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The cat is out of the bag as last month we unveiled what’s new in SOLIDWORKS 2024, available in November. SOLIDWORKS 2024 contains new, user-driven enhancements focused on helping you work smarter, faster—together. With each release we base enhancements on several factors. First, let’s start with the most important, the feedback we get directly from you.
SOLIDWORKS Blog
5 months ago
Join the Preview Program and be among the first to experience SOLIDWORKS 2024. Starting today, you can get hands-on with the latest user-driven enhancements purpose-built to help you work smarter, faster, and together. Join now and begin exploring these key release highlights: Work Smarter Reduce your workload in SOLIDWORKS with the ability to defeature models more efficiently, add part features to assemblies by first associatively inserting an assembly into a part, and include the unit of
SOLIDWORKS Blog
8 months ago
SOLIDWORKS® has evolved remarkably in the 17 years I’ve been involved working with the software. We’ve really automated things over the years and I’d say it’s shifted from the feel of driving a standard car to driving an automatic luxury car. And, it’s because of you, our customers, and your ideas and feedback that has made the evolution of SOLIDWORKS successful. With each release we aim to fulfill your wish list and continue to focus on automation in addition to enabling users to work smarter,
SOLIDWORKS Blog
1 year ago
SOLIDWORKS is a great design solution and has won me over since I first laid eyes on it. In fact, it’s the reason I studied mechanical engineering in college and became an engineer. I was introduced to SOLIDWORKS at a young age, and quickly discovered my passion for design and engineering. What if you could make SOLIDWORKS better?
SOLIDWORKS Blog
1 year ago
We are excited to announce that SOLIDWORKS® 2023 Beta is live and you can now preview what’s new in this release. Rendering done in SOLIDWORKS by Mecalac. The SOLIDWORKS Beta program gives subscription customers and professional partners early access to the next major release of SOLIDWORKS. SOLIDWORKS 2023 contains user-driven enhancements that help streamline and accelerate your product development processes from concept to manufacturing.
SOLIDWORKS Blog
1 year ago
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. How to make sense of model orientation and DXF/DWG Viewing?By Mario Iocco How can you get diameter annotation orientations?
SOLIDWORKS Tech Blog
2 years ago
Learn more advanced 3D PDF capabilities to communicate 3D design intention clearly with downstream production who may not have SOLIDWORKS installed. Attach SOLIDWORKS or STEP files to 3D PDF using free Adobe Reader. Insert multiple sheets. Insert multiple viewports. Insert multiple tables. Display solid outline and illustration modes. Display flat-to-screen notes and tables. Attach files to 3D PDF using free Adobe Reader.
Lesson
2 years ago
ENG
This module explains how to use the Auto Dimension Scheme. Define Prismatic and Turned parts. Use the Auto Dimension Scheme to apply Plus and Minus tolerances. Use the Auto Dimension Scheme to apply geometric tolerances. Reassign Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) to new Annotation Views.
Lesson
2 years ago
ENG
This module covers publishing and consuming 3D PDF and eDrawings files. Add custom properties and text fields. Publish a part to a 3D PDF. Publish an assembly to a 3D PDF and eDrawings. Resize DimXpert Annotations before publishing to a 3D PDF. Interrogate 3D PDFs and eDrawings.
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2 years ago
ENG
This module covers 3D Views. For parts: Create Planar Section Views. Create Zonal Section Views. For assemblies: Capture multiple display states. Capture multiple configurations.
Lesson
2 years ago
ENG
This module covers additional Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) tools used to define a model in 3D. Apply reference dimensions and reuse feature dimensions. Apply and customize datum targets. Add default notes from the Design Library and add 3D notes. Create and save a tolerance style to be reused. Add surface finishes and weldment symbols.
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2 years ago
ENG
This module covers advanced DimXpert techniques. It covers how to leverage multiple configurations to organize Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI). Understand Intersection Geometry. Use the Auto Dimension Scheme to create polar dimensions. Create multiple configurations for organized PMI. Use the Copy Scheme tool to transfer PMI from one configuration to another. Import DimXpert Annotations into a 2D drawing.
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2 years ago
ENG
This module introduces DimXpert tools used to define a model in 3D. It covers the organization of annotations in the DimXpertManager. It also cover how to quickly annotate a model using the Auto Dimension Scheme tool. Explains the DimXpertManager. Use the Auto Dimension Scheme tool. How to use different Annotation types (Datums, Geometric Tolerances, Size dimensions, Location dimensions and Pattern Feature tool). Create a Collection Pattern using the Pattern Feature tool.
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2 years ago
ENG
SOLIDWORKS 2021 became available for download in October. This release includes performance enhancements and expanded functionalities that improve workflows for design, documentation, data management, validation, and manufacturing. Below is a video preview of many of the top design enhancements in 2021. Simply click the link to see your favorite enhancements in action.
SOLIDWORKS Blog
3 years ago
This module covers three technical summaries for using SOLIDWORKS MBD. For drafted parts: Create DimXpert Location dimensions between drafted surfaces by suppressing draft or using intersection geometry. For sheet metal: Use a separate configuration for the flat pattern of a sheet metal part. Use reference dimensions to dimension between sheet metal bend lines. For weldment structures: Use cut lists to display dimensions for structural members of weldment structures. Add 3D Notes to the weldment structure and apply weldment symbols.
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3 years ago
ENG
This module covers how to use Annotation Views to organize Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI). View PMI using the Dynamic Annotation Views tool. Insert orthogonal Annotation Views and add a custom Annotation View using the By Selection option. Reassign PMI to different Annotation Views to organize the display. Use viewports to view the model from multiple perspectives at the same time.
Lesson
3 years ago
ENG
Learn DimXpert in Assembly to define dimensions and tolerances for overall sizes and installation interfaces in assembly environment. All the existing DimXpert capabilities in part are supported in assembly. Use Auto Dimension Scheme define the installation hole spacing. Use Location and Size dimension tools to define hole sizes and assembly feature dimensions and tolerances. Apply manual basic dimensions. Select edges instead of faces for easier definition. Place dimensions per mouse move just like in 2D drawings or sketches. Update flag notes automatically. Display coordinate systems per feature control frames.
Lesson
4 years ago
ENG
This module is a SOLIDWORKS MBD overview. It covers the process of defining a model in 3D, capturing 3D Views and publishing a 3D PDF and eDrawings file. Learn how to add Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) to a model in 3D. Create a Collection Pattern using the Pattern Feature tool. Become familiar with the 3D PDF Template Editor. How to publish a 3D PDF. How to publish an eDrawings file.
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4 years ago
ENG
This module covers the 3D PDF Template Editor. Components include: Text types, BOM tables, Model Area, and the 3D PDF Views Thumbnail tab. For parts: Change the template logo. Map a custom property from Template Editor to SOLIDWORKS. For assemblies: Add existing Theme folder to the Publish to 3D PDF dialog. Publish and consume a 3D PDF and eDrawings files.
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4 years ago
ENG
Does any of these ideas sound familiar? ⦁ How can I identify all the datum features quickly, because they are important references in a model definition similar to street signs in a city? ⦁ In one setup, I would like to inspect by tolerance types such as size dimensions, surface finishes, and surface profiles, because they require different equipment and methods. How can I organize my 3D annotations by types?
SOLIDWORKS Blog
4 years ago
No meu blog de apresentação anterior, listei 10 prós e contras da implementação do MBD a partir de três aspectos principais: Pessoas: estrutura organizacional e mentalidade. Processo: metodologia, procedimentos e ferramentas. Produto: projeto e fabricação de produtos. As pessoas sempre vêm em primeiro lugar.
SOLIDWORKS BRASIL Blog
4 years ago
Nous avons mentionné l’importance de « Ne pas hésiter » (Partie 1 et Partie 2), et d’« Établir une équipe d’implémentation de base dans le Tableau 1. Une question qui se pose régulièrement pour l’équipe d’implémentation de base est de savoir comment motiver les participants, en particulier ceux qui ne font pas partie de l’équipe de base. Cet article vous donnera quelques idées. La transition des mises en plan 2D à la MBD générera toutes sortes de résistances.
SOLIDWORKS FRANCE Blog
5 years ago
Dans mon précédent article d’introduction, j’ai énuméré les 10 choses à faire et à ne pas faire en matière d’implémentation en fonction de trois aspects clés : Les personnes : structure organisationnelle et état d’esprit. Les processus : méthodologie, procédures et outils. Le produit : conception et fabrication du produit. MBD_Implementation_10_DOs_10_DONTs Les gens sont toujours prioritaires.
SOLIDWORKS FRANCE Blog
5 years ago
Afin de collaborer avec les fournisseurs, les ingénieurs doivent souvent envoyer des documents techniques tels que des modèles CAO, des fichiers STEP neutres, des mises en plan 2D, des dispositions d’assurance qualité et des normes internes. La liste est longue et chaque document peut générer ses propres révisions au fil du temps. Afin de consolider les documents fragmentés, la norme militaire américaine 31000A: 2013 recommande un concept appelé Technical Data Package (TDP). L’idée est de
SOLIDWORKS FRANCE Blog
5 years ago