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Project Mockup Important details easily overlooked in a construction project can be numerous. For that reason, it is difficult to overstate the importance of creating a mock-up or a virtual prototype of your project. Mistakes can be avoided and rework eliminated by creating your project in SOLIDWORKS first. In the image which follows, the mock-up
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It’s no secret SOLIDWORKS’ forte is mechanical design, but there are other ways this powerful software can be useful. With respect to visualizing interior design elements within your home, SOLIDWORKS can eliminate most of the guesswork and help make aesthetic design decisions. Configurations can play a large role in making interior design decisions. For instance,
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Design a Building in SOLIDWORKS: How to Show Supporting Infrastructure, Import Topography, set the Perimeter, and create planes, contour lines and surfaces. Creating The Job Sight In the first part of this series, we explored using SOLIDWORKS to design buildings such as a shed, barn or house. In this article, we will explore creating the
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Is This Even A Thing? As a SOLIDWORKS user, you’re aware that SOLIDWORKS’ forte is mechanical design. Does that mean SOLIDWORKS can’t be used for architecture? No, it doesn’t. Let’s be clear, though. If you are drafting house plans for a living, you will find better tools on the market. But with that said, if
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one: “SolidWorks has encountered an error and needs to close”. Have you ever tried to open an assembly and encountered this error? Fortunately, it happens rarely, and many SOLIDWORKS users have never experienced this error. For those who have, it can be very frustrating.
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Considering how frequently installation questions arise during technical support cases, it needs to be discussed more frequently. Specifically, the fact that you can download SOLIDWORKS from any computer and use that file set to install the product anywhere. There is a particular technique to this, so I will discuss what you should do, as well
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If you have already updated to Windows 10, then you are probably aware how Microsoft pushes updates. If you haven’t jumped on board the Windows 10 bandwagon, Microsoft’s new pushy update policy may be the reason. It’s like a waiter in a restaurant that decides what food to serve you, and when to bring it
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In my previous blog, Forming Tools, we examined how pre-SOLIDWORKS 2006 sheet metal forming tools differ from those which can be created today. We examined how to save forming tools as Form Tool part files and what the advantages were of doing so. When creating custom forming tools, be careful not to create any curved
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If you take advantage of SOLIDWORKS sheet metal functions, forming tools can be very useful. Forming tools represent features created with stamping or punching operations, and are part of your Design Library (see figure 1). SOLIDWORKS gives you some forming tools to get you started, but you can create your own or modify existing tools
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One of the benefits of being a current SOLIDWORKS Subscription customer is that you are entitled to any major version and service pack releases of the software. The quickest and easiest way to access new media is to download it via the Customer Portal. If you have not already registered for a SOLIDWORKS Customer Portal
