“What do you do when things have come to a grinding halt and you’ve tried all the tricks that you know, that you’ve read online and that your cubicle-mate told you about? You call your VAR. Before you do, there’s a couple of things you should do.” …
Keep Reading: SolidWorks Crashes & Slowdowns – The [...]
“We have all had them, extraordinarily large assemblies that brings your computer to it’s virtual knees every time you open them. Sometimes you just want to work on a small area and opening an assembly is painfully slow. In 2008, SolidWorks introduced a new tool to help you in these situations: Quick view / Selective [...]
“If you’re like me, you like your fill of statistics and finding ways to automate getting information. I’d give all of the items in these tools below a custom property. Even though only some provide usable properties, you can find ways to speed up your design and get the info you need without questioning your [...]
“A lot of people fear having to open a large assembly. I didn’t want to feel like that when I had to make a change to one part that affected an upper level assembly, so I came up with 5 ways to cut that silliness out.” …
Keep Reading: How to Improve SolidWorks Large Assembly Performance [...]
“This little program has more uses that a bowl of rice pudding and looks wonderful on the screen when the boss walks by. Here’s what I like about SolidWorks Explorer and some additional things to keep in mind.” …
Keep Reading: How to Take the Pain Out of PDM with SolidWorks Explorer | SolidSmack.com.
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“The Sketch Layouts Icon has always reminded me of a old shack falling over. Not the best analogy since this functionality can actually provide a better structure for the shack that is your assembly you spend countless days creating. So, trust me, it a good foundation, just watch for those weird lookin’ termites (co-workers) that [...]
“I’ve decided to totally revamp the former SolidWorks Success post and put them in all together.
It lacks the detail I originally determined I wanted to put into the points, but the angst about not having the list all together was more than I and some others could bear. Fear not, it’s all here, in one [...]
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