Published in: 3D Printing
Creating designs with traditional manufacturing in mind was already challenging by itself. Today’s designers now have to consider how to incorporate 3D printing and/or Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) into their designs. There is a desire to use a printed prototype part or assembly from a 3D printer, but the challenge comes from knowing where to
Published in: Electrical Design
SOLIDWORKS Electrical allows for extensive customization of project settings to accommodate a variety of customer needs and standards. Once the desired options have been set, projects can then be saved as templates so that future projects maintain these settings. This blog will be referencing settings based off of the ANSI template that is provided with
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
Trying to explain to a four and six year old why it’s cold in winter can be a challenge. I was getting into a long-winded dissertation about the northern hemisphere being tilted away from the sun in winter… and losing them fast. SOLIDWORKS to the rescue! Yes, I know there are hundreds of videos on
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
While meeting customers and prospects, I regularly hear that “we make products that can have different paint or material options, but I don’t model them all.” It is understandable to not want to model every combination of material and paint on a product and manage each file separately. This post will help you create and
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
Ever wish you had a good way to control what appeared under the Part Number column in your Bill of Materials? Do you have a secondary or internal part number which should appear in the BOM instead of (or in addition to) what SOLIDWORKS decides to put in the BOM? Here is information that should
