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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Football Tutorial
Football: Just in time for the Super Bowl, we got this model ready to go with no deflategate controversy here. This fun multi-body model has some uncommon but powerful features included. There are two simple examples of curved driven patterns. There is
... ContinuedMisaligned Concentric Mates in SOLIDWORKS 2018
When you previously tried to mate components with two holes, and the holes are not the same distance apart, then you would end up with a mate error. Because the second hole could not be defined concentric. But now SOLIDWORKS
... ContinuedHow to Easily Manage Configurations with Configuration Publisher
It goes without saying that one of the most frequently asked questions people have for us at Alignex is how to cut time and be more efficient when working with their 3D CAD designs. In this video blog, I’ll walk
... ContinuedGetting Lucky with SOLIDWORKS: Creating a Skew Pair of Dice
Ever wondered how to skew the odds in your favor? Well, we can try to make some dice that are skewed using SOLIDWORKS so that we can win at craps. But the funny thing is, as biased as these
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Chest of Drawers Tutorial
Chest of Drawers: This highly detailed, multi-body model has over a 150 bodies and is created mainly from extruded features. There are several examples of different types of wood joints. Dovetail joints are used in the drawer creation. Mortise and Tenon joints (open and
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Explorer: Managing File References in Windows
When projects are created in SOLIDWORKS, the files are often saved in a convenient location, but without any defined folder structure. It is not until the project becomes extensive that users decide to go through the model files to better organize them.
... ContinuedHow To Access Your Standalone Licenses From More Than One Computer
Are you an engineer on the go and need to access your SOLIDWORKS software from your laptop as well as your workstation? Or perhaps your company requires licenses to be transferred often between machines? We have a couple of solutions
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Record Player Tutorial
Record Player: The first record players are over 140 years old and are still unbelievably in use, in one form or another, today. This model is a little flashback of some old school music history. This is a multi-body solid created
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS 2018: Touch Mode Overview
Touch controls have been introduced in SOLIDWORKS 2018 in the form of the all new ‘Touch Mode’. All you need to try these out is a touch enabled screen, Microsoft Windows 10 and a license of SOLIDWORKS 2018, so let’s give it
... ContinuedWinter Challenge: Create a Snowflake Using all of the SOLIDWORKS Patterns!
There’s no better way to end 2017 than with a SOLIDWORKS challenge! I’ve tasked myself to design a snowflake using all of the feature patterns available in SOLIDWORKS. Do you think I can do it? The patterns I will
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