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BOM advice I am working with a rather large assembly. Around 200 250 parts. I produce a drawing for our shop floor so the guys know what to do and als… Started by Thomas Blake	4	Mar 8, 2011 Reply by Thomas Blake
"S" shortcut My favourite shortcut is the "S" key.It's very useful when you have limited time for designing.With using this key you don't need to move y… Started by Can Uludag	4	Oct 18, 2010 Reply by Matt Perez
SolidWorks Enterprise PDM Workflow Automation - Document Reference Validation Add-In Hi Everyone, The workflow feature in SolidWorks Enterprise PDM provides greater flexibility to define life cycles for documents in the va… Started by Kishore Garakipati	1	Jul 2, 2010 Reply by Deepak Gupta
Sketch contains an open loop? Have you ever started to create a feature and gotten this error? It's a frustrating and drives me at times to recreate the sketch. Chec… Started by Karen L. Dulaney	1	Feb 20, 2010 Reply by Deepak Gupta
Select Other My favorite tip: getting the most out of the "Select Other" option. Right click and select "Select Other". Rather than select a face, edg… Started by Angela Crawford	0	Jun 26, 2009
Weldments When adding a sheer member to a frame. How do I get the same angle at both ends of sheer member. Started by James eager	5	Jan 28, 2009 Reply by Deepak Gupta
Check sketch for feature There is useful tool in solidworks which checks your sketches to see if they can be used to create a specific feature and highlights the pr… Started by Arash	1	Jan 12, 2009 Reply by Namju, Kim
3D scanning on the cheap explained Hey all I have done a Systm episode with Revision3 to explain how to make a 3D laserscanner on the cheap. Check it out. http://revision3.c… Started by Ben Eadie	5	Oct 15, 2008 Reply by Alex R. Ruiz
DWGeditor Tip: Auto Load LISP This isn't a SolidWorks tip, but I think it's important information to get out. To automatically load LISP programs in DWGeditor, you need… Started by Jason Knox	0	Oct 13, 2008
devide a curve into equal lenghts sometimes it's needed to divide sketch curves(lines,arcs,splines,etc) or edges into equal portions. this can be accomplished using referenc… Started by Arash	2	Sep 24, 2008 Reply by Arash