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SolidWorks Composer Quick Tip – 3 Steps to Setting Styles
Did you know that templates can be created with SolidWorks Composer? Styles, or “Mini Templates” can be created right within Composer’s Styles tab. Styles control specific attributes of 2D elements,...
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SolidWorks Quick Tip – Using the Intersect Tool
Now you can combine surfacing and solid modeling techniques using one powerful and convenient tool that was introduced into SolidWorks in 2013. The Intersect tool takes intersecting surfaces and solid...
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Curvature Based Mesh Advantages in SolidWorks Simulation
Do you typically use the Standard mesh, or the Curvature based mesh when preparing to run a study? I personally tend to favor the Curvature based mesh over the Standard mesh when setting up studies in...
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SolidWorks Electrical Quick Tip – Numbering Wires
During the design of an electrical project, we typically need to add marks to call out our wires. This can be done through a predefined numbering scheme. SolidWorks Electrical has built-in tools to...
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Avoiding Sink Marks with SolidWorks Plastics
Sink marks are areas in a molded part where the surface is deformed into a depression. The depressions typically occur in areas of thick geometry and are caused by uneven cooling of the injection...
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Electronics Cooling with SolidWorks Flow Simulation
What doesn’t have electronics in it these days? From the smallest consumer products to the largest industrial products, almost everything we use day-to-day has electronics in it. As a designer or...
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Whether you’re a seasoned SolidWorks Simulation veteran, new to the software, or even just evaluating how it would fit into your design process, you’ve probably asked one or both of these questions...
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An Introduction to Macros in SolidWorks Electrical
Typically, in our day-to-day design process, we reuse our work. Let’s say that I design a motor schematic, and I wire it the same way. With “macros”, in SolidWorks Electrical, we can take those designs...
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Just Announced! This February – SolidWorks Night School: Weldments, Sheet...
Hawk Ridge Systems prides itself on going above and beyond simply selling our customers a software package – we want to be a partner in your design process and success. This is the reason our support...
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SolidWorks 2014 Favorites – Replace Drawing Model Reference
Have you ever spent a good amount of time creating and detailing a drawing of a model, only to realize that you detailed a part model by accident when you were supposed to have created an assembly...
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Introducing SolidWorks Plastics Advanced
Just over a year ago, injection molding simulation was added to the SolidWorks repertoire with the launch of SolidWorks Plastics, available in Professional and Premium packages. Hawk Ridge Systems is...
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NVIDIA GRID VCA: Using SolidWorks in the Cloud
It was 12:30AM, and I was on my way home from an indoor soccer game. (I know what’s going through your mind: “Why is this guy playing soccer at 12:30AM?” Well…it’s just the way this league works – and...
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SolidWorks 2014 Favorites – Rotate Components in Exploded Views
Creating exploded views in SolidWorks is a great way to show the assembly or disassembly of a complex model. SolidWorks 2014 now adds a new level of realism for animating these explode and collapse...
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Automate Design Changes With DriveWorksXPress
Does your product vary only slightly from customer to customer? If you begin a new project by opening your basic or template part and performing a “Save As”, there is a better way! Hidden amongst the...
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SolidWorks PhotoView 360 – Make Big Differences with Small Adjustments
SolidWorks PhotoView 360 tools let you make photo-realistic renderings and animations directly from your 3D model. Small adjustments to your settings can make a big difference in your final result. A...
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SolidWorks Routing – Custom Components and the Piping & Tubing Database
Living in the oil and gas industrial landscape of Alberta, Canada, I use SolidWorks Routing almost as often as I dream of hot summer days (quite often). However, almost all of my experience with the...
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Using SolidWorks Library Features to Create Solid Bodies
Some people consider me lazy, but I prefer to be called “strategically efficient”. I don’t like repeating the same task again and again, so I use automation tools like Library Features to do the work...
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Using SolidWorks Drawings in SolidWorks Electrical Projects
Using SolidWorks drawings in SolidWorks Electrical can be extremely beneficial, and the drawing tools in SolidWorks are incredibly powerful. Typically, we work with our schematics in our 2D application...
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SolidWorks Quick Tip – Global Variables and Equations
Global variables and equations are a great way to capture design intent and add intelligence to SolidWorks models. If you’re new to global variables and equations in SolidWorks, here’s a quick intro....
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SolidWorks Quick Tip – Top 10 Speed Moves for the SolidWorks CSWP Exam
While these SolidWorks speed moves are written for people who are preparing to take the SolidWorks CSWA (Certified SolidWorks Associate), SolidWorks CSWP (Certified SolidWorks Professional), CSWE...
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