you can create mates with the SmartMate tool by doing an ALT-drag and drop. But did you

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Top 8 Troubleshooting Steps for PDM Connectivity Issues

By CADspace May 18, 2020
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Top 8 Troubleshooting Steps for PDM Connectivity Issues

Using SolidWorks PDM is a great tool to control your revisions and versions, manage your files, etc. However, when it doesn’t work it can become very frustrating. Don’t worry, most issues are usually IT related, which can easily be resolved

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Best selection of sketch projection tools in SOLIDWORKS

By Intelligent CAD/CAM Technology Ltd. May 7, 2020
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Best selection of sketch projection tools in SOLIDWORKS

There are 3 main tools that can project our 2D sketch onto a face: Project curve, Split line and Wrap. How should we choose and what is the difference between them? Here are some tips for you. Project curve –

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Creating Your Own Sky for VR Mode in eDrawings Professional 2020 using SOLIDWORKS Visualize

By Yun Li January 8, 2020
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Creating Your Own Sky for VR Mode in eDrawings Professional 2020 using SOLIDWORKS Visualize

eDrawings Pro 2020 now supports choosing your own 360˚ images as your custom environment in VR! This blog post will help walk you through the process of creating a 360˚ equirectangular image in SOLIDWORKS Visualize and adding it to your Virtual Reality scene in eDrawings Pro 2020.

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Life just got a little easier with Structure Systems in SOLIDWORKS 2020

By Andy Barnes November 8, 2019
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Life just got a little easier with Structure Systems in SOLIDWORKS 2020

What if I told you I built this entire gazebo with just two sketches?   You’re probably thinking, “I could build it with one super complicated 3D sketch, but why would I want to do that?” You wouldn’t be wrong

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SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip – Formatting the Date in SOLIDWORKS Electrical

By jp_eman September 3, 2019
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SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip – Formatting the Date in SOLIDWORKS Electrical

When we’re starting a new design and creating new drawings, we like to keep track of who created the document, and when that document was created. The easiest way to display that information is with names and dates in our

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SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip – Assembly Visualization

By Brian Zias August 20, 2019
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SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip – Assembly Visualization

SOLIDWORKS Assembly Visualization can be used for a variety of tasks like interrogation and analysis of your top-level design or model performance.  It’s a powerful tool to paint a color scale on top of your assembly components based on any

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