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How to Create Custom Weldment Profiles in SOLIDWORKS

Not all weldments are created equally. The standard library is a good starting point, however some profiles may not be properly dimensioned and some profiles that you need might not exist in the library. This tutorial will show you how to create your own custom profile and insert it into the SOLIDWORKS Library. Suppose you need a weldment...

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SOLIDWORKS Multiple Mate Mode

Often times, in SOLIDWORKS, we will need to apply multiple mates of a similar type in an assembly. There is an option called SOLIDWORKS Multiple Mate Mode that can accomplish this. This process works with all kinds of mates, but it’s easily demonstrated here with the concentric mate. Please consider the following assembly: I’d like to make...

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Copy Sketch and Maintain the Sketch Relations

SOLIDWORKS has had, and continues to have all kinds of functionality embedded in the most basic of windows commands – Take the “Copy” command for example.  In this example we will use simple Copy & Paste Functionality to make an exact copy of the sketch and maintain the relations applied to the original. Copy and Paste Sketch Process The...

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Dismissed Messages

Every now and then you open a file and a message comes up warning you about a file being inaccessible and whether or not you want to suppress this, at the same time this warning may give you the Don’t show again option: But now whenever you open an assembly and a part is missing there is no warning message to let you know, so how do we get...

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A Game Changer… For Rendering

I thought I’d share with you a game changer. Something that once you see it, it will make you look at SOLIDWORKS in a completely different light and in an even more positive way. A lot of you may already be aware of 3DContentCentral and GrabCAD, but are you aware of The Foundry Community? The Foundry community is an asset site. A place where...

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How It’s Made in SOLIDWORKS: Ruler

  How It’s Made Whether you call it a scale or a ruler, you’ve almost definitely used one at some point in your life. However, you might not have thought about how one could be modeled in SOLIDWORKS. Today we’re going to look at one of many ways to model a ruler. Our primary focus will be on making a ruler that can scale very fluidly from...

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5 New 2016 SOLIDWORKS Features

From what I’ve experienced of the newest release of 2016 SOLIDWORKS features, SOLIDWORKS was focused on decreasing design time by reducing distractions in the interface. And, for an added bonus, make your mouse seem a bit lazy. Earlier, I discussed a few Tried-and-True SOLIDWORKS Features to Help You Design Faster. Below, you’ll see some of the...

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How to Estimate Weld Distortion Using SOLIDWORKS Simulation (video)

  SOLIDWORKS Simulation (Professional and Premium package) allow us to find stress distribution on the weld connection as well as the appropriate weld size. However, calculated stress appears as a result of force applied to the welded elements, not as a result of thermal distortion which is often more important from engineering point of...

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Creating and Editing Macros in SOLIDWORKS

  Step 1: Create a short cut to the Macro tool bar 1.1   To do this, use either the “S” key to use the search command or head to the top right hand corner (Figure 1) and type “Macro” in the search bar. 1.2 Click on the macro option shown in Figure 2.This will bring up a small window with the macro tools shown in figure...

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