Category Archives: Convert Entities

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

By admin | January 23, 2010

“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.” …
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Splitting Parts Revisted Pt2, by Alex Ruiz

By admin | January 20, 2010

“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 [...]

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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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Convert Entities – Grab Those Interior Loops!, by Brian McElyea

By admin | May 4, 2009

“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 [...]

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