“In SolidWorks 2007 drawing mode, the ability to change the size of individual dimension arrows so that they were different than the drawing was limited to a tricky use of favorites. Starting with SolidWorks 2008, that situation improved. SolidWorks now allows the user to set the size for individual dimension arrows.” …
Keep Reading: SolidWorks Legion » Dimensional limits related to an origin.
Published by fcsuper on 8/6/09 on SolidWorks Legion
“In my last post, I discussed how to create PDFs automatically through SolidWorks Task Scheduler using the print function. This post discusses how to use the export functionality to create PDFs.” …
Published by Gerald Go on 8/5/09 on Graphics Systems SolidNotes
“Here is a old podcast but still relevant on how to use the weldment features to make wooden frames like a deck.” …
Keep Reading: SolidMentor – SolidJott tips and tricks – SolidWorks Tutorials – News.
Published by Ben Eadie on 8/5/09 on SolidMentor
“Many of us have heard of terms like cluster computing or server farms and once you begin to apply these resource harnessing techniques to CAD and CAE tools, you end up with a huge amount of CPU capacity at your disposal. A couple of weeks ago I did a revised show on the SolidWorks Task Scheduler since in the most recent build 2009 SP4, SolidWorks introduced a new sub-toolset called Network Monitor NetMon.” …
Keep Reading: Network resources: The New Super-Computer.
Published by Lou Gallo on 7/31/09 on SolidWorks: Heard! Blog
“After taking a long look at it, I went back to SolidWorks to try to find some information on how to use the universal joint mate, but I couldn’t find much in the help. I guess it’s because it’s not really such a complicated mate? So, I put together my own universal joint assembly to experiment.” …
Keep Reading: GabiJack.com » Blog Archive » Curiosity didn’t kill the cat….
Published by Gabi Jack on 7/30/09 on GabiJack.com
“Design Tables with Lou Gallo of the SolidWorks Heard podcast” …
Keep Reading: SolidMentor – Design Tables in SolidWorks – SolidWorks Tutorials – News.
Published by Ben Eadie on 7/29/09 on SolidMentor
“When working in assemblies, you are mostly dealing with adding and assembling mates. However, by default in SolidWorks, when you expand a part or subassembly in a main assembly, you see the features of the part or the components of the subassembly. The mates that exist in the main assembly are grouped in a folder at the beneath the file name. You can then expand this to see the mates that part/subassembly has.I find this to be kind of a pain because you have to expand 2 plus signs to get access to the information you want (the mates). You then also have to deal with a longer scroll bar as all the features get shown. So, when working with assemblies, there is a setting I like to use in SolidWorks to making managing my mates easier.” …
Keep Reading: CATI Tech Notes: Features Vs. Mates.
Published by Leslie Lougheed on 7/28/09 on CATI Tech Notes
“Circular references are some of the most heinous problems to crop up in assemblies this side of ancient feudal Japan. The two worst things about these type of problems is that they’re not shown as errors and you have to dig them out of the miry clay of SolidWorks features. Two items no amount of Katana swordplay will work against. However, there are ways to slice up assembly issue and destroy Circular References.” …
Published by Josh Mings on 7/28/09 on SolidSmack
“The title kind of sounds like it could be the headline of a relationship article but this post is actually going to be about fully constraining your model in an assembly. When inserting parts inside of an assembly it is really easy to fix the part and continue on. This allows you to fully constrain a part so that it doesn’t move and it is extremely quick and easy. However, as easy as it is I am a major opponent to the practice of mating because it is easy to quickly float that part, move it a very little amount and fix it again and no one would ever know. That is until the part gets made and stuff comes out wrong.” …
Keep Reading: mating is better than fixing « rocksolid perspective – jason raak.
Published by Jason Raak on 7/28/09 on RockSolid Perspective
“With a show of hands, how many are guilty of faking leaders in drawings? How many times have you or someone you love made a copy of a balloon or annotation and placed it on top of another? Just for the second or third leader, you sacrifice the integrity of the drawing. Come on, be honest. Did you shutter a little after doing it? This is the time to be honest. I, myself am guilty of the horrendous crime, that was before I saw the light. That was before someone smacked me upside the head and grumbled “What’s wrong with you?”Excuse the dramatics, But I felt I needed to draw attention to this mistake by many users. I was half way complete with a completely different post today when I ran across a drawing that had multiple leaders created this way. Unless you dig through the help file or ask someone in the know, it is not obvious on how to create multiple leaders. That is exactly why I am here, to smack you behind the head…just kidding.” …
Keep Reading: Adding multiple arrows to leaders – The SolidWorks Geek.
Published by Alex Ruiz on 4/28/08 on The SolidWorks Geek
“How many of you after switching over to SolidWorks 2008 couldn’t figure out how to hide an extension line? There was a small change to how you hide or show dimension and extension lines that seemed to be made under the radar. The first time I needed to hide an extension line I was shocked to find the way I have become accustomed to was no longer there. No worries though, the command is still available and even easier to find then before without having to dig though menus.” …
Keep Reading: Hide / Show Extension and Dimension Lines – The SolidWorks Geek.
Published by Alex Ruiz on 5/29/08 on The SolidWorks Geek
“The very first post I did when I started this blog was about getting rid of the drawing sheet background in SolidWorks 2008. At the time I was under the impression that there was no way to turn off the ‘crumpled’ paper look of a drawing. I was feeling pretty good about myself when I wrote the post about removing the BMP from the background. Imagine how embarrassed I was when one of my readers, Christian Tjarnberg, corrected me on how to truly turn off the background. To be honest, it really bothered me that I made such a bone head mistake and I decided to do it right…the second time.” …
Keep Reading: Drawing Sheet Background in SolidWorks 2008 – Revisited – The SolidWorks Geek.
Published by Alex Ruiz on 6/12/08 on The SolidWorks Geek
“ASME Y14.5M-2009 has been out for a little while now (after almost a year’s delay). There are significant improvements and clarifications. One addition in particular caught my attention, the ALL OVER symbol. When applied to a Profile of a Surface, it pretty much defines the entire shape of a part in every direction (not just ALL AROUND which applies to the profile of a surface along a particular plane).” …
Keep Reading: SolidWorks Legion » It’s All Over!.
Published by fcsuper on 7/25/09 on SolidWorks Legion
“Earlier this month for Standards Tuesday, I spent a couple of weeks describing BOMs per ASME Y14.34-1996. If you missed them I highly recommend you go back and read those post since they cover a lot of information that would be helpful in creating your own BOM template, see Standards Tuesday – Bill of Materials and Standards Tuesday – Bill of Materials Pt2. Today we will be covering creating a BOM template per your own company standards. The settings and BOM configuration I will be illustrating here by no means is the only or best way to set-up a BOM they are merely my own personal preferences.” …
Keep Reading: Creating Your BOM Template – The SolidWorks Geek.
Published by Alex Ruiz on 6/27/08 on The SolidWorks Geek
“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
“Most users of SolidWorks Electrical Routing use the product to determine wire & route lengths. This video is a direct followup to the Part 1 video. In this segment, we will take the 3D Electrical Harness that we created in Part 1 and make some modifications to the route itself to better fit our design intent. Along with that we’ll show you how you can add wires to your electrical route which will give you accurate cut lengths for the individual wires and/or cable conductors that make up your harness. The method shown is the “manual” method which is necessary when you create a route “on the fly”. Click on the image below to play the video.” …
Keep Reading: SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 2 | Ricky Jordan’s Blog.
Published by Ricky Jordan on 7/13/09 on RickyJordan.com
“After talking about it for quite some time here on the site, today marks the first installment on a series of posts on SolidWorks Electrical Routing. In this first example I guide you halfway through the creation of an Electrical Harness using what I call the “on the fly” method. This particular method is often used when you don’t have any electrical wiring information to import in the form of a “From/To” list. In this example we have an electrical enclosure that contains several connectors along with some terminal block connections. We know in general where the signals are routing from and to, but don’t yet have any detail on the number of signals or any pin to pin connections. This is a quick way to get some accurate wire lengths.”…
Keep Reading: SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 1 | Ricky Jordan’s Blog.
Published by Ricky Jordan on 7/7/09 on RickyJordan.com
“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.
Published by Keith Schaefer on 7/20/09 on CATI Tech Notes
A reader had a problem trying to create something like a spring. I know, you can make that easily with a helix and/or a sweep, right? Yes, but the tricky part was that he needed the ends of the spring to bend towards the axis of the spring. … He sent me a picture (that I won’t publish here) and the practice part he was working on, and my first thought was to start fixing the sketches for the projected curve he needed, but after taking a closer look to those pictures, it occurred to me that what he was really trying to do could actually be accomplished in a much simpler way, just by taking better advantage of what splines and 3DSketches have to offer.
Keep Reading: GabiJack.com » Blog Archive » Simple solutions.
Published by Gabi Jack on 7/20/09 on GabiJack.com
“Welcome back to a new week filled with SolidWorks tips and tricks. Over the next couple of post we’ll be concentrating on SolidWorks Bill of Materials. SolidWorks 2008 brought some changes on how one uses BOMs in the drawing environment. A lot of the controls for BOMs that were previously available in the PropertyManager are now available in the BOM. Using the BOM template we created last week on Creating Your BOM Template with a few further tweaks, we will go over the changes that applies to BOMs in 2008. Feel free to use any BOM template you choose since there is nothing custom about what we are going to do today.” …
Keep Reading: Using BOMs in SolidWorks 2008 – The SolidWorks Geek.
Published by Alex Ruiz on 6/30/08 on The SolidWorks Geek
