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SolidWorks World 2012…The final big stage.

Sitting back in the snow covered Upstate New York, it is time to wrap up the 4 day tour to SolidWorks World 2012 in San Diego California. (Previous SolidWorks World 2012 posts SolidWorks World 2012…Hold up your rookie card ~ … Continue reading

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SolidWorks World 2012…The Midway:The boat and the conference

I have made it past the halfway mark of this fantastic event. As in my last blog post I am going to cheat. I am just going to hand you pictures (The 1000 word thing, right ). and throw some … Continue reading

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5 Productive SolidWorks Tips (REV-16)

5 SolidWorks Tips that may possible be helpful kick starting your 3D day. 1.Click the Show in Folder icon next to recent documents in the File menu to browse to their location. 2.You can pin files in the recently used … Continue reading

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5 Productive SolidWorks Tips (REV-15)

5 SolidWorks Tips that may possible be helpful kick starting your 3D day. 1.You can specify the defalt line font for many types of drawing items. Click Tools, Options, Document Properties, Line Font. 2.A sketch has a minus in front … Continue reading

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5 Productive SolidWorks Tips (REV-14)

5 SolidWorks Tips that may possible be helpful kick starting your 3D day. 1.When editing a part in an assembly, you can force the other components to become transparent, making it easier to select the part to be edited. Right-click … Continue reading

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5 Productive SolidWorks Tips (REV-13)

5 SolidWorks Tips that may possible be helpful kick starting your 3D day. 1.You can use Interference Detection to make sure components in an assembly don’t intersect one another. 2.You can use Hide/Show Items on the Heads-Up View Toolbar to … Continue reading

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5 Productive SolidWorks Tips (REV-12)

5 SolidWorks Tips that may possible be helpful kick starting your 3D day. 1.You can use the Split Part feature to remove geometry from an imported body. This can be used in the place of trying to create a cut … Continue reading

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5 Productive SolidWorks Tips (REV-11)

5 SolidWorks Tips that may possible be helpful kick starting your 3D day. 1.You can make a perspective view in a drawing. First, create a named view in the model using the Orientation dialog box, then insert that view in … Continue reading

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5 Productive SolidWorks Tips (REV-10)

5 SolidWorks Tips that may possible be helpful kick starting your 3D day. 1.You can use the Swept Flange Feature to create bends in different directions for more complex Sheet Metal parts. 2.You can set new sketches to Auto-rotate normal … Continue reading

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Learn SolidWorks by the right kind of SolidWorks Geek

Most people will agree that SolidWorks is an fairly easy software to learn, however at the same time you will find few who will claim they master the software fully. Could you imagine have one of the best as your … Continue reading

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