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Posts with Tag: Components

Tech Tip – Smart Ways to Rotate a Component

Written by: CADimensions

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Tags: Solidworks, Tech Tip, Components, Assemblies, Rotate, Rotating

During this tech tip we will be discussing how to rotate a component while inserting it into a SOLIDWORKS assembly.

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Simplify Your Design Analysis with Connectors

Written by: Kevin Holbrook

Published in: SOLIDWORKS Simulation

Tags: Simulation, Design Analysis, Connectors, Components, Simplify

“We can do this the easy way, or the hard way”. This line can be found in movies like 1964 hit Goldfinger and many modern favorites from Gone in Sixty Seconds, Little Man, Night at the Museum and my personal favorite Blindside. I often mumble this to myself while I am working on a project while using the wrong tool making the

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Everyday Problems: Creating an Enclosure for Raspberry Pis

Written by: CADimensions

Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD

Tags: Solidworks, Components, 3D CAD, Raspberry Pi, Arduino

My name is Rob and as anyone that knows me well will tell you, I have a problem with Raspberry Pi’s. They are my uncontrollable addiction and I cannot get enough. I currently have six of them with plans for more in the near future, if I see a used one for sale I have to

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The Flexible Spring Animation

Written by: Jesse Sprague

Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD

Tags: Solidworks, Components, Spring Animation, SOLIDWORKS Animation, Spring

“That looks ok, but can we see the spring compress?” It is the dreaded question that so many SOLIDWORKS animation users find themselves on the receiving end of. Creating in-context geometry modifications is not always the easiest task in an animation. A spring compressing or decompressing is the quintessential example of this. I have seen

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5 Easy Ways to Find a Mate

Written by: Jesse Sprague

Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD

Tags: Components, FeatureManager, View Mates, Mate Controller

If you’ve come here hoping for dating advice, I’m afraid I have none. Ladies, I’m sorry, I’m off the market. However, if it’s a SOLIDWORKS mate you are seeking, I can help with that. For me, the scenario is usually as follows: Components are inserted into an assembly and are mated together one mate at

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Animating Flexible Components

Written by: Dave Murray

Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD

Tags: Components, Assemblies, Sweep path, Animation, Render

Have you ever wondered how to create an animation that included a component that deformed? The technique involves creating a part in the context of an assembly, which you may already know how to do. In our example, we will show how a spring can be compressed and uncompressed during the animation sequence. Figure 1:

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Making a Precise Move

Written by: Kevin Holbrook

Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD

Tags: Components, Assemblies, Move with Triad

I am always on a mission to find the fastest way to do things in SOLIDWORKS. One of the workflows that had me questioning my technique, was how I moved or rotated a component with a specific value inside an assembly. In the past, I would go into the move component command, select delta XYZ,

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