Set Up CAD to Work Faster
In this article, we will look at system settings and software settings to increase CAD performance.
Detect and Correct Model Quality Issues with SOLIDWORKS Design Checker
Not only can SOLIDWORKS Design Checker detect potential model quality issues, but it can also help correct them.
Exchange Model-Based Definition (MBD) Datasets Using SOLIDWORKS MBD 2018
With Model-Based Definition (MBD) datasets, how can you communicate more in 3D models directly and less in 2D drawings with your suppliers and clients? Let’s check out the data exchange support added to the latest SOLIDWORKS MBD 2018 release.
Using Design Tables in SOLIDWORKS
We walk you through all the different ways you can use design tables, starting with linking dimensions all the way through using it for assembly configurations.
Build Trust into Your Models with SOLIDWORKS Design Checker
How can you make sure that your 3D models are built with high quality to drive the model-centric manufacturing processes? SOLIDWORKS Design Checker can help.
Your Business Can Use Your CAD Data
SOLIDWORK’s Connector and 3DEXPERIENCE lets businesses leverage CAD data.
Call out Multiple Features Together with a Single Annotation
Are your MBD views crowed with 3D annotations? Try combining multiple callouts into a single annotation.
3DEXPERIENCE Lab opens in Boston
Engineering.com spoke with Abhishek Bali, the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab North America Manager, to learn about the new lab at the North American HQ of Dassault Systèmes.
How Engineering Can Impact a Life – Devin’s Story
Constraints are often the best generators of innovation, and that’s been the case for Devin, an engineer with cerebral palsy.
Essential Bonus Material for SOLIDWORKS
A deeper dive into some essential tips and tricks when working in sketching and feature modes.
More Modeling Tips and Techniques (The User Interface)
Keeping current with SOLIDWORKS enhancements can help users work more efficiently.
Multiple-CAD Environment Manufacturing Using SOLIDWORKS 3D Interconnect
Machine shops often receive a wide variety of CAD formats from clients to run machining jobs. Or an in-house factory may need to program toolpaths on models from engineering teams on different CAD platforms. SOLIDWORKS 3D Interconnect can help with your multiple-CAD environment manufacturing.
Lip and Groove Design Made Easy
Lips and grooves are a great and simple way to safely fasten plastic shells together.
Multi-CAD Simulations Using SOLIDWORKS 3D Interconnect
Are you running simulations with models of non-SOLIDWORKS formats? Check out how 3D Interconnect can help.
Denmark’s DIY Space Program
Copenhagen Suborbitals uses SOLIDWORKS to design rockets for its amateur space program.
How to Set Up Sheet Metal Gauge Tables
Save time bending sheet metal by not having to look up data in handbooks.
MBD Value Metrics and Transition Strategies at Johnson Controls
What MBD benefits did Johnson Controls observe? How did it manage the transition from 2D drawings to MBD?
New in SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2017: Automatically Update Beam Joints in a Simulation Study
An example of automatically integrating design changes into a weldment simulation study.
A Solid Composition: Technical Document Creation with Composer
This guide describes how to use SOLIDWORKS Composer to properly document a project.
FabLab Network Spreads to Rwanda
Fab Foundation Director Sherry Lassiter discusses the role that SOLIDWORKS has had in the spread of digital fabrication.
Tipping the SOLIDWORKS Fantastic
An inescapable truth is that 3D modeling is an inherently complicated activity. Anyone who has done it knows that. Why? It’s because 3D modeling is all about building high-quality, accurate digital representations of real-world or potentially real-world objects, or sets of objects. Another almost universal truth is that in most 3D modeling programs there are… View Full Story
Embedding Hardware in 3D-Printed Objects
The author describes the process of creating a 3D-printed drone with embedded electronics.
True CAD Portability—Are We There Yet?
How do ultraportable devices compare to “full-figure” mobile workstations? Let’s compare.
A Solid “STEP” Towards MBE: STEP 242
What is STEP 242? Why is it important? How is SOLIDWORKS supporting it?
Design for Manufacturing in the Digital Age
A closer look at DFMPro, which can be used to streamline design for manufacturability.
Proven 3D GD&T Advantages at Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls is convinced of the 3D GD&T advantages over 2D drawings in the MBD process.
MBD Implementation DOs and DON’Ts—Don’t Equate MBD with 3D PDF
Adopting 3D PDF doesn’t necessarily mean a successful MBD implementation. On the flip side, a successful MBD implementation doesn’t necessarily need 3D PDF either.
How to Choose Between a Feature Pattern and a Sketch Pattern
When creating a pattern in SOLIDWORKS, should I use a feature pattern or a sketch pattern?
MBD Implementation Dos and Don’ts: Verify and Validate MBD Data
Facing digital MBD data in place of 2D drawings, how should we build trust in the data?
Making Macros in SOLIDWORKS
A tool within SOLIDWORKS can enable users to create macros and help automate some tasks.
Building a Photo Storyline of Your MBD Data with 3D Views
With so many MBD variables such as models, annotations, configurations, display states, annotation views, orientations and zooming scales, how should we capture and retrieve them?
How to Set Up a Customized UI in MBD
As the capabilities of SOLIDWORKS MBD grow, more and more commands are emerging. You can customize the software’s UI to your liking.
My Top 9 Favorite SOLIDWORKS Drawing Tips
SOLIDWORKS best practices and drawing tips to help produce better drawings more quickly.
The MBD Experiences at Gulfstream in Empowering Downstream Manufacturing
Great design and engineering ideas have to go through manufacturing to reach fruition. Let’s find out how Gulfstream uses the MBD data to empower downstream manufacturing.