By admin | August 18, 2009
“If you haven’t noticed, people are different. They have different tastes in clothing, food, and music. You say tomato, I say ‘mater.
So it follows that designers will have different modeling methodologies. Sometimes, even circumstances or desired design intent dictate how you model something.” …
Keep Reading: 3 Ways To Model The Same Thing | CADFanatic.com.
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“Last November, I posted a tip on how to more easily mate components using an Alt-Drag technique. A reader had a question about it, so I thought I would create a video demonstrating it. I hope it helps.” …
Keep Reading: An Easier Way To Mate, Part Deux (With Video!) | CADFanatic.com.
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“How do you recreate an identical sketch on another face/plane? Convert edges is fine if you want to project a sketch to a parallel face or plane, but what if the face in question is not parallel? You could copy a sketch and then mess around with linking all the dimensions, but what if you [...]
“If you create an auxillary view and then drag that view to a new sheet, the definition line gets hidden (I believe this is a bug – it should keep the definition shown by default). To turn it back on, …” …
Keep Reading: Auxillary View Definition – Where Did It Go? | CADFanatic.
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“A good tip for SolidWorks (as well as just about any other app) is to always click the right mouse button (RMB) in different environments to see what options are available. The RMB options change depending on the context of what you are doing.” …
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“In the last NASWUG-RSA user group meeting, there was a question about custom weldment profiles, and making sure they didn’t get deleted when doing a reinstall or upgrade. In response to this, I thought I would post a few tips on managing your customized SolidWorks files.” …
Keep Reading: Custom File Locations | CADFanatic.
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“Several months ago, I was contacted by SolidWorks in regards to a prospective customer that was considering switching from Autodesk® Inventor™. The prospect had several years worth of MIL-spec and NAS hardware libraries modelled and was concerned about reusing that data in SolidWorks.
We went through the same situation when we switched to SolidWorks. [...]
“I just can’t understand why someone would have a 21″ monitor and have their workspace so cluttered that the modeling window is reduced to half of the desktop or less…
I guess it’s what you get used to. But say what you might, there is no way that this setup is as productive as setting [...]
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“When calling out holes on drawings, best engineering practices are to dimension holes in true profile views. SolidWorks will only let you place place hole notes on arcs. But sometimes on a complicated drawing, creating an extra auxiliary view just to show a hole callout is not desired and can really clutter the [...]
Also posted in Annotation, Auxiliary View, Dimensions/Relations, Drawing, Equations, Hole Callout, Note | Tagged Auxiliary View, CADFanatic, Drawing, Equations, Hole Callout |
“No, that’s not a typo. Almost half of all the SolidWorks issues that I have seen is related to file management. Someone moves a file or two using Windows Explorer and then their assembly blows up. Or worse yet, a part in your assembly inexplicably changes to a totally different part.
“A key [...]
“SolidWolks Design Checker is a tool included with SolidWorks Office Professional or higher. Design Checker is a tool for checking SolidWorks files to see if they are in compliance with your organization’s standards.” …
Keep Reading: Validate Your Designs Using Design Checker | CADFanatic.
Published by Brian McElyea on 7/28/08 on CADFanatic
“I came across this tip back in April at the 2008 SWUGN Technical Summit in Nashville, Tennessee. Brad Williamson, a highly-certified (8 SolidWorks certifications! Are there any more?) Senior Application Engineer at Progression Technologies, demonstrated this tip in an Assembly presentation.
“Normally, when you are in a sketch and select a face and choose “Convert [...]
“SolidWorks provides the ability to create administrative install images that can be used to make a CAD administrator’s job much less stressful by allowing quick and easy installation of SolidWorks.” …
Keep Reading: SolidWorks Administrative Install Images & SLDIM – Part 1 | CADFanatic.
Published by Brian McElyea on 9/24/08 on CADFanatic
“In part 1 of this series, I laid out the steps for creating a SolidWorks administrative image. In this article, I will describe how to apply a service pack to create a new image that will automatically roll out to your users.” …
Keep Reading: SolidWorks Administrative Install Images & SLDIM – Part 2 | [...]
By admin | April 29, 2009
“So at a SolidWorks 2009 What’s New presentation I gave a couple of weeks ago, I was working in SolidWorks and mating two components together. As I added the mate, literally everyone in the room said in unison, “How did you do that?? Is that a new feature in 2009?”
I was a little [...]
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By admin | April 29, 2009
“Did you know that you can also use tags in SolidWorks? This functionality was added in SolidWorks 2008. You can add tags to features in parts or to the SolidWorks files themselves to make it easier to find things with keywords.” …
Keep Reading: CADFanatic’s Tips & Tricks Tuesday – Tag, You’re It! | CADFanatic.
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By admin | April 29, 2009
“If you’re like me, you don’t do a whole lot of 3D sketches. While the functionality in 3D sketches has improved over the last few SolidWorks releases, it can still be a little overwhelming to work in them, especially if it’s not something you do on a regular basis. Just creating something such [...]
Also posted in 3D Sketch, Curves, Features, Project Curve, Sketch, Swept Boss/Base | Tagged 3D Sketch, CADFanatic, Curves, Project Curve, Sketch, Swept Boss/Base |
By admin | April 29, 2009
“Have you customized your install of SolidWorks? If you have added or changed file locations, tweaked keyboard shortcuts or menus, then you have. But have you backed up your settings? SolidWorks makes it easy for you with the Copy Settings Wizard.” …
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By admin | April 29, 2009
“Do you make use of SolidWorks Display States? They really make it easier to work with large assemblies (or even small ones) by allowing you to set the visibilty of parts.” …
Keep Reading: CADFanatic’s Tips & Tricks Tuesday – Display States | CADFanatic.
Published by Brian McElyea on 12/2/08 on CADFanatic
