SolidWorks Tech Tip: A Little ‘Added’ Performance
One tip to get a little extra performance out of your SolidWorks system is to turn off your Add-ins. For those that don’t know, Add-ins are software extras bundled with different packages of SolidWorks or supplied by third-party Gold Partners. They let us pull parts from a huge pre-defined library of bolts, screws, washers and [...]
No power tools required, SolidWorks Toolbox Shortcuts
SolidWorks Toolbox has a plethora of available mechanical hardware for machine designers to choose from. In fact, the estimate is that there are over 2 millions distinct sizes of hardware to grab. In playing around with Toolbox today, I rediscovered a trick to rapidly insert screws into an assembly. The normal process to insert a [...]
Custom Hole Wizard Holes circa SW 2009 and beyond
A customer asked be today if one can add more holes to the SolidWorks Hole Wizard database. My first answer to him was yes, it can. Remembering how to accomplish this in the past, by going into the SolidWorks Tools… Options one could go to the Hole Wizard / Toolbox folder and directly edit the [...]
