3DVIA Composer Tech Tip: Actors Savant (aka Dummy Actors)
OK, so I’m stretching the word play a bit. My intended reference (found at merriam-webster.com) is the second definition of idiot savant: a person who is highly knowledgeable about one subject but knows little about anything else. This is the perfect way to describe 3DVIA Composer‘s “dummy actors.” What is [...]
EPDM Tech Tip: Pain Free Upgrades
Lately, we here in the CAPINC Enterprise PDM (EPDM) support group have noticed a number of EPDM customers who have upgraded to SolidWorks 2012 without upgrading to EPDM 2012 first. This is not a good idea as the EPDM version must be equal to or greater than the customer’s SolidWorks version. The reason for this [...]
SolidWorks Tech Tip: Imported Sheet Metal Parts
You may have to work with imported sheet metal parts that have problems. Here’s a roughly modeled part made to look like sheet metal. There are no bend reliefs and the bends are all made with sharp corners. SolidWorks is very good at converting parts like these. Using the Insert Bends command almost finishes the [...]
Simulation Tech Tip: Hidden Gems in 2012
There have been several sneaky enhancements to SolidWorks Flow Simulation in the 2012 release. Even some hidden gems that have appeared in Service Pack 1 and 2, which was just released recently. Enhanced Meshing Technology in SolidWorks Flow Simulation 2012 SP0: New meshing technology improves the CAD geometry representation by the computational mesh. As a [...]
Medical Device Innovation at CAPINC
There are 25.8M children and adults with diabetes in the US alone. That’s 8.3% of the population! These numbers are increasing every year, which means more and more medical device companies are working to find better ways to make living with diabetes easier. The wife of one of our employees is a diabetic and recently [...]
SolidWorks Tech Tip: The Re-Orient Xpress
Welcome aboard! Today’s path features several options for positioning and re-orienting your working models. While the features about to be discovered along this expedition are applicable to either fully-featured models or imported geometry, the main focus is on manipulating imported geometry. There are other, arguably better, methods for repositioning fully-featured geometry. Our journey begins with [...]
