SolidWorks Video Tips
SolidWorks 2008: FilletXpert
With vacations over with and some due dates met, I’m finally getting some time now to post more reviews of the new features in SolidWorks 2008. One of the requested subjects from my earlier post looking for feature review ideas ... Read More »
SolidWorks 2008: Configurations
Enhancements to Configurations don’t often get much press when it comes to new releases, so I thought I would highlight two new features of SolidWorks 2008 in the area of Configuration functionality. I’ll include a brief description of both, but ... Read More »
SolidWorks 2008: Inserting and Mirroring Parts
One of the REALLY handy new items in SolidWorks 2008 is the added options to the Insert Part/Insert Mirror Part commands. Here is the quick synopsis of what has been added: When you use the Insert-> Part command, you now ... Read More »
SolidWorks Tip: Unabsorb Sketches
Here is a little jewel of a feature inside of SolidWorks……the ability to use the rollback bar to unabsorb sketches from features. This has been one of those features that I have found is not as well known amongst SolidWorks ... Read More »
SolidWorks Tip: Sketch Slot
Comments left on Blogs can definitely drive content. Here is one example. A comment left by Tyler last week on one of my other Blog postings got me thinking a bit. Tyler’s question dealt with creating an “oval” or “slot” ... Read More »
SolidWorks Tip: Converting Drawing Views
When working in SolidWorks sometimes it is necessary to convert Model Views in a Drawing to Vector entities (lines and arcs) so that the view is NOT tied to the geometry of the solid model. An example of this would ... Read More »
SolidWorks Tip: Move Face
Over the past year, the Move Face tool has become one of my favorite tools in SolidWorks. It was originally introduced as a tool that helps users make modifications to imported bodies (parts with NO feature tree). The feature works ... Read More »
SolidWorks 2007: Relative View
For those of you that use the Weldment functionality in SolidWorks, there is a nice little enhancement that has been included in SolidWorks 2007. The Structural Member functionality in Weldments allows you quickly create weldment frames using a multi-body approach. ... Read More »