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SOLIDWORKS 2015 is here! My Favorite Top 20 CAD Enhancements
Ever since I watched the SOLIDWORKS 2015 teaser videos at SOLIDWORKS World in January, I knew that the newest release of SOLIDWORKS will be something special. Let me tell you why. In every new release...
View ArticleNew in SOLIDWORKS 2015! – Customize Context Sensitive Popup Menus within the...
With every release of SolidWorks, we gain new methods of customizing the user interface to our specific needs – the 2015 release of SolidWorks is no different in this regard. We can now Customize...
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“SolidWorks with Bleach!” Or “Who Turned out the Lights?”– Increasing the...
It’s laundry day today, and when I took my white shirt from the wash, I noticed it looking rather grey. While I could just add bleach to my laundry cycle, it made me think that I notice the same thing...
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Join the SolidWorks Customer Experience Improvement Program
SolidWorks is getting better every year through great enhancements, but they always strive to increase the quality and stability of the product at the same time. You can help by joining the Customer...
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New in SOLIDWORKS 2015! – The Split Feature can now split Surface Bodies!...
Split Surfaces by Sketch, Plane or Surface. Resulting bodies can be saved as individual parts. As we climb up the steep hill that is the list of new enhancements to SOLIDWORKS 2015, I wanted to peddle...
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SOLIDWORKS 2015 Tutorial – Improved Angle Dimensions [VIDEO]
Sometimes you want to add an angular dimension from the vertical or horizontal, but there isn’t anything nearby from which to dimension. SolidWorks 2015 now gives you the ability to dimension between...
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Do not buy a larger hard drive! Upgrade to SOLIDWORKS 2015!
Tell your IT department the good news. There is no need to buy bigger hard drives this year! Better use the money to send you and your colleagues to those advanced SOLIDWORKS training courses you...
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New in SOLIDWORKS 2015 – Equal Spacing Option for Linear Patterns with...
How often do you need to add a linear pattern to fill a length with a specific number of instances? Or perhaps you need to fill a length with specific spacing, but you need it to automatically...
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New in SOLIDWORKS 2015 – New Constraints in the Width Mate [VIDEO]
The Width Mate has become even better in SolidWorks 2015. There are three new Constraint options in this mate. Rather than just having the component centered between the width references, you can now...
View ArticleNew in SOLIDWORKS 2015 Professional! – Select By View [VIDEO]
When speaking with folks who are new to the SolidWorks sphere of influence, I will typically mention the ability to make fast and accurate selections as primary skill to focus upon when learning...
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New in SOLIDWORKS 2015 – A Choice When Deleting Components from Assemblies...
SolidWorks 2015 now gives you more control when deleting components out of assemblies. In SolidWorks 2013, there was a change to the functionality such that selecting a component in an assembly and...
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New in SolidWorks 2015 – Open Model in Position [VIDEO]
Perhaps you need to open a part or a subassembly from an assembly and make some modifications in a specific area. And when you were in the assembly, you had rotated around to find the area you needed...
View ArticleFlatten a Sheet Metal Part That Has Intentional Interference [VIDEO]
I was recently asked how to flatten a sheet metal part in SolidWorks that interferes with itself. The short answer is that SolidWorks Sheet Metal is not designed to do this. Of course, as is often the...
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Why Would SOLIDWORKS Flat Pattern Drawing View Display the Formed Part Instead?
SOLIDWORKS users occasionally come across a sheet metal drawing view that displays formed (bent) part instead of flat pattern. Here is the explanation of a common mistake that causes this problem....
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SOLIDWORKS and EPDM 2015 – List of Supported Virtual Environments
With the release of SolidWorks 2015 and SolidWorks Enterprise EPDM 2015, some virtual environments are now supported. Below is a list of which virtual environments are supported and which SolidWorks...
View ArticleCreating Threads in SolidWorks for 3D Printing [VIDEO]
For years, the ability to create a realistic thread in SolidWorks was something of artistic fantasy; a way to demonstrate your proficiency in SolidWorks. The rebuild times on a small assembly would be...
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20 SOLIDWORKS Enhancement Ideas to Vote for! (in case you are too busy to...
SOLIDWORKS Enhancement Vote It must be very easy being a SOLIDWORKS Product Development Manager nowadays. The users are pretty much doing your job. It is that time of the year again, when all...
View ArticleNew Mates in SOLIDWORKS 2015: Mate to Profile Center [VIDEO]
There are many cases as designers that we are simply looking to get a job done – generally seeking the most efficient way possible. The ability to use the center of a geometric profile to provide a...
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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Accuracy (?)
A common concern I hear when presenting SOLIDWORKS Simulation is whether or not the results are accurate. This is a difficult – if not impossible – thing to prove without empirical data to back up the...
View ArticleNew in SOLIDWORKS 2015 – Spline Based Leaders [VIDEO]
Sometimes the best path between two points is a curve! Among the many new features of SOLIDWORKS 2015 is the ability to apply spline based leaders. Take a look at the video below to see how you can...
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