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quit moving on me!, by Jason Raak

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:34:37 +0000

“SolidWorks 2010 introduced a lot of great enhancements for drawings. I have personally been using it since beta 1 but we rolled it out for production last week with the release of service pack 2. There was 1 thing that immediately caused shrieks of dislike however amongst our users. The users were noticing that when you placed a dimension and then went back to edit it, the dimension would automatically move to a predefined distance.” …

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Published by Jason Raak on 1/26/2010 on RockSolid Perspective

Building a Stapler – Arm Bracket (Sheet Metal), by Alex Ruiz

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:40:42 +0000

“Earlier this morning we starting working on the Arm Bracket for the Stapler. If you missed it, You should go back and read about creating the forming tools needed for the Arm Bracket. Now that we have created the forming tools we can move on to creating our sheet metal Arm Bracket.” …

Keep Reading: Building a Stapler – Arm Bracket (Sheet Metal) – The SolidWorks Geek.

Published by Alex Ruiz on 9/8/08 on The SolidWorks Geek

Building a Stapler – Anvil Forming Tool, by Alex Ruiz

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:33:51 +0000

“Here we are at the beginning of another beautiful Friday morning and of course you know what that means…this weeks modeling tutorial. Last month when I started the stapler project, I thought it would be fun to model up the stapler sitting on my desk. I never expected it to attract the attention it has but it now seems to be the most popular series of The SolidWorks Geek. Your comments and questions are all great and please keep them coming. Due to the number of steps required to create the models illustrated in this series, I am constantly experimenting with the way I present the information. I try to balance the amount of information with the size of the post. From time to time, I may not spend as much time on a particular step but your comments and questions fill any gaps I may have left. So thank you, my photo may be the one shown above but this blog is yours.” …

Keep Reading: Building a Stapler – Anvil Forming Tool – The SolidWorks Geek.

Published by Alex Ruiz on 9/29/08 on The SolidWorks Geek

Building a Stapler – Staple Cradle Pt1, by Alex Ruiz

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:28:07 +0000

“I know, I know… It’s been way too long since I have written an article for the stapler but I am going to make up for it today. Today we are going start a two part article on how to build the staple cradle of the stapler. I don’t know if it is really called that but it is the sheet metal part of the stapler that holds all the staples. I have done sheet metal parts on the SolidWorks Geek before but this time instead of creating a sheet metal part from native features, we are going to create a solid model that we will then add sheet metal bends to create the finished part. For this article, I am also trying a different approach to present the steps for this project to the readers, your feedback would be greatly appreciated.” …

Keep Reading: Building a Stapler – Staple Cradle Pt1 – The SolidWorks Geek.

Published by Alex Ruiz on 10/17/08 on The SolidWorks Geek

Building a Stapler – Staple Cradle Pt2, by Alex Ruiz

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:19:04 +0000

“Picking up where we left off on Friday, we are going to be finishing up the stapler cradle today. If you missed the first part of this tutorial, you can find it here. In the first part of this tutorial we started building the staple cradle using standard features that we will then convert to a sheet metal component.” …

Keep Reading: Building a Stapler – Staple Cradle Pt2 – The SolidWorks Geek.

Published by Alex Ruiz on 10/21/08 on The SolidWorks Geek

How to Change Save SolidWorks Assembly as Parts to Change Mass and Density, by Josh Mings

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:51:25 +0000

“In SolidWorks you can apply materials to your solid geometry to get a weight. You can also add your own densities to approximate a weight, so that, based on the volume of, lets say, a robotic ape face, you’ll get a mass that works perfectly to strike fear into the minds of others. In doing so, you may find a need to manipulate mass here or there. I’m here to lead you astray and show you a few tricks that will aid in your endeavor.” …

Keep Reading: How to Change Save SolidWorks Assembly as Parts to Change Mass and Density >> SolidSmack.com.

Published by Josh Mings on 1/21/10 on SolidSmack

Endulge Your Sweet Tooth ~ Part1, by Alex Ruiz

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:58:51 +0000

“For the first tutorial of 2010, we are going to create this image of a stack of peppermints using SolidWorks and the new features of PhotoView 360. A few weeks ago I came across an image much like this one on IStockPhoto.com and I thought it would be a fun project to do. After creating the image I shared it on Twitter and a number of people suggested that it would be a great tutorial. Over the next few days we are going to recreate this image. First, we will create the model for one of the mints.” …

Keep Reading: Endulge Your Sweet Tooth ~ Part1 – The SolidWorks Geek.

Published by Alex Ruiz on 1/16/10 on The SolidWorks Geek

Splitting Parts Revisted Pt2, by Alex Ruiz

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:50:22 +0000

“Earlier this week, I revisited the techniques I discussed in my video Splitting a Part in SolidWorks. I left off at splitting the part into two solid bodies and that is where will be picking up from today. If you missed the first part of this article, I would strongly suggest you go back and read it here.” …

Keep Reading: Splitting Parts Revisted Pt2 – The SolidWorks Geek.

Published by Alex Ruiz on 10/16/08 on The SolidWorks Geek

Splitting Parts Revisted, by Alex Ruiz

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:41:31 +0000

“After I created the video for splitting parts, I was asked by a few of my readers to write an article about splitting parts since some companies block Youtube videos. Rather then rehash the same information over again I decided to take the opportunity to explore another approach to achieve the same outcome. As anybody will tell you, there are more ways then one to crack an egg. (I know…bad pun)” …

Keep Reading: Splitting Parts Revisted – The SolidWorks Geek.

Published by Alex Ruiz on 10/15/08 on The SolidWorks Geek

Standard Views without Zoom-to-fit, by fcsuper

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:09:42 +0000

“When using Standard Views in SolidWorks, the resulting view of the model is normally Zoom to fit. This is regardless to the zoom level of the current view. So, if I’m zoomed in on a very long part, when I change from Front View to Rear View, the model will be resized to fit to screen. This can be a little frustrating, as it requires extra steps to return to the area where I was working on the model.” …

Keep Reading: SolidWorks Legion » Standard Views without Zoom-to-fit.

Published by fcsuper on 10/7/09 on SolidWorks Legion

SCALE DETAILS WITH WINDOWS COMMANDS, by Todd Werginz

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:16:37 +0000

“Let’s just say for arguments sake that you have a drawing with multiple sheets. On one of those drawings you have your standard 3 views with an isometric thrown in for good measure. Youre running out of room and you have a few 3 detail views that you have decided to put on another sheet. So you do the “add sheet” thing and you can now use your windows commands to do the rest.” …

Keep Reading: CATI Tech Notes: SCALE DETAILS WITH WINDOWS COMMANDS.

Published by Todd Werginz on 10/12/09 on CATI Tech Notes

SolidWorks 2010: Mouse Gestures, by Ricky Jordan

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:32:44 +0000

“Today we are going to take a look at perhaps one of the most underrated new features of SolidWorks 2010, the Mouse Gesture Wheel. While this new tool has gotten some good press in recent weeks, its hard to gauge how useful this command can be until you actually use it.” …

Keep Reading: SolidWorks 2010: Mouse Gestures | Ricky Jordan’s Blog.

Published by Ricky Jordan on 10/13/09 on RickyJordan.com

6 SolidWorks Spline Tips to Control Curvature, by Josh Mings

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:25:57 +0000

“Nonetheless, you love Splines, or at the very least have a mild curiosity about them. A curiosity that has led you here. We can’t keep you from upsetting your co-workers with curviness, but we can show you how to control the curves and give you a little better understanding of how these sucka’s work.” …

Keep Reading: 6 SolidWorks Spline Tips to Control Curvature >> SolidSmack.com.

Published by Josh Mings on 10/13/09 on SolidSmack

SolidWorks 2010: Mouse Gestures, by fcsuper

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:05:53 +0000

“SolidWorks Corp has been working hard to improve the user experience. SolidWorks 2010 has examples have several innovative interface additions. The one addition that is sure to get a lot of attention is Mouse Gestures.” …

Keep Reading: SolidWorks Legion » SolidWorks 2010: Mouse Gestures.

Published by fcsuper on 9/9/09 on SolidWorks Legion

And speaking of SolidWorks Motion (New in 2010), by Gabi Jack

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:58:46 +0000

“While checking out the 2010 Beta, I ran into this new option available for Motion Studies, when you have SolidWorks Simulation added as well. You can find it listed as Structural Simulation Analysis for Motion in the What’s New Guide. It simply means that in SolidWorks 2010, and with Motion and Simulation added, you can perform your stress, deformation or factor of safety analysis automatically from Motion, without having to go through the process of setting or importing loads, setting up boundary conditions, etc. And then you can watch the results as you run the animation.” …

Keep Reading: GabiJack.com » Blog Archive » And speaking of SolidWorks Motion (New in 2010).

Published by Gabi Jack on 9/9/09 on GabiJack.com

Derived sketches, blocks and scribing, by Ben Eadie

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:55:34 +0000

“Here is a tutorial on misc tips and tricks.. enjoy!” …

Keep Reading: SolidMentor – Derived sketches, blocks and scribing – SolidWorks Tutorials – News.

Published by Ben Eadie on 9/10/09 on SolidMentor

solidworks 2010…some other assembly changes, by Jason Raak

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:42:46 +0000

“So as is becoming standard on Friday’s I will cover a couple of the other assembly changes that you will see in this year’s release of SolidWorks. Every year there are updates/changes that you will see that are minor in regards to the actual change and who might use them but still are very important to those who do use these features on an every day basis. I personally feel that the changes you will see below are nice changes but I really only use 1 of them on a regular basis. However, they are all important so I will cover them here.” …

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Published by Jason Raak on 9/10/09 on RockSolid Perspective

solidworks 2010…mates, by Jason Raak

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:36:19 +0000

“Carrying on with the motto of this release which was all about making it quicker and more user friendly and intuitive the mates area of SolidWorks 2010 got some work done to it. There are only a couple changes but these changes are worth the price of admission in my honest opinion. The changes were subtle but when you start using them I think you will agree with me as to how nice they are.” …

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Published by Jason Raak on 9/13/09 on RockSolid Perspective

SolidWorks 2010 Rapid Dimension, by fcsuper

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:31:10 +0000

“Adding dimensions to parts on drawings is now quicker in SolidWorks 2010 with the addition of Rapid Dimension. Once the user enters the Dimension command, Rapid Dimension allows the them to quickly position dimensions (almost automatically) as they are added. Not only will dimensions automatically space out correctly as they are inserted, they will be inserted at the correct location, even without that location in view.” …

Keep Reading: SolidWorks Legion » SolidWorks 2010 Rapid Dimension.

Published by fcsuper on 9/14/09 on SolidWorks Legion

How to Recess a Curved Surface in SolidWorks, by Josh Mings

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:25:00 +0000

“Five minutes from now, you will know two ways to recess a surface in SolidWorks. They won’t necessarily crush your skull, but they may expand it slightly by enriching your mind with the power of sketch, surface and split face features.

“It seems like there should be one feature to recess a surface in SolidWorks. It’s simple on a flat surface, a cut with a draft. But for a curved surface? Now, that’s a whole other beast and requires much more than one feature to create. Fortunately, you have at least two methods. Let’s Rock.” …

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Published by Josh Mings on 9/16/09 on SolidSmack