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"Walk through" feature

I am trying to use the "walk through" feature in my large assembly. I could not get it to work the way I wanted. Though I read from SW help menu, it does not explain with examples. Any one knows about getting some videos/tutorial about this feature?

Added by Hari on February 17, 2012 at 4:01pm — No Comments

Solidworks Drafter Needs- Tulsa, Oklahoma

Hi Folks,
I am looking for Solidworks drafters...not a giant rate (20-22/hr) but it is Solidworks design for 3-5 months in Tulsa. I know, I know, it's not South Beach but if you know of anyone, we will provide a referral royalty each week. I hope someone has a name. please? Two seats left.

Thanks all
-Greg
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Added by Greg Theberge on April 5, 2011 at 7:22am — 2 Comments

Deleting a Row from General Table

This question came up on the SolidWorks Forums today and after answering it I thought of sharing it up.

You have inserted a General table in the SolidWorks drawing and accidentally added one extra Row. Now you want to get rid of that line. As usual you’ll right click on the specific Row you want to remove from the table

and clicked on the Delete.…

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Added by Deepak Gupta on February 25, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

And the winner of the first SWGeeks caption contest is....

Better late then never. I have the winner for this first caption contest. There were some awesome entries and I loved all of them but one made me laugh harder then the rest. The winning caption was submit by Innov8 with his caption…

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Added by Alex R. Ruiz on February 23, 2010 at 9:41pm — No Comments

SolidWorks 2010: No Experience Required Companion Site Now Live

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Added by Alex R. Ruiz on February 18, 2010 at 7:37pm — No Comments

‘Avatar’ Director James Cameron Headlines SolidWorks World 2010

Visual Effects Pioneer Will Share Stories

of Overcoming Daunting Technical and Business Challenges

CONCORD, Mass., Dec. 21, 2009 – A machinist, a truck driver, and then a winner of 11 Oscars, Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron is now a featured special guest at SolidWorks World 2010, taking place Jan. 31 through Feb. 3 in Anaheim, Calif.

Cameron’s films, including Titanic, Aliens, and the Terminator franchise, have amassed over $3 billion in box office receipts. Not… Continue

Added by Alex R. Ruiz on December 21, 2009 at 2:20pm — No Comments

Reverse Engineering is not just for hackers anymore

Reverse Engineering from laser scanning data is a growing trend, but few engineers have been happy with the output. We need to learn what to ask for, and educate the laser scanning companies on what we really want. SolidWorks parametric models from laser scanning data is a reality. Design intent is possible, not just dimensions in sketches, odd-ball dimensions, and imported bodies

Check out the ins and outs on Reverse Engineering, share stories (Success and Horror). Cruxtone is… Continue

Added by Nathan Garrett on October 12, 2009 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

HOW TO CHANGE/SWAP TEMPLATE/SYSTEM OPTIONS IN SOLIDWORKS

HOW TO CHANGE EXISTING SW FILE SYSTEM OPTIONS

I have heard this request many times so putting it up over here. The whole credit for this should go to Stefan Berlitz of http://solidworks.cad.de/ http://swtools.cad.de . Without his wonderful macro, this option might not have been possible.

Before starting the process I will strongly advice you to make a backup of the… Continue

Added by Deepak Gupta on August 21, 2009 at 3:30am — No Comments

Different ways to Mate with a SLOT -1

Now we have finished and learned the techniques of making a SLOT, the second question comes up in the mind is “How to Mate with a SLOT”. Again there can be several ways to achieve this and one may adopt the method which he/she finds easy and quick to use. In this chapter let’s discuss about various simple ways of mating with a SLOT.

To use these methods you need a simple plate with a Slot of any size, a cylindrical, rectangular or square part with diameter/width equal to or less than… Continue

Added by Deepak Gupta on June 30, 2009 at 1:24am — No Comments

Parts template for new system

New to Solid works and would like info on building document templates to really get started. I have been working in mm and would like to use options. Thank you in advance if you could help.

Added by Tony Maggio on June 22, 2009 at 7:55pm — 1 Comment

Different ways to make a SLOT

When one thinks of slot, generally the obround shape comes into mind. I have seen various posts where a user has asked about making a slot or obround cut. There can be several ways to create a slot and one may adopt the method which he/she finds easy and quick to use. In this chapter let’s discuss about various ways of making a slot.

1. Line –Arc Method: Start a new sketch and start a vertical or horizontal line as desired. You can choose the line command from the sketch… Continue

Added by Deepak Gupta on June 11, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

How to animate simple Spur Gear in SolidWorks

In this post I will discuss about a simple animation of Spur Gears. I have used SW2009 for the tutorial but lower version can be used to perform this activity. You can use any cylindrical part for the animation. I have used spur gear to make the animation more realistic.

1. Start SolidWorks and go to Tools > Add-Ins. Make sure Toolbox/Toolbox browser is checked. If not then check them to add.…

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Added by Deepak Gupta on June 10, 2009 at 9:38pm — No Comments

...and the winner is...

What is sure to be the biggest news announcement of the year, even bigger then what is going on with Jon & Kate, a winner has been selected for the SWGeeks swag design contest. I am sure that most of you already had an idea of what the winning design would be but just to make it official: David Ray's - 2D is for sissies is the official winner.

I am working on finalizing the design to work with the color scheme of the site. Once completed, the… Continue

Added by Alex R. Ruiz on June 4, 2009 at 10:41pm — 8 Comments

HOW TO ANIMATE A SPRING -2

Sorry for keeping this one longer. There was some other work going on which kept me away from putting this one up but I’m happy to have this one now..

To start you will the spring file you created in the last chapter i.e. HOW TO ANIMATE A SPRING -1.

1. Open the spring part file.

2. Click on the Record button on the macro tool bar. If you haven’t have the macro toolbar one, you can go to Tools… Continue

Added by Deepak Gupta on May 31, 2009 at 11:00pm — 8 Comments

how to construct a leaf spring

Added by gokul on May 27, 2009 at 9:36am — 1 Comment

HOW TO ANIMATE A SPRING-1

Quite many time people have been asking me as how I have done the spring animation or can we animate spring in SolidWorks. The answer is yes and here is the trick. I have used SW07 to show “How to Animate a Spring”.

1) Start a new part (can be either mm or inch).

2) RMB on the top plane or any plane and choose “Insert Sketch” from the pop up window. You can also select plane and click “Insert Sketch” from the tool bar or menu.…

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Added by Deepak Gupta on May 25, 2009 at 2:39am — 1 Comment

SolidWorks Geeks Swag Design Contest

If you are a reader of The SolidWorks Geek blog then, by now, you have heard about my campaign to raise money for Orangewood Children’s Foundation. The campaign, Design For The Future, is very important to me since I was a former resident of the Orangewood Children’s Home. When I started the campaign, I figured it would not be terribly difficult to raise $5000 for such a good cause but the… Continue

Added by Alex R. Ruiz on April 28, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Solidworks Custom Jewelry

Two and a half months ago, I proposed to my girlfriend Ellie. Since Solidworks played kind of a large part in the process, I thought I'd share the story; I hope you guys find it interesting.

As such a modern couple, we had already discussed marriage, but because I cling to tradition perhaps a little more than she would like, getting a ring and proposing was something I wanted to hold onto. We got a stone from her aunt, which was promised to her as the youngest grandchild. Since I… Continue

Added by Mark Treadwell on April 21, 2009 at 8:20pm — 1 Comment