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SolidWorks 2012: Drawing Enhancements

Ricky Jordan — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:48:44 +0000

In many companies, Drawings are still were “the rubber meets the road”. Let’s take a look at what I think will be some of the more popular enhancements to the Drawing and Detailing area of SolidWorks 2012. I’ve tried to keep the descriptions short and sweet because like me, I’m sure many of you don’t have time to read a long drawn out article. So lets get started.

Magnet Lines

If you’ve ever used 3dvia Composer, this one will look really familiar. You can place magnet lines AFTER balloons are created or DURING creation if you use the Auto-Balloon functionality. Magnet Lines are invisible unless you select a Balloon that is attached to one. The most efficient process if you are adding existing Balloons is to drag the cursor over each balloon that you want to include WHILE you are drawing the magnet line. Once it is created, you can set the Magnet Line to show equal spacing between Balloons or non-equal spacing through the “Free-Drag” option. If you like your drawings to be neat and orderly, You’ll like this enhancement.

Here’s a short video showing Magnet Lines in action.

Auto-Insert Center Marks

If you don’t want SolidWorks to automatically create centermarks upon view creation (Option in the System Options), this option allows you to perform this action as you need it. This is a huge time saver for those parts with LOTS of holes. All you need to do is call up the Center Mark command and check one of the options under the Auto Insert group box. There are some options with this…one of which I haven’t been able to get to work. I would expect the “Connection Lines” option to automatically draw the connection lines between Center Marks that are vertically or horizontally aligned, but it has not worked for me as of yet. I’ll update the article once I get some more information on this. Outside of this discovery, this is another nice enhancement that can cut down on mouse clicks.

Highlighting Changed Dimensions

Simply put… Turn THIS ON! This will alert you as to when dimensions change in a saved drawing when you open it by showing the dimension is a different color. At the moment I can’t think of any reason why you wouldn’t want to use this. You have to turn this on thru the Tools->Options->System Options->Colors area. (Screenshot shown below.) The drawing must be opened to take advantage of this functionality. If you hover over one of the changed dimensions, a popup box shows you the previous dimension. If you change the model WHILE the drawing is open, you won’t see the color change. Once you save the drawing, the changes are accepted and the color change and indication of the previous dimension goes away the next time you open the document. (NOTE: I tried to print a PDF of the drawing WHILE the dimension change colors were in effect and the color did NOT show up in the PDF.)

Open Assemblies and Sub-Assemblies from Drawing Views

This one is a nice little enhancement. When you hover over a component you have the option to open the top level assembly, sub-assembly, or component itself. Previously you could only open the component itself.

There are more enhancements…and you can see the complete list online HERE.

That’s all for now…stay tuned….more to come!

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SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 3 (FINALLY!)

Ricky Jordan — Tue, 17 May 2011 05:34:57 +0000

Almost two years ago I posted two videos to the site detailing the use of SolidWorks Electrical Routing. I had full intentions of producing a Part 3 but life as it does sometimes had other plans for me. Finally after several friendly reminders from readers via e-mail and comments on the site, I have released Part 3. Sorry it took so long…but I tried to pack it full of content to make it worth the wait.

Part 3 introduces the use of From/To Lists. While they do require a little setup…From/To Lists can drastically reduce the time it takes to model electrical cables in SolidWorks.

I was already talking a bit about bandwidth in the first two videos…so this one is going on YouTube. My apologies if it is blocked for you at work, but the bandwidth was getting a little expensive. One REALLY nice thing is that YouTube recently lifted the 15 minute video length restriction. This video goes over that slightly (18 minutes) so that enhancement kept me from having to break it up into two parts. The video is shown below. If you go to the YouTube page you can watch it in HD.

I hope you enjoy it. It was nice to dive into the details of Routing again….hopefully I’ll find some time to do some more videos again soon.

Stay tuned…more to come!

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SolidWorks 2011: Weld Bead – Part 1

Ricky Jordan — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:17:32 +0000

So why would one “new” feature necessitate having a Part 1 and Part 2? Its mainly due to the many different ways the feature can be applied. SolidWorks 2011 introduces a new “Weld Bead” feature. While you’ll find just a few similarities between the PropertyManager options of the old “Fillet Bead” and the new “Weld Bead”, these two features are QUITE different. Lets identify some key points of the new Weld Bead feature:

Weld Bead is a “lightweight” feature that is primarily shown in the modeling environment.
No Solid Bodies are created as part of the Weld Bead feature.
Weld Beads CAN BE USED IN PARTS AND ASSEMBLIES! (And functions the same in both.)
More complex Weld Beads are possible when compared to the Fillet Bead
Weld Annotation automatically generated and are modifiable.
Quick selection tool included for rapid selection

The strategy in which SolidWorks has gone about in developing this feature is somewhat different than other CAD Vendors. The Weld Bead command is a lightweight feature that does not create an actual solid body in the Part or Assembly files. Here’s a screenshot of what the feature interface looks like.

What you see is a graphical representation only. In addition to that, the graphical representation which is the bead, is NOT trimmed to fit the surfaces around the selection area. This is the big performance saver. On large weldments where you want to show all of your beads, it can take quite some time for the software to run calculations on all the weld beads. Another advantage of the Weld Bead is that since it is not trimming surfaces, the bead can be applied to a much larger range of face selection combinations. You also have a useful but slightly simplistic way of calculating the mass, cost, & number of passes through the use of the Weld Bead Properties dialog box, which is shown below.

Here’s an example of a finished part with all weld annotated with the Weld Bead command.

Overall, I like the direction that SolidWorks has gone with this tool. SolidWorks has a reputation in industry for handling Large Assemblies very well, and this feature’s design approach fits right along with that. With that said, I would like to see some things added to it in the next release. We’ll cover more of that in Part 2 of the review.

I have made a video showing off this functionality. (WARNING…It is quite long.)

Because of bandwidth issues, I will no longer be hosting videos on my site like I have done in the past. Videos will be offered in two ways. You can view videos via my YouTube Channel, or I will make the MP4 file available for view or download at archive.org I realize that some of you are probably behind a corporate firewall and can’t see YouTube, so that is why I’m providing the download via archive.org. Below is the embedded YouTube link. (The video can be viewed in HD.) Right below that you’ll find the link to view or download the file. Please let me know if you have any issues seeing the video or downloading it from archive.org as this is the first time I have used this service.

If your corporate firewall has blocked YouTube, you can view or download the video at archive.org HERE. (Note: You may need the TSCC codec to view the MP4 file.)

Stay tuned…more to come!

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SolidWorks 2010: Awesome Tables!

Ricky Jordan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:55:12 +0000

Sometimes when testing newer versions of Software you discover some “unreported” enhancements that really can be a time saver. That type of enhancement is the source of this post, but first we’ll take an overall look at the enhancements to Tables in SolidWorks 2010.

As reported in my SolidWorks 2010 Enhancements Highlight article, all Tables in SolidWorks 2010 now behave VERY similarly to Microsoft Excel. You can now use the Tab key and arrow keys to quickly switch between cells during data entry. In previous versions, you had to double-click EACH CELL to make a modification. This could make entering data in any type of table a painfully slow experience. Below is a link to a video that highlights the Excel behavior in tables.

Last week I got a question from one of our users concerning tables. He was working on a cable drawing that contained a couple of “custom” tables that were produced in Microsoft Excel. The tables were pasted into SolidWorks which utilizes standard Windows OLE (Object Linking/Embedding) to display the Excel information inside the SolidWorks Window. In previous versions, we stored the Microsoft Excel document inside the Design Binder of the Drawing document. The user noted that when opening a Design Binder document in SolidWorks 2010, the default behavior was now set to open Microsoft Excel WITHIN the SolidWorks Window which is similar to the behavior you see when you create or edit a Design Table.

As we were discussing the table behavior, a thought popped into my head. I wonder if I can import the Excel data into a SolidWorks General Table? Having the Table in SolidWorks will allow for easier table editing and more precise font and cell sizing options since OLE isn’t in use.

This table was HUGE. About 5 columns wide and 49 rows tall. As a test, I created a General Table that matched the column and row count. I then editing the Excel table to where I could access the data directly in Excel. I copied all the cells to the clipboard. After exiting the Excel interface, I tried pasting the data from the clipboard to the new General Table I just created. It worked! All the Font sizes and type were perfectly preserved.

So with this little trick…it won’t take very long for users to convert OLE type Excel tables to General Tables! There are lots of documented features to export tables, but nothing is shown for importing table information from a spreadsheet. Below is a link to a video that shows off the Excel Import trick.

The new table behavior is a welcome change and this little import trick really completes it.

Stay tuned….more to come!

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SolidWorks 2010: Mouse Gestures

Ricky Jordan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:01:42 +0000

Today we are going to take a look at perhaps one of the most underrated new features of SolidWorks 2010, the Mouse Gesture Wheel. While this new tool has gotten some good press in recent weeks, its hard to gauge how useful this command can be until you actually use it. The Mouse Gesture wheel can be invoked by simply holding down the right mouse button and moving the cursor in any direction. The wheel is available in two configurations: 4 Position and 8 Position. Below you’ll find an image that shows off both configurations.

The great news about the Mouse Gesture wheel is that is it FULLY configurable. You can add virtually any tool that has a toolbar button icon to the wheel. To access the controls, go to Tools->Customize->Mouse Gestures (Tab). The Mouse Gesture Wheel can be configured differently for Sketches, Parts, Assemblies, and Drawings. The user interface to program the buttons is very similar to the interface for programming Keyboard shortcuts. Below is an image of the Mouse Gesture programming panel.

Using the Mouse Gestures can be a little confusing for some at first, but once you realize the intent of the tool, the behavior makes perfects sense. The Mouse Gesture wheel is designed to be a quick select tool. Users will gain the most efficiency in its usage if they memorize the commands at the positions. When the Mouse Gesture Wheel is invoked, you can move the cursor about the inside of the wheel to highlight the different options in the quadrants. Once the cursor enters one of the segments, the command is immediately invoked. The user does not have to release the Right Mouse Button to go to the command. What this does is it allows you to quickly gesture your cursor in the desired direction to invoke the command. So basically the most efficient use of this tool is to gesture in the direction of your desired command without looking at the wheel itself. To better demonstrate this, I have posted a video showing the Mouse Gesture tool in action. Click on the image to play the video.

Stay tuned…more SolidWorks 2010 Features to come!

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SolidWorks 2010: Hole Wizard!

Ricky Jordan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:09:38 +0000

It’s been a while since I have had a chance to post. I have been working some crazy hours on various projects. Hopefully some of them I can share with you one day. Its time to get back on track with introducing some of the new features of SolidWorks 2010.

Today we take a quick peek at one of my favorite enhancements in SolidWorks 2010. This is probably not one that you will find in many demos or online videos – It is minor yet major. Simple yet brilliant. Oh yeah…and probably overdue but HEY, I’m glad to finally have it.

In my previous job I trained new users of SolidWorks. The most common mistake new users would make is to NOT pre-select a planar face or reference plane before entering the Hole Wizard command. This would force them to define their hole points in a 3DSketch which meant that extra relations were required to fully define the placement of the points. Unless you are placing a hole on a curved surface, a 2D Sketch is very much the preferred method!

SolidWorks 2010 now defaults to a 2D placement plane for all Hole Wizard Holes. If the user fails to pre-select the plane, then SolidWorks asks the user to define it rather than assuming a 3D placement is needed. The 3D Sketch placement option is still available….just not the default when you choose not to pre-select. Follow the video link below to see a quick demo of this simple yet soon to be popular enhancement!

Stay tuned….much more to come!

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SolidWorks 2010: Multibody Materials

Ricky Jordan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:02:41 +0000

Way back in late 2002, SolidWorks users received what I call a “game changing” enhancement in SolidWorks 2003. This was the version of SolidWorks that first introduced the ability to model multiple solid bodies in a SolidWorks part file. Looking back now, it is sometimes hard to imagine SolidWorks without it. The way SolidWorks handles multiple solid bodies today is still in my opinon the BEST solution offered in any MCAD package on the market. SolidWorks 2010 introduces a key enhancement to multi-body parts by allowing users to assign SolidWorks Materials to each body independently.

The interface is pretty straight forward. To assign a material to a solid body, you right mouse button select the desired body inside the Solid Bodies folder in the FeatureManager Design Tree. The process is identical to assigning a Material to an entire part. Material assignments to a solid body override the Material assigned to the entire part. Below is a short video that shows how to assign Materials to a Multi-Body file.

Stay tuned….more SolidWorks 2010 enhancements to come!

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SolidWorks 2010: Drawing Dimension Enhancements

Ricky Jordan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:54:46 +0000

As I said in my first post on SolidWorks 2010, Drawings received A LOT of enhancements! Today we are going to take a look at a few of them that relate to dimensioning.

Rapid Dimension is a new option that allows for quick placement of dimensions in Drawings. As soon as you select a edge (or two points) you immediately see a divided circle. For example, if you attempt to place a horizontal dimension, a divided circle appears which has a top and bottom section (each being displayed with different colors). If you select the “top” of the circle, the dimension is automatically placed at the top of the view. If you select the “bottom” of the circle, the dimension is automatically placed at the bottom of the view. SolidWorks intelligently places the dimensions utilizing the dimension spacing settings in the Document Properties. Rapid Dimension will also MOVE existing dimensions so that spacing settings are not violated. The dimensions are still completely adjustable so that you have the freedom to position them as you please.

The Dimension Palette is another enhancement that is sure to be a hit with users. The Dimension Palette is a pop-up dialog that appears near the mouse cursor when a dimension is selected. It allows the user to change common dimension properties right in the graphics area without having to make the changes through the PropertyManager. Using this tool will result in less mouse movement and allow the user to focus solely on the graphics area when setting up dimensions in a Drawing. The following adjustments can be made a dimension using the Dimension Palette tool.

Tolerance Type
Unit Precision
Tolerance Precision
Apply Styles
Add text to the Left, Right, Top, & Bottom of the Dimension
Add Parenthesis
Center Dimension
Inspection Dimension
Offset Text
Horizontal & Vertical Justification

Also new in relation to Dimensions is improved behavior for Center Marks in Drawings. You can now place Center Marks on holes or arcs already dimensioned and the extension lines of the dimensions trim back to the Document Property spacing setting in relation to the Center Mark. Another caveat to this enhancement is that you can now delete the Center Mark and the dimensions will no longer be left in a dangling state. In previous versions you would commonly place Center Marks first and then dimension to them in order to get the proper spacing to the Center Mark for the dimension extension lines. The problem was that if you delete the Center Mark, the dimensions were left dangling. SolidWorks 2010 will allow you to dimension first, and place the Center Marks later with no negative effects.

Click on the image below to watch a short VIDEO demonstrating these new enhancements.

Stay tuned….much more to come on SolidWorks 2010!

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SolidWorks 2010 Enhancement Highlights

Ricky Jordan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:07:19 +0000

Well folks, it’s now officially August 24, 2009 and the NDA on SolidWorks 2010 has been lifted! With this post, I’m going to just quickly highlight what I consider to be the most notable enhancements of SolidWorks 2010. This post will be followed up with more detailed posts that will include information on the enhancements along with links to videos that show off the new features. So without further ado, here are the highlights.

User Interface

For the most part, the main structure of the User Interface is the same, but with that said, there are some improvements. Mouse Gestures have been introduced. A simple Right Mouse Button click and drag will bring up the Mouse Gesture Wheel. You can program virtually any feature to any location on the wheel. My follow up post will share more insight into the use of the feature along with details on Customization. Below is an example of the Mouse Gesture interface inside a Sketch.

Below is an example of the Mouse Gesture Wheel while in Edit Part mode.

Other enhancements to the User Interface include a completely customizable Heads-Up View Toolbar. In previous versions there was only a specific set of features available in this toolbar area but now you can put virtually any feature there as long as it is available in Tools->Customize->Commands (tab). A Context Toolbar has been implemented into the Drawing environment. In SolidWorks 2009, it was only available in Part & Assembly documents. There is also support now for Touch & Multi-touch interfaces. Since I don’t have a device to test with, I can’t comment on this functionality. I am very glad to see this though as I believe we will see more interfaces like this in the very near future.

Documentation

Here is a big one folks. Starting with SolidWorks 2010, the Help system will be available ONLINE! Key advantages to this include always up-to-date Help information and a completely enhanced search system which sorts results by subject. (The search results sorting is very similar to the Knowledge Base system available at the Customer Portal.) For those that do not have online access a standard CHM type help file is included with the software. Testing on this is still in the early stages but it has performed VERY WELL on my system thus far. Here is a screenshot of the new online help system performing a search.

Drawings

So why am I mentioning Drawings before Parts or Assemblies? That’s because there are A LOT of enhancements to Drawings in SolidWorks 2010. Adding Dimensions and changing their properties have been enhanced with the addition of the Rapid Dimension tool and the Dimension Palette. Rapid Dimension is a quick select “circular” icon which appears during the Smart Dimension process. It allows the user to quickly place the dimension on one side of the part or the other using the dimension spacing settings in the Document Properties. Below is a screenshot of the Rapid Dimension tool.

The Dimension Palette behaves similarly to the Context Toolbar in that it appears in via a “heads-up” style in the graphics area when a dimension is selected. Inside of the Palette you can set the dimension text on the left, right, top, or bottom along with tolerance type, decimal places, and other text justification tools. This will allow the user to concentrate more on the graphics area without having to mouse over the PropertyManager to change settings. Below is a screenshot of the Dimension Palette in action.

Another popular enhancement in the Drawings package is Excel-Like Behavior for all tables! Gone are the days where you have to double-click each cell individually to enter data. The Tab and arrow keys now work just like Microsoft Excel when entering data into ANY of the Tables in Drawings. Below is a quick video demonstrating how quickly you can enter data in Tables.

Another enhancement which I personally think will get rave reviews is the ability to Insert Individual Note Annotations into an existing Note in a Drawing. Picture it this way – You can save the most common notes as individual line items in your Design Library. You can then “build” your Notes by dragging and dropping the line items you need from the Design Library. Below is a link to a short video that demonstrates this new feature.

Other notable enhancements in Drawings include a Parametric Quantity Annotation option for Balloons, Custom Balloon Sizes, automated Gap adjustment when adding Center Marks to holes already dimensioned, Configuration Selection in the PropertyManager (instead of the View->Properties), & the display of Sketch Pictures (inserted in Parts or Assemblies) in the Drawing Views.

Parts

In Multi-body Parts you now have the ability to add individual Materials to each body. The interface is located in the Solid Bodies folder in the FeatureManager DesignTree. Below is a screenshot of a part with different Materials applied to Multiple Solid Bodies. (Click the image to see a larger version.)

Parts now have Display States! This allows you to store Body Visibility (Hide/Show), Body Display Mode, Appearance, & Transparency. This capability (much like Display States in Assemblies) will allow for the use of Display States in place of Configurations on for the items previously referenced. Below is a screenshot of the Display State interface in Parts. (Click the image to see a larger version.)

The Split Line command will now work with multiple contours in a single sketch. It will also split curves on multiple bodies within a single command. Below is an example of using multiple contours with the Split Line command.

Direct Editing has been a hot topic of late and there are a few enhancements to that area of the software. The Move Face tool has a few additions. You can now Copy faces while moving them (I’m still trying to formulate an example where you would need this) and the Select Connected Faces command has been added to the interface to allow easier selection of face sets. A triad tool can be moved which directly effects the way faces are moved. The triad can also be snapped to certain entity types. Below is an example of this. I’ll have much more on this tool later in a more detailed post.

Personally, I would have liked to see more work done in the area of Direct Editing in this release. I do like the way SolidWorks is proceeding in that the Direct Editing tools still leave a feature in the History Tree. Also enhanced in the Direct Editing area is the Delete Face command. The performance of this tool has been enhanced which results in smaller rebuild times. In a future post, I will compare some examples that reveal more detail in this area.

Hole Wizard Holes no longer require the user to pre-select planar entities prior to entering the feature. The default Hole Wizard type is now based on 2D Sketches and if no plane is preselected, the interface asks for one in the Position Tab. 3DSketch based Hole Wizards are still possible, just not the default type anymore. The screenshot below shows the new interface. (Click the image to see a larger version.)

The FeatureWorks tools are now integrated directly into the menu system. With FeatureWorks (still an add-in but now dynamically activated) you can now recognize child features of feature sets that have already been recognized. You also have better options for combining holes during feature recognition. There are many more enhancements to FeatureWorks, so look for a future post with more details.

Assemblies

The Assembly Visualization tool heads up the list of enhancements to the Assembly Environment. This tool allows you to sort the components of an assembly dynamically in both the graphics area and the Assembly Visualization tab of the FeatureManager area based on a number of different criteria. The default setup sorts components by Mass. You can export the results of this tool to an Excel (.XLS), .CSV or .TXT file. I’ll have much more on this tool later, but below is a screenshot of the tool in use.

The Mirror Component feature in Assemblies has gotten a complete overhaul. The mirrored set of components are now stored as a feature in the FeatureManager which can be edited again after creation. If there is motion in any of the components being mirrored, that motion is mirrored as well. Below is a screenshot of the new Mirror Component feature in action.

The View Mates command is now included in a separate window. At the top section of the window all mates that have a “path to ground” are displayed. This will help you understand which mates need to be modified in order to relocate the component.

The Replace Component tool also now includes a separate window which helps the user correspond faces in “failed mates” to the new component by showing the previously mated faces of the component being replaced. Also included is a popup toolbar which allows the user to navigate through the mates as you replace them. Below is an example of the new toolset in the Replace Component command.

There is a very nice Instant3D enhancement in Assemblies which allows the user to more precisely move components. The Move With Triad option is available from the Right Mouse Button menu and displays a ruler so that you can move components a specified distance “on the fly”. Below is an example showing this new feature.

The next Assembly Enhancement I want to share is to me significant, especially to those using SolidWorks Routing. You can now add a unique Component Reference to each instance of a component in an assembly. This will be big in Electrical Routing because you no longer have to turn off the “Update component names when documents are replaced” option in the System Options when using Routing. Previously, this option was automatically turned off because Routing renamed the component with the Reference Designator name listed in the From/To list. I’ve created a much simpler example of how this can be used by using unique Component References to describe the Front Tires of the Assembly below. The option is set in the Component Properties window. The Component Reference can be display in the FeatureManager as shown below.

Virtual Components received quite a few enhancements. You can now make an external component virtual, copy virtual components, and move virtual component amongst the hierarchy of the assembly structure. Also new is the naming convention for virtual components. Much more on this in a later post.

Configurations

There are two key enhancements to the Configurations area of the software. The Configuration Publisher has a SLEW of options that allow you to specify & create model data in the creation of new configurations. The Configuration Publisher has an interface VERY similar to the Property Tab Builder in SolidWorks 2009. There is too much detail in this feature to cover here, so I’ll save that for a future post.

The second key enhancement is the Modify Configuration interface. Several Options have been added to this interface which will allow users to create configurations in a tabulated format quickly without having to use Design Tables. In this interface you can now Save Table views, configure materials, & create-edit-delete custom properties. (Just to name a few.) Much more detail on this later. Below is a screenshot showing some of the new options.

Other Notable Enhancements

Multi-Body support in Sheet Metal Parts
Ability to Split Sheet Metal Parts
Ability to insert Sheet Metal Parts into Weldments
Enhanced Cut List support in Weldments
PhotoWorks Decals AND Sketch Picture are now viewable in E-Drawings
Enhanced Toolbox integration with SolidWorks Enterprise PDM

Well…those are the highlights. The Sheet Metal enhancements are BIG and present the user with MANY new possibilities in the creation of Sheet Metal parts. Those enhancements will be better demonstrated in a detailed post in the very near future.

I should be able to post the What’s New in SolidWorks 2010 to the What’s New Guides page in the next day or so.

Detailed posts and videos on some of the SolidWorks 2010 enhancements will follow soon.

Stay tuned….MUCH MORE to come!

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SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 2

Ricky Jordan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:20:12 +0000

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.

Part 3 of this series of posts will cover creating an Electrical Cable/Harness using a From/To list. There is a little more setup involved, but the automation is GREAT, which results in faster route creation.

Stay tuned…more to come!

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