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Intercad MidYear Expo at the WA Aviation Museum
Another successful Intercad Event, with more than 65 customer attendees presenting different WA industries! The event took place on the 2nd of June 7:30 in the morning at the WA Aviation Museum. In...
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Verification on rebuild (enable advanced body checking)
Verification on rebuild (enable advanced body checking) SolidWorks® help file definition: Controls the level of error checking when you create or modify features. For most applications, the default...
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Add sketch text to design table
Below was a question I’ve been asked on support numerous times; Is it possible to add an array of text/labels into a design table. For example I want to create dozens of identical parts but with a...
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Adding a custom Decal
Often on support I am asked the question, “how can I create a custom decal in SolidWorks?” Adding a decal to a part is easy, click play now to learn how… …
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Support for 4K Monitors
Over the past 6 months we’ve had calls on support from customers that have purchased 4K monitors. Customers have been having stability and display issues with SolidWorks, on these 4K monitors, so I’d...
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Dimension Type setting (Drawings)
Dimension Type Often on support customers come to us with drawings that have incorrect dimension values on drawing views. More often than not the issue is related to a setting in drawing view...
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How do I animate a screw being unwound in Solidworks?
So you want to create a video in Solidworks showing a screw being unwound? Well you have 2 options – You can create a motion study, or you can use the explode tool. This is extremely useful in...
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Lateral compression of tubes in SolidWorks
Analysis of a circular tube pressed between two rigid plates can be simulated in SolidWorks using the non-linear module. Non-Linear simulation module is available with SolidWorks Simulation Premium....
View ArticleBridging the gap between SolidWorks and the construction Industry
Traditionally, detail mechanical design has been done in 3D CAD softwares like SolidWorks. Conversely, architects tend to use softwares such as ArchiCAD to produce architectural designs for the...
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Exporting multi body sheet-metal part to DXF/DWG files
You can create DXF/DWG files of sheet metal flat patterns from part documents without flattening the model or creating a drawing. Let’s look at several ways to achieve this. Option 1 File > Save...
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Running a Design study with SolidWorks Motion
In this example we are looking to use a design study to determine the initial velocities required to hole a golf ball. In order to do motion analysis you need to activate motion analysis add-in...
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How can I display the SolidWorks ProgramData folder in Windows?
If a File Location in SolidWorks System Options is pointing to this folder… … it can be useful to display it in Windows. By default the ProgramData folder in Windows is hidden. The short...
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All Ø symbols on my drawings have been replaced with text?
Scenario: I just upgraded SOLIDWORKS and my drawings don’t show the Ø symbol on diameter dimensions any more, see image below. Reason: The gtol.sym file is missing from its defined...
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EPDM revision independent properties
Scenario: In Enterprise PDM I need to change a Card property for a model, but the model is released. I don’t want to have to create a new revision just to update the property. What do I do? Perhaps a...
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Intersection Curves
Sometimes it is useful to be able to create sketch geometry where items intersect, for example 2 bodies, or where a body and plane intersect. In the image below we can see a sweep through which the...
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Generating a Flattened model from imported geometry
I have an imported model with a couple of 3D curve in it. I need to create a model from this geometry and flatten it. How can this be done? There are a couple of methods available if a license of...
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Solidworks Frequency Analysis
So you are designing a frame to support a rotary machine or an engine mount and you finished your static analysis, you are happy that your design has the required factor of safety (FOS) and ready to...
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SolidWorks Product upgrade on Network licences
If you need to modify your SolidNetwork license (SNL) manager because of an upgrade follow the steps below. Go to Start>All Programs>SolidWorks>SolidWorks Tools and SolidNetwork license...
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eDrawings – both wirefame and shaded views
Recently we had a client that wanted to save his drawing with an Isometric view that was shaded and with the other views in wireframe. This is not possible by saving the drawing in edrawings format,...
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Change your Thumbnail graphics dynamically
There are a few things to make sure you have set-up but in 85% of the cases most people are already there. Follow the video to get the ability to adjust the size of your thumbnails and contact...
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