Tech Tips
How to Open (Large) Assemblies Even Faster
Most engineers have to deal with it: opening, editing and saving assemblies in SOLIDWORKS. The process of opening an assembly can easily take minutes. Frustrating when it comes to a small change or when you only need to check something
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: 3 Tricky Shapes
3 Tricky Shapes: There are three parts in this assembly. Two of the parts are made from strictly surface features. The other part uses solid and surface features(hybrid) to create the geometry. Open up the parts individually to review all the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Direct Edit Import Part
Direct Editing Features on an Imported Part: The features used on this part are advanced commands that can help you when cleaning up or modifying imported model geometry. Some of the techniques shown here might also help you to pass the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS 2022 New Architecture for Custom Properties: Properties Summary Tab
This topic was included with the ‘What’s New’ for Weldments and Structure Systems. This new “architecture” of custom properties affects more than just weldments and structure systems, so I wanted to highlight this topic. Custom properties are the metadata of
... ContinuedWooden Ice Cream Stacker Tutorial
For this SOLIDWORKS tutorial for a wooden ice cream stacker, see how equations are used to make quick dimension changes to sketches and features to create multiple parts quickly, the parts are then used to create a final assembly of the toy.
... ContinuedMiter Joints with Different Sized Weldment Profiles in SOLIDWORKS 2021
Creating structural members for welded, bolted of framed designs has always been a breeze in SOLIDWORKS, thanks to the SOLIDWORKS WELDMENTS functionality found in the SOLIDWORKS Standard, SOLIDWORKS Professional and SOLIDWORKS Premium software bundles. For years, SOLIDWORKS users have enjoyed
... ContinuedMeasuring Spoons – Tutorial
For this SOLIDWORKS tutorial learn how to create a set of measuring spoons. In this tutorial see how the mass properties tool can be used to show the volume of the spoons.
... ContinuedA Simple Way to Create a Cat Mask
In this blog, I would like to use Solidworks to create a simple cat mask of A Whisker Away. This blog will be divided by two parts. Shape of cat mask Details on cat mask Shape of cat mask First,
... ContinuedCreate Your Own Flexible Component (Part 3) : Advance Flexible Component
[A New Balloon Air Pump Design] Welcome to The Last Chapter! This is Part3 of Flexible component, for those who seeing this blog for the first time, you can go to the “Part1 – Introduction of Flexible Component” and “Part2 –
... ContinuedHow to fix Empty SOLIDWORKS Drawing Views
Are you seeing empty views when opening a SOLIDWORKS Drawing? Where did the Views and Annotations go? In this tech tip I’ll describe the blank view problem and provide a solution. Why are my Drawing Views empty? If the urge
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