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SOLIDWORKS: Continuity and Curvature Part II
In Part I of this series, we looked at how the smoothness of curves can be analyzed and controlled. Now we’ll be taking a look at some additional analyses tools to further evaluate our surfaces as...
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SOLIDWORKS: Tips for Creating Organized Title Blocks
There’s a lot that goes into creating SOLIDWORKS drawing templates – sheet formats, linked custom properties, document properties, and more. With all of this, one topic that often gets overlooked is...
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HawkLive 2018 – Module 3: SOLIDWORKS Assemblies & 3D Interconnect
Every year, Hawk Ridge Systems offers live launch events for its customers to introduce the new enhancements of that year’s release. What if you were unable to make one of the 2018 live sessions?...
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SOLIDWORKS Electrical: Revisions
Hi everybody! Have you ever wondered how to revise drawings and projects in SOLIDWORKS Electrical? If so, then read on. If not, maybe you’ll want to continue reading just in case you ever need to do...
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SOLIDWORKS Visualize: Creating an Animated Fly Through Video in Visualize
Occasionally when creating renderings it is helpful to combine a visual animation with your stationary rendering. In SOLIDWORKS Visualize we will use the flyover view to help emphasis certain areas of...
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SOLIDWORKS: Reusing Deleted Drawing View Labels
For many users, drawings are a critical aspect of the design documentation process. When creating drawing views, SOLIDWORKS automatically applies labels to the new views with respect to the...
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SOLIDWORKS: Changing Serial Numbers
Have you ever wondered, “How in the world do I change my SOLIDWORKS serial number?” Perhaps you have an evaluation license installed, and need to input your new permanent serial number. Maybe you were...
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SOLIDWORKS: Tab & Slot Business Card Holder Design
The business card holder below was created as an example to illustrate the benefits of the Tab & Slot feature. An additional goal of the design was to create a finished product cheap enough to be...
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SOLIDWORKS: Fixing Incorrectly Sized Toolbox Hardware
Have you ever opened an assembly to the sight of gigantic bolts, washers, nuts, or other incorrectly sized hardware from the SOLIDWORKS Toolbox? Why is this happening and more importantly how can it...
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SOLIDWORKS: Improving Assembly Performance with SpeedPak
Do you have trouble with the performance of your assemblies? Is it sometimes difficult to rotate or zoom in and out? Are you often stuck waiting for that loading bar to figure out what it’s doing? One...
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SOLIDWORKS: Trim Surface, Split, & Split Line – What’s the Difference?
Trim Surface, Split, and Split Line – these three powerful SOLIDWORKS commands belong in every surfacing user’s utility belt, but learning when to use each and the (often subtle) differences between...
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SOLIDWORKS Simulation: What’s New 2018 – Import Study Features
Hello everyone! In this article, I want to show off another great new feature in SOLIDWORKS 2018 found in the Simulation add-in. That feature is the ability to import study aspects from part or...
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Benefits of a SOLIDWORKS Subscription Service and Free Certification codes!
In today’s blog, we’ll be diving into some of the main benefits for SOLIDWORKS Subscription Service customers. In addition, we’ll go in-depth on how Subscription Service customers can access their...
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Designing a Business Card Holder with SOLIDWORKS CAM
This blog showcases a quick example of going from concept to finished part using SOLIDWORKS CAM! I had wanted to create a custom business card holder. You can see the concept I settled on below,...
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Activating Your Online License with SOLIDWORKS 2018
Do you own a standalone license of SOLIDWORKS, yet find yourself working on multiple computers throughout the day? If so, you understand how cumbersome it can be to have to deactivate and reactivate...
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SOLIDWORKS: Creating Fully Functional Medieval Armour Part 2 – Creating the...
To begin the design for my finger plates I first had to take some measurements of my finger. I measured my finger to have a diameter of around 20mm at the thinnest section, 25mm at the thickest...
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SOLIDWORKS: Making Subassemblies Flexible
Subassemblies are an excellent method for both organizing design assets and improving assembly performance in SOLIDWORKS. Simply put, a subassembly is an assembly within an assembly, and they’re used...
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What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2018: Select Over Geometry
Making selections quickly and accurately is undoubtedly one of the most critical aspects of efficient design, and with hundreds or even thousands of selections per day, even the smallest time...
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SOLIDWORKS Electrical: Stretch vs. Move Commands
Hi everybody! In this article, I want to cover a topic that I’ve personally run into while working with SOLIDWORKS Electrical, and that’s two commands that are side by side on the Schematic menu,...
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SOLIDWORKS: From PDF to 3D Model
Do you have a PDF of a drawing that you would like to bring in to SOLIDWORKS? Perhaps you have legacy data or client information that you need to convert to 3D, and all you have is a PDF. If you could...
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