Category Archives: Hole Wizard

Cosmetic Threads Missing, by Keith Schaefer

By admin | July 23, 2009

“I reciveved a question on support again today about the display of cosmetic threads. I thought that this would make a good topic to blog the possible soloutions to. I searched our database in support to come up with the followig list of item to check.” …
Keep Reading: CATI Tech Notes: Cosmetic Threads Missing.
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8 Fiery Guidelines to Ignite Feature-based Modeling. SolidWorks Tips and Tutorials, by Josh Mings

By admin | May 26, 2009

“The more I model parts and assemblies in SolidWorks, the more I find I want to get away from sketches. Not because they don’t work. The sketch features in SolidWork are incredible and gain more functionality each release. (Yes, I really believe that.) I want to work with the 3D geometry, because it keeps me [...]

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SolidWorks Tutorial for Sketch Patterns in Assemblies, by Josh Mings

By admin | May 10, 2009

“You have the power to sizzle up one single pattern on different faces… of different parts… in an assembly. The shock and horror is overwhelming, yet your deeply drawn to find out how you’re able to do it, yes?
Sometimes you need parts to follow a pattern across different parts in an assembly. but creating patterns [...]

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6 Ways to Improve SolidWorks Parts for Assemblies, by Josh Mings

By admin | May 10, 2009

“Oh, the joys of using a really poorly modeled part and trying not to tear someone’s head off. Quell your rage with this. We’re going to deconstruct a simple part to show you exactly how to optimize part building in SolidWorks.
The part is simple but each tiny facet hold the possibilities of wrecking havoc on [...]

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SolidWorks Tip: Heli-Coil Tap Drills, by Ricky Jordan

By admin | April 27, 2009

“Here’s a GREAT SolidWorks Tip that was brought to my attention on the latest project I am working on. When you work in the commercial design world, you don’t often run across the need for the use of Heli-Coil inserts. As I have learned recently, they are used quite a bit in military [...]

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