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Flipping Normal: A Fresh Perspective to SolidWorks Sketches and Mates
SolidWorks 2014 gives you a lot of new options, but this one has been a long time coming: Flip Normal! You are no longer prey to Reference Plane normals dictated by the geometry from which they are...
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Sharing Settings Across a Multi-User Environment in SolidWorks Composer
When updating a fileset within SolidWorks Composer, it is important that the Document Properties used for the initial creation of fileset are set identically for the update. This seems like a simple...
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Itemized Reports Made Simple for Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Among other functionality that will make every electrical design engineer communicate better with their mechanical counterpart, the out-of-the-box reporting functionality provided by SOLIDWORKS...
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Generating Custom Inspection Reports in SOLIDWORKS Inspection
Although SOLIDWORKS Inspection comes packaged with a variety of standard inspection reports, most companies wish to continue using the forms they’re already familiar with. There may be several reasons...
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Creating Custom Templates in SOLIDWORKS Electrical
Creating custom templates in SOLIDWORKS Electrical is necessary since every company has different needs to communicate their electrical designs. Unlike many other software, SOLIDWORKS Electrical does...
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Not Ballooning Dimensions in SOLIDWORKS Inspection
It is possible to only balloon certain dimensions (aka characteristics) using the SOLIDWORKS Inspection add-in, but it is a semi-manual process. During my demonstrations, I usually have Autoballoon...
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How to Change a Surface Color to Appear White in SOLIDWORKS
Looks can be deceiving – both of the below surfaces are technically white in SOLIDWORKS. Have you ever wondered why the white appears more like a gray in SOLIDWORKS? Or how can you change...
View ArticlePrinting a Multi-Page First Article Inspection Report (FAIR) Using Print Titles
The trouble with generating inspection reports for drawings with a lot of dimensions and other inspectable items is that the Bill of Characteristics won’t fit onto a single page. When you print your...
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SOLIDWORKS Party Sketches – What Are A Few Sketches Among Features?
Maybe you’ve seen them, if your parts comingle with them. They look different, but seem to blend in just fine. What is this thing… this… this symbol doing under my sketch? Where did it come from? Who...
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Adding Variables To SOLIDWORKS Composer Dimensions
Even though SOLIDWORKS Composer is not a drafting program, it still allows you to insert dimensions in your projects, for the times you’d like to show size or position in the instructions. To add a...
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