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solidworks 2010…some other assembly changes, by Jason Raak

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:42:46 +0000

“So as is becoming standard on Friday’s I will cover a couple of the other assembly changes that you will see in this year’s release of SolidWorks. Every year there are updates/changes that you will see that are minor in regards to the actual change and who might use them but still are very important to those who do use these features on an every day basis. I personally feel that the changes you will see below are nice changes but I really only use 1 of them on a regular basis. However, they are all important so I will cover them here.” …

Keep Reading: solidworks 2010…some other assembly changes « rocksolid perspective – jason raak.

Published by Jason Raak on 9/10/09 on RockSolid Perspective

Building a Stapler – Anvil Rivet, by Alex Ruiz

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:06:18 +0000

“Yay, it’s Friday! You know what that means…Beer! Oh, and of course another component of our stapler is about to be modeled. I hope you enjoy the modeling tutorials as much as I do. It gives me a chance to play with my favorite design tool SolidWorks (like I need an excuse). Last week, we modeled up the Anvil for the stapler and today we will stay in the general area of the stapler with the Anvil Rivet. The Anvil Rivet is used to attach the Anvil to the Base and retain the Anvil Spring (Next Week). This week is fun because we also get to build the rivet with two configurations, the free state and and as it is assembled. So lets get started…” …

Keep Reading: Building a Stapler – Anvil Rivet – The SolidWorks Geek.

Published by Alex Ruiz on 9/5/08 on The SolidWorks Geek

SolidWorks Tips to Make Features Behave in Configurations, by Josh Mings

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:55:51 +0000

“You suppress one feature and everything underneath it gets suppressed. You cringe, a volcano erupts under the sea and five babies are born, slapped and all at once and named Llyod. Don’t you wish those ornery SolidWorks Features would just behave sometimes?

Well there just so happens to be, not one, but two single ways to make sure your features will always work for the configuration you need them in. What is it?? We could choke it up to ‘having a plan’ but that just won’t do. We need specifics and that’s what we’re about to drop on ya.” …

Keep Reading: SolidWorks Tips to Make Features Behave in Configurations | SolidSmack.com.

Published by Josh Mings on 5/29/09 on SolidSmack

The Appearance of Things – Display States, by Alex Ruiz

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:35:58 +0000

“After reading Part 1 and Part 2 of The Appearance of Things, I hope you have found it easier to change the appearance of your parts. Now I am going to show you how to tie it all together using Display States. Like Appearance Callouts and the Display Pane, Display States are nothing new but I do not see nearly enough people using them. I see way too many people using configurations to control the display of assemblies when Display States are way better. Creating configurations to hide and show components works fine but it can be slower then using Display States. Changing configurations reloads each component as if it were a new one, Display States doesn’t load components.” …

Keep Reading: The Appearance of Things – Display States – The SolidWorks Geek.

Published by Alex Ruiz on 6/13/08 on The SolidWorks Geek

How to Improve SolidWorks Large Assembly Performance, by Josh Mings

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:34:36 +0000

“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 | SolidSmack.com.

Published by Josh Mings on 2/25/08 on SolidSmack

SolidWorks Tip:Simple Tips for Awesome Design Practices, by Josh Mings

admin — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:43:22 +0000

“Here’s an easy approach to stop the rot that plagues typical methods of no design practice or too many design practices. I imagine you have your own tricks too, so hit the comments and tell everyone what you and your company do to take on the task of creating the perfect design practice.” …

Keep Reading: SolidWorks Tip:Simple Tips for Awesome Design Practices | SolidSmack.com.

Published by Josh Mings on 6/19/08 on SolidSmack

The 10 Best SolidWorks Teaching Tips for Parts, Assemblies and Drawings, by Josh Mings

admin — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:24:36 +0000

“Some of you have a bunch of tips for new users, and some of you wish those people would stop the flow of info for a few minutes while you catch up. So, I stopped, sat down and wrote out my top 12 favorite SolidWorks tips. The first tips I thought of that I would want anyone to know that is just starting out or wants better results out of SolidWorks.” …

Keep Reading: The 10 Best SolidWorks Teaching Tips for Parts, Assemblies and Drawings | SolidSmack.com.

Published by Josh Mings on 7/23/08 on SolidSmack

Now Let’s Configure Features, by Mike Puckett

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:26:05 +0000

“On Monday I wrote about Configuring Dimensions. Today I will show you how to configure features.” …

Keep Reading: Mike Puckett’s Blog: Now Let’s Configure Features.

Published by Mike Puckett on 5/14/09 on Mike Puckett’s Blog

CADFanatic’s Tips & Tricks Tuesday – Display States, by Brian McElyea

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:30:38 +0000

“Do you make use of SolidWorks Display States? They really make it easier to work with large assemblies (or even small ones) by allowing you to set the visibilty of parts.” …

Keep Reading: CADFanatic’s Tips & Tricks Tuesday – Display States | CADFanatic.

Published by Brian McElyea on 12/2/08 on CADFanatic