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SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 2
Most users of SolidWorks Electrical Routing use the product to determine wire & route lengths. This video is a direct followup to the Part 1 video. In this segment, we will take the 3D Electrical Harness that we created in Part 1 and make some modifications to the route itself to better fit our design…
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SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 1
After talking about it for quite some time here on the site, today marks the first installment on a series of posts on SolidWorks Electrical Routing. In this first example I guide you halfway through the creation of an Electrical Harness using what I call the “on the fly” method. This particular method is often…
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SolidWorks Video Tip: Roll View
I’m sure all of us have had this happen before. You stroll around through the UI of your favorite software package and find a button that somehow you have missed seeing before. I have never claimed to know everything there is to know about SolidWorks, but I do know my way around a bit. After…
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Dell M6400 Review
Hardware reviews is not something I have done much on this site, but when I mentioned sharing my thoughts once my new Dell M6400 came in, I got some comments and even some e-mails asking me to post my thoughts. So…here goes! First, a little background. I was running a Dell M90 that was a…
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SolidWorks What’s New Guides! – Yes, ALL of Them!
Have you ever wished that you could turn back time and look at what previous versions of SolidWorks looked like? Perhaps you have a customer who is a few versions back and you can’t quite remember if they have access to one of the newer features. Perhaps you are just plain curious and would like…
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SolidWorks Video Tip: Working with ProE files
Yes…you read the title correctly. For those of you who just fell out of your chair after seeing me mention another CAD system on this site, welcome back! I work on a wide variety of projects and interface with a wide variety of CAD systems. I am a CAD Junkie, so yes, I do dabble…
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BIG NEWS on Renaming Configurations!
Well, it looks like SolidWorks slipped a little “enhancement” in on us. While I’m not completely sure when this new feature was added, all indications point to SolidWorks 2009 Service Pack 2.0. So what is this enhancement and WHY is it BIG NEWS? I’ll be MORE than happy to answer that for you! We will…
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SolidWorks Video Tip: Using Mates for Animation
Recently I have had a few questions about ways to create animations with assembly motion. These questions brought to mind this great tip on using Mates to generate assembly motion. Using Mates to create motion in Assemblies is often overlooked so I have prepared this video that includes a simple example of how to do…
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SolidWorks 2009 SP2!
Well, Friday night just happened to be the perfect time for me to upgrade our seats at work to SolidWorks 2009 SP2. Overall things went smoothly and I was on my way home in time for some awesome pot roast served up by my multi-talented wife. So what’s new in SolidWorks 2009 SP2? Well, thanks…
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The SolidWorks Secret Weapon: The Wrap Tool
Have you ever wanted to place a logo on a SolidWorks model? There are of course a number of ways to do this. If you want the logo to be embossed or cut you probably would first think of the Extrude tool. But then again what if the surface is curved? Hmm…well what if you…
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The S Key Experiment – Part 3
The S Key Experiment continues for me and in this post we dive into Part 3 which covers using the S Key shortcut menu in the Drawing environment of SolidWorks 2009. In case you missed it, I covered the Part Environment in Part 1 and the Assembly Environment in Part 2. I have found the…
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The S Key Experiment – Part 2
It has been a little over a week since I turned off ALL my Toolbars AND the CommandManager and so far I can say with certainty I have not DECREASED my efficiency by just using the S Key command. It still takes a little getting used to but so far I REALLY like it. Over…
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The “S” Key Experiment Part 1
Ever since the “S” key shortcut command was added in SolidWorks 2008, I’ve heard some users comment that they use it quite often. This lead me to question whether or not you could function inside of SolidWorks in an efficient manner by JUST using the “S” key shortcut menu. NO CommandManager. NO Toolbars. Just in…
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SolidWorks Video Tip: Surface Extraction with ScanTo3D
Today’s SolidWorks Video Tip shows an example of how you can use ScanTo3D to extract surface data from mesh files. This example was inspired by a file I recently helped fellow Blogger Mike Puckett with. ScanTo3D is part of SolidWorks Premium. It allows users to open Point Cloud and Mesh data in various formats with…