Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
For years now SOLIDWORKS Inspection Standalone could only import PDF, Tiff and Inspection Project files. Well, this is no longer the case with Inspection 2018. With 2018 we now have a new tool called the Smart Extract. In the past, ballooning a PDF drawing within the Standalone version of Inspection was a huge timesaving’s over
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
Have you ever been working on a complex assembly and created an exploded view, just to realize that you now have to perform the task of adding explode lines between each and every component? Dread no more, SOLIDWORKS 2018 has you covered! New to SOLIDWORKS 2018 is the Smart Explode Lines tool. This tool automatically
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
Have you ever had a newly created drawing that you’d like to dimension by importing from your sketches, features, and 3D model, but don’t want to manually add each dimension one at a time? Well then SOLIDWORKS has just the right tool for you! It’s the SOLIDWORKS Model Items tool, and it’ll speed up dimensioning
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
In 2016 SOLIDWORKS introduced an amazing new feature to create threads on a part. The new Thread Wizard tool allows you to quickly and easily create threads on your model. SOLIDWORKS has many different thread profiles in their library all ready, but let’s say you have a custom thread that isn’t listed. Well good news!
Published in: 3D Printing
With the influx of 3D printing into mainstream culture and media, there has been a clear progression of science and technology fueled projects and endeavors both in and out of the professional world, which has been documented by the Wohler 2016 report showing tremendous growth in the 3D printing market in the past couple of years. Now,
