“Disclaimer, you need either or RealView activated and or Photoworks for the lightweight stuff in this video.” …
Keep Reading: SolidMentor – Knurling in SolidWorks – SolidWorks Tutorials – News.
Published by Ben Eadie on 6/26/09 on SolidMentor
“Do you ever create a model and the shadow that gets projected onto the floor isnt in the direction you would like? Well its simple to fix this graphical issue in two steps.” …
Keep Reading: Mike Pucketts Blog: Are Your Shadows In Your Model Just Not Right?.
Published by Mike Puckett on 7/8/09 on Mike Puckett’s [...]
“Now we have finished and learned the techniques of making a SLOT, the second question comes up in the mind is “How to Mate with a SLOT”. Again there can be several ways to achieve this and one may adopt the method which he/she finds easy and quick to use. In this chapter let’s discuss [...]
“I’m sure all of us have had this happen before. You stroll around through the UI of your favorite software package and find a button that somehow you have missed seeing before. I have never claimed to know everything there is to know about SolidWorks, but I do know my way around a bit. After [...]
“The Part 2 article in this series discussed how to make, place and size Empty Views. Part 3 now discusses how to use them once they are created.” …
Keep Reading: SolidWorks Legion » Using Empty Views (Part 3: How to use them).
Published by fcsuper on 6/18/09 on SolidWorks Legion
“The Appearance Callouts window is nothing new, in fact I believe it made its debut in 2006, but I feel myself using it a lot more in 2008. Since I started using it again, I discovered it really does make it easier to apply colors and textures to parts, bodies, features and faces. In watching [...]
“If you’ve been using SolidWorks 2008 for any length of time, you’ll notice that the RealView setting, along with other view settings, are front and center on that dang on-screen toolbar.” …
Keep Reading: SolidWorks LightCards in RealView Light up Your Life | SolidSmack.com.
Published by Josh Mings on 5/5/08 on SolidSmack
“It is weird… an interface has changed the way I work, and it happened nearly overnight. The difference is most noticeable when I transition back and forth between SolidWorks 2007 and SolidWorks 2009. Have you noticed that? If not, the new interface introduces some changes that may leave you wondering how to use these to [...]
“What’s cool about SolidWorks 2008 and 2009 is using RealView when you’re modeling. A nice background scene makes the experience all the more special. Unfortunately, you typically need the PhotoWorks Scene Editor to add Scenes with different backgrounds. (PhotoWorks is a SolidWorks add-on available in Professional and Premium versions.)
Well, it just so happens, that you [...]
“We’ve put together 12 features you can turn off right away to get better SolidWorks performance and a faster machine. Some of these options are useful, some never will be, but it always comes down to what kind of performance you expect out of that fancy workstation.” …
Keep Reading: 12 SolidWorks Features to Turn Off [...]
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“If your 2008 command manager looks like the one in the picture, here’s a fix I stumbled across:” …
Keep Reading: Dangling Command Manager? | Jeff’s Tool Shed.
Published by Jeff Mirisola on 11/29/07 on Jeff’s Tool Shed
By admin | April 28, 2009
“Ah, the pretty RGB colors! I usually use the triad in the bottom left corner of the SolidWorks model view as a reference to keep myself oriented in my model. But did you know that in SolidWorks 2009 you can use it to change your view of the model?” …
Keep Reading: CADFanatic’s Tips & [...]
