EPDM Tech Tip: Hyperlinking to Documents in the Vault

EPDM Tech Tip: Hyperlinking to Documents in the Vault

(Note: The links listed are meant to be examples only, and will not work unless you have a vault that mirrors the vault the links were created from.) There are times when you want to use document links. Perhaps you are sending an email to a colleague.   Maybe you have a master list of specifications [...]

SolidWorks Tech Tip: Even Better than “Normal To”

SolidWorks Tech Tip: Even Better than “Normal To”

Have you ever needed a custom drawing view of an odd shaped part but couldn’t figure out how to orient the model correctly?  Here is a fast easy way to use “Normal To” to get the job done. First open the Part/Assembly you want the view of.  Here is my part in the Isometric Orientation: [...]

Simulation Tech Tip: Using Color and Deflection Scale to Make Your Point

Simulation Tech Tip: Using Color and Deflection Scale to Make Your Point

I’ve often said that post-processing is the single most important step in any analysis. If you can’t effectively interpret your results, or communicate them to others, your entire analysis was a waste of time no matter how clever your setup was! There are a myriad of ways to plot and visualize your results in SolidWorks [...]

SolidWorks Tech Tip: Showing all assembly mates between 2 parts

SolidWorks Tech Tip: Showing all assembly mates between 2 parts

It’s easy to see where a single mate is located. Just mouse over an item in the Mates folder, and that mate highlights in the graphics window: What if you’re interested in seeing all the mates between two specific parts? If there are a lot of mates in the folder, the method above is hit-or-miss, [...]

SolidWorks Tech Tip: Color Assigned to Features

SolidWorks Tech Tip: Color Assigned to Features

Here’s a common problem that is hard to diagnose, and easy to solve, both for the same reason:  It involves a setting in TOOLS > OPTIONS that is so infrequently used, and so little-known, that one tends to invoke it only by accident. Here’s the problem: You have several colors assigned to a part file, [...]

Dassault Systèmes Announces North American HQ

Dassault Systèmes North American Headquarters Are Now Located in Waltham, MA It’s official, the DS North American headquarters are now located at the award-winning 27 acre campus in Waltham, MA . The campus showcases sustainable innovation, lifelike 3D experiences and of course, it’s LEED-certified. The campus brings together employees who had previously been split between [...]