Category Archives: Automatic Relations

SolidWorks Relations: Convert Entities Errors and How To Fix Them, by Josh Mings

By admin | May 11, 2009

“One of the biggest problems you’ll have with relations automatically added to your sketches is the ‘ON EDGE’ relation created when you use Convert Entities. It’s quick to add them, but takes time to fix’em.
They are the ideal tool for quickly getting the edges off one part into another sketch, but you’ll feel some pain [...]

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Shake Your Model Maker. How To Be Better at SolidWorks in 5 Minutes Flat, by Josh Mings

By admin | May 8, 2009

“Ok, you’re in a room of SolidWorks experts and starting to sweat. You feel like bustin’ out you modely moves, but wonder if they’re good enough. You start to twitch a little and get into the groove, but only the cat gnawing it’s paw in the corner seems to notice you shakin’ like André 3000.
Fact [...]

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