Tech Tips
How to Activate Realview Graphics in SOLIDWORKS
If you’re like me, you enjoy being able to create and test out your new idea in SOLIDWORKS before ever having to create a prototype. After all your hard work, you’re ready to show off your design in a meeting
... ContinuedSave Time and Money with the Hole Wizard Customization Tool
There is nothing more frustrating for us at Alignex then hearing our customers are struggling with a project. It’s even worse when we find out the problem is easily fixable with a feature already hidden within the SOLIDWORKS interface. This
... ContinuedDXF/DWG Task Functionality in SOLIDWORKS PDM 2019
With the 2019 release, SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional is now able to support DWG and DXF file creation for sheet metal files requiring a flat pattern output using the Convert Task in PDM. This option has long been asked for by PDM users.
... ContinuedInteractive Web Content from SOLIDWORKS Composer
Finding a replacement part can often be a hassle, even for the simplest of products. Calling up customer service and trying to decipher exactly what widget you are attempting to order can be next to impossible without having the unique
... ContinuedHow to Transform a Solid Object into a Complex Surface
SOLIDWORKS includes many powerful toolsets that enable designers to start from a basic set of features to more demanding processes. In this video, I’ll demonstrate a technique that enables users to control a solid object and transform it into a
... ContinuedUpdate Your Electrical Schematics in Real-Time with SOLIDWORKS Electrical
Have you ever been so careful with typing in numbers, colors and voltages for each line you drew that you wished a program could automate this error-prone process somehow? Or… sometimes an additional sensor was added to the design, now you have
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS 2018: The Bounding Box tool
The Bounding Box fits a virtual cuboid over each unique (non-structural member) solid body and returns the thickness, width and length values and collates them into a description that you can display in your cut list. These values update automatically
... ContinuedHow to Convert an Image File to DXF
We here at Alignex receive a lot of questions regarding the functionality of the SOLIDWORKS software. One of the questions we receive often is how to take a standard image file and make it compatible with your Draftsight software. In
... ContinuedWorking with SOLIDWORKS files in a multi-user environment without PDM
First of all, in a multi-user environment, SOLIDWORKS PDM is the best solution to work together with the same files. And it offers a lot of extra useful functionalities. But when you own a small organisation, or when your organisation
... ContinuedHow to Deactivate a SOLIDWORKS License
Over time computer hardware gets old, and as a result it needs to be replaced. Although new gear can be exciting, it comes with the hassle of transferring your software. When we change the hardware running SOLIDWORKS, be it a
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