It's day 3 at SolidWorks World and as usual we were given a sneak peek at the upcoming version of SolidWorks; SolidWorks 2014. Here's what we can expect this fall with the release of SolidWorks 2014. -Angular running dimensions -BOMs... Continue reading

SolidWorks 2013 is here.! Here's a couple pics from this morning's general session. Check back for updates live from SolidWorks World 2013. Jim TeDesco Marketing Manager CATI Continue reading

For those of you that need to put symbols into a sketch text its easy to do. Since there isn’t a symbols button while in the sketch text property manager, you have to open up MS Word and copy the... Continue reading

There are several reasons to get a sketch curve on a wavy surface. One of the biggest is to get a swept cut. The other is to alter feature less geometry. This would be to trim a curved surface to... Continue reading

I don’t have patience when it comes to seeing the same error/warning messages over and over again. My normal tendencies are to put a check where they ask “don’t show this again”. However this can because some issues in the... Continue reading

The usual section view options do a great job cutting away portions of parts and assemblies. However they do lack functionality when it comes to cutting away just some of the geometry. For instance we could not achieve the cut... Continue reading

Every once in a while a question will come in about a simulation result not showing the results that were expected. Well this doesn’t mean the software is wrong or that the user is wrong it just means that the... Continue reading

The process is the same as creating a mirrored subassembly. Once you have created the assembly you would like to mirror, place that assembly into a new assembly file. This makes it a subassembly now. Just select a plane to... Continue reading

First thing to understand is that the only thing telling your computer that Solidworks is networked or standalone is the serial number. Usually a network serial number starts with 0010 and a standalone might start with 0000 or 9000. To... Continue reading

They did bring link values back! However, please be aware that it did not replace global variables. If you go to the Equation Manager window, you can populate a global variable which can be used to equate dimensions to a... Continue reading

Below is a video of how to create a Walk-through path based on a simple spline sketch. Enjoy Nick Jansen, CSWP CATI Continue reading

If you create a structural member in Solidworks 2012 that has two or more members mitered to each, it causes the drawing view of that structural member to show all the members that are mitered together. The first picture that... Continue reading