SolidWorks Tech Tip: Why would I master model?
So I was at the Boston Area SolidWorks User group about three months ago, listening to a free technical presentation while eating free food and drinking free cold soda with my co-workers. (Yes, I’m trying to sell you on the idea of going to your local SWUG. It’s fun, you’ll make friends and you’ll learn [...]
SolidWorks Tech Tip: File Properties in a Snap
If you’ve ever watched someone drag a view into a blank drawing sheet and seen the ‘Mass’, ‘Revision’, ‘Material’, ‘Part No.’ and ‘Drawn By’ notes populate in a flash, you know how useful and magical File Properties in SolidWorks can be. But entering them into each part is a pain, right? Every time you make [...]
“Alt” reality
Do you sometimes feel as though you are living in an alternate reality? Well, if you know me, that doesn’t seem so strange. Using the “ALT” key in SolidWorks can bring you great joy and help you achieve SolidWorks bliss. The first cool use of the ALT key is in the realm of large scale design. If you have [...]
SolidWorks Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
SolidWorks provides ways for you to get your assembly models to talk. You don’t even need to bring in Jack Bauer (a shameless and gratuitous “24″ plug). You will find that the SolidWorks AssemblyXpert will come to the rescue when your model is either behaving badly or not at all. The most common use for [...]
Can’t open a SolidWorks Assembly?
This is an oldie but goodie that I showed to a customer yesterday who was having trouble opening a large assembly. In the SolidWorks File… Open dialog box there is an “Advanced” option when opening an assembly. In Windows XP the option is found in the configuration drop down list. In Windows 7 and Vista, [...]
