By admin | January 29, 2010
“SolidWorks 2010 introduced a lot of great enhancements for drawings. I have personally been using it since beta 1 but we rolled it out for production last week with the release of service pack 2. There was 1 thing that immediately caused shrieks of dislike however amongst our users. The users were noticing that when [...]
By admin | January 23, 2010
“I know, I know… It’s been way too long since I have written an article for the stapler but I am going to make up for it today. Today we are going start a two part article on how to build the staple cradle of the stapler. I don’t know if it is really called [...]
Posted in Dimensions/Relations, Extruded Boss/Base, Extruded Cut, Offset Entities, Rectangle, Shell, Smart Dimension, The SolidWorks Geek | Also tagged Extruded Boss/Base, Extruded Cut, Offset Entities, Rectangle, Shell, Smart Dimension, The SolidWorks Geek |
By admin | August 9, 2009
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
“Just like what triggered my post last weekend “rocksolid tutorial: modeling a variable profile helix cut” I was recently asked a question by a member of my user group about how to simulate the stroke of a cylinder in SolidWorks. So here we go, this is how I would simulate a simple cylinder stroke in [...]
“Did you know that it is now possible to use negative dimensions in a sketch? If you want to move a feature from one side to the other, you no longer have to delete the dimension, just move the feature to the other side and add the dimension back in.” …
Keep Reading: CATI Tech Notes: [...]
“ASME Y14.5M-1994 paragraph 1.8.10 and figure 1-35 provide three methods for the dimensioning of slots, with no stipulation regarding which is preferred for particular scenarios. (Note: all three methods require the insertion of a non-dimensioned “2X R” note pointing at one of the slot’s end radii.)
“In one fashion or another, SolidWorks 2009 supports all three [...]
“Or rather, errors force determining a solution. The hitman’s hitman to keep that cool analogy steaming along.
You have to figure out what happened, where it happened and how to prevent or get around it undetected. It’s when your senses are honed and you learn the most.
You could say there’s two laws to follow. One by [...]
“Computer errors pretty much feel like being hit repeatedly in the face. Errors in a SolidWorks parts and assembly feel like the repeated face hits but with missing the face and popping you square, and very annoyingly, in the ear.
But look here. There are ways to get rid of those errors quickly and dodge a [...]
Posted in Align/Check Sketch for Feature, Assembly, Check, Dimensions/Relations, FeatureManager, Repair Sketch, Sketch Tools/SketchXpert, SolidSmack | Also tagged Assembly, Check, Check Sketch for Feature, FeatureManager, Repair Sketch, SketchXpert, SolidSmack |
“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 [...]
Posted in Component Pattern, ConfigurationManager, Design Library, Dimensions/Relations, Drawing, Mate, SolidSmack | Also tagged Component Pattern, ConfigurationManager, Configurations, Design Library, Drawing, Mate, SolidSmack |
“Should it matter what you do?
Today, I’m going to say ‘yes’ to that question. What you slap across the screen can affect performance. So, let’s talk about some of the initial options you have in SolidWorks that make your models suck the ever-living resources out of the pit of ‘puter processing power and what you [...]
“A couple of years back one of the enhancements to SolidWorks was the thumb wheel that appears underneath the dimension in the modify box that appears as shown above. If you are not familiar with this feature and just thought it was a cute and cuddly graphic that they added you need to know what [...]
“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 [...]
“There are a number of handy tools that get under utilized, but can be huge time savers. Configuring dimensions is one of them. If your creating parts with multiple configurations this will be a great tip for you to try out.” …
Keep Reading: Mike Puckett’s Blog: Configuring Dimensions To Create Multiple Configurations.
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“Oh, the joys of using a really poorly modeled part and trying not to tear someone’s head off. Quell your rage with this. We’re going to deconstruct a simple part to show you exactly how to optimize part building in SolidWorks.
The part is simple but each tiny facet hold the possibilities of wrecking havoc on [...]
“Ok, you’re in a room of SolidWorks experts and starting to sweat. You feel like bustin’ out you modely moves, but wonder if they’re good enough. You start to twitch a little and get into the groove, but only the cat gnawing it’s paw in the corner seems to notice you shakin’ like André 3000.
Fact [...]
