So, we finally got round part 2 of this series. In the first part of the series, we looked at how we can create and reuse standard cables using SOLIDWORKS Electrical Routing. In this part of the series, we are going to look at further automating our routing design process using From-To Lists. As mentioned previously in this series, this is a great way of setting up your route layouts in advance, including pin connection information, and is a great method for those who just love using Excel.
It’s that time of year again – the time of year where we spread joy with baked goods, presents, festive drinks, and decorations! In our last blog we used the power of the Weldments module in SOLIDWORKS to design and create a beautiful custom dragon yard decoration. In today’s blog we will continue working on our epic decoration by lighting it up using the power of SOLIDWORKS Electrical and then we will render our creation in SOLIDWORKS Visualize so that we can truly appreciate its beauty. As
In the first part of this series we recreated our broken car in SOLIDWORKS and gave it a new paint job. It turned out awesome, but our car still isn’t running, so in this blog we set out to draw a schematic for the electronics and add the components to 3D. Then we wire things up and I’ll do a quick repair on the actual car to make sure everything is working IRL. Let’s jump into SOLIDWORKS Electrical and get started with our Line Diagram.
When I was a kid I dreamed of someday having my very own electric car, so as a grown adult with a toddler, I decided that my daughter NEEDS one. Recently, I was browsing our local Buy Nothing group and I found an absolute jackpot – a FREE electric car. Two seats, four wheels, and
In this blog we create and test a classic magic trick from my childhood – the square circle. The effect of the trick is simple and effective. The magician starts by showing the audience the outer “square” and confirms that it is empty. Then they show the inner “circle” and show the same.
Ok, so I may have binge watched The Home Edit on Netflix recently and taken some inspiration from it. Among other things, the clear acrylic, perfectly labeled, bins that they use to organize on this show are absolutely beautiful (and practical, too, since you can see everything inside without having to pull the bin out), but there’s one problem that comes up consistently – the size of the bins doesn’t necessarily perfectly match the size of the space they need to fit into or the objects that
You’ve begun working with the 2D cabinet layout feature in SOLIDWORKS Electrical. Now you wonder, “Where do I get the part graphics to place in my 2D layout?” The first place to look is the SOLIDWORKS Electrical content portal. On any given day, there are millions of parts available in the electrical content portal, many with 2D symbol representations.
As an engineer, you are on a never-ending quest to efficiently produce meaningful designs to generate amazing and profitable results. On your quest, you must be resourceful and you sometimes must use new methods to get where you’re going! There are also rules along the way to help you get where you’re going with much less hassle and strain
Who doesn’t love a good train? Trains are so fun whether you’re 2 or 42. In fact, my two-year-old got a wooden toy train for Christmas this year and we have ALL been having a blast playing with it since. There’s just one problem – there are NEVER enough pieces.
I LOVE astronomy and everything outer space, so, naturally, that had to be the theme of my daughter’s room. We even had a good friend (thank you @JenHeartsArt) come over and paint her ceiling to look like space. Yes, the ceiling glows in the dark at night. It’s incredible.
SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE rolled out a little differently this year. If you treated yourself to one of GSC’s virtual 2021 What’s New Recaps, you saw our 25-year veteran Jeff Setzer unveil myriad new features in 2021 through the eyes of Square Robot’s AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle). And just as in years past, this 3 hour ‘deep dive’ proved to be only the tip of the iceberg! Just like an iceberg, most of the mass is below the surface, so let’s take an ‘in depth’ look at a few of our
SOLIDWORKS Electrical Terminations Manager Let’s continue where we left off in our Back to the Future blog and talk about time travel! Another well known series that sees several time jumps is the Terminator franchise!
If you’ve ever taken a class in SOLIDWORKS Electrical or gone through an implementation, chances are you’ve been told to Archive Environment REGULARLY. This is your backup – your “Eek! The server crashed and we need to get everything back up and running on another machine STAT!” safety, and based on how things are going this year, if I were you, I would not take any chances.
The 80’s blockbuster Back to the Future has stood the test of time (pun intended). And as the years have passed, it has also had some uncanny predictions, including the Cubs World Series (Why couldn’t Spielberg have predicted MY favorite team, the Brewers!?!?), our current president, video drones, wearable tech, hoverboards (kind of) and baseball scandals (some things never change). In some ways we’re surrounded with technology that far surpasses the trilogy (autonomous vehicles and machines,
Anyone who has been in the industry long enough, knows how important Bill of Materials (BOM) really are. When it comes to customization of the table, not many software applications out there give you the freedom to set it up the way you want to. This is where SOLIDWORKS Electrical comes in. With SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematics Professional, not only can you edit the format of the table by changing the width, height, columns etc, you can also generate the reports by a specific variable such as
Hello to all, Welcome to the new edition of the SOLIDWORKS Support Monthly News! This monthly news blog is co-authored by members of the SOLIDWORKS Technical Support teams worldwide. SOLIDWORKS Tips and Tricks “Working with in-context feature and derived configurations” By Mario Iocco This problem is a frequent customer reported issue. Usually is reported in different “flavors”.
TPM voted on our Top 5 technical posts and we wanted to share each of them. These videos and blog posts provide helpful tips and tricks on several SOLIDWORKS products like Simulation, Mold Design, PDM and more! #5SOLIDWORKS Mold DesignThis tech video showcases the basic tools and workflows utilized to create mold tooling in SOLIDWORKS. While the Mold design process can be daunting, this video walks through the basic design process of a bicycle handlebar plug and shows how a seemingly complex
Product complexity places unique challenges on Engineering Teams, making the interaction between Mechanical and Electrical designers more critical than ever. New enhancements in SOLIDWORKS 2020 have taken the ECAD/MCAD collaboration to the next level, by providing an intelligent collaborative environment that allows these teams to significantly improve their workflows. SOLIDWORKS 2020 3D Routing now enables users to update a flattened route while maintaining the associativity of drawing elements
Did you know there is a functionality inside SOLIDWORKS Electrical that allows you to customize almost the entire interface to your liking? Prefer a darker background? Done. Want a larger crosshair?
When we’re starting a new design and creating new drawings, we like to keep track of who created the document, and when that document was created. The easiest way to display that information is with names and dates in our title blocks. However, in varying locations around the world, we prefer to display the date format on our drawings differently. Some companies choose to display the date format as DAY-MONTH-YEAR, while other companies may prefer MONTH-DAY-YEAR.
Find these must-know tips and tricks to transform your workflow in your electrical projects. Set to a fun and fan-favorite baseball theme! This is Part 2, and the final part, to our series on the tech blog. Find Part 1 on interface configuration, 2D footprints and row marking.
Find fast tips and tricks to up your electrical game through our baseball Spring Training theme! Welcome to GSC’s SOLIDWORKS Electrical Spring Training How is SOLIDWORKS Electrical like everyone’s favorite game (ahem, Baseball), and a nation getting through Spring Training, gearing up for the next season? Well, as the players work on tuning every element of their game, from the simplest fundamentals they picked up in Little League to the latest analytic-driven techniques, we at GSC are also
Have you ever been so careful with typing in numbers, colors and voltages for each line you drew that you wished a program could automate this error-prone process somehow? Or sometimes an additional sensor was added to the design, now you have to renumber all the wires
SOLIDWORKS Electrical Tech Tip Written by: Cheri Guntzviller-Miesen, Electrical Application Specialist, DASI Solutions Ever want to put a Watermark on your Electrical prints? How about a rubber stamp for Proprietary, As Built, Final Build to show only when you are ready to release drawings? This can easily be attained inside of SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic with just a slight adjustment to the Titleblocks. To accomplish this, a layer needs to be created for each rubber stamp or watermark that
