18

Nov

2010

What have you been missing in SolidWorks...Jon Now!
What you are missing at SolidWorks Tips Daily Print
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The list below shows some of what you will find in the Members Area of SolidWorksTips.com.  We guarentee you will save time in your design day with our service!

Parts

Revolve - Up to Surface (Video)
Sketch Fillet Adjustments
Relation: Intersection
Title Block Tables
3D Sketches - Part 2
3D Sketches - Part 1
Cow Catcher Drawing Exercise
Wheel Drawing Exercise
Planes: Part 1
Constuction Geometry
Create a Cotter Pin Installed Version
Quick Compression Springs
Lofting with Unequal Sketch Segments
Activating the ''Link to Thickness'' Option
Second Rollback Option
Activating the ''Link to Thickness'' Option
Combine Tool - Common
SolidWorks Dialog Boxes
Show Your Dimension Names
Snap Hook and Snap Hook Grooves
Design Tables, Configurations, and Suppressing Relations
Reorient Standard Views
Shelling in only One Area
Smart Components - Part 1
Shelling Time Saver
Master Model Technique
Another Fillet Selection Option
Face Fillet Hold Lines
Cut with Draft - C'Sink Alternative
Pattern - Sketch Driven
Error Correction
Copy Features from Part to Part (without CTRL + C)
Belt/Chain Tool
Pattern - Curve Driven
Projected Curve (on Face)
Full Round Fillet Side Note
Flex Tool (Bending)
The Anatomy of a Spline
Split Line enhancements in SolidWorks 2010
Web Link in your Model
Loop Selection
Shelling with Split Lines
Hole Wizard Work Around using Surfaces
SketchXpert
Mate References
Suppressing Dimensions and Relations for Configurations
Reverse Engineering Parts from Imported Geometry
FilletXpert Part 1
FilletXpert Part 2
Quick Normal to Curve Plane
Multibodies with Open Profile Cuts
7 Steps to COMPLETE any single path and profile Sweep
Instant 3D End Conditions
Fit Spline
Projected Curve (Sketch on Sketch)
Replace Face
SolidWorks Dialog Boxes
Sketches for Calculations
Delete Face
Two quick shortcuts to make a Plane
Up to Next vs. Up to Surface
Design Library

Assemblies

Advanced Assembly Open (Video)
Assembly Level Cuts in the Part Level (Video)
Changing Materials within the Assembly (Video)
Appearences in the Assembly (Video)
Organizing for performance
Moving in the Feature Manager Tree
Quick Add to Assembly
Assembly Non-Ortho Cuts (Video)
Move Parts/Subs To/From Sub-Assemblies (Video)
Selection Tools - Isolate (Video)
Selection Tools - Volume Select (Video)
Assembly Bill of Materials
Flexible/Moveable Sub-Assemblies
Virtual Components (Video)
Invert Selection
Replacing Unlike Type Files
The Coordinate System (Video)
Rotate a Part within the Assembly
Open to the Correct Configuration
Cut From Assembly without Editing Part
Hole Series
Copy Features from Part to Part within the Assembly
Selection Tools - Tags and The Assembly Filter (Video)
Make a Copy of a Part or Assembly
Show Hidden Components (Video)
Selection Tool (Part 1)
Changing Assembly Order for BOM
Using the Magnifying Glass (Video)
Part Correction from the Assembly (Video)
Selecting the Sub-Assembly not just one of the Parts
Assembly Edit Watch-Outs
Interference Detect Time Saver
Perspective Views
Assembly Component Patterns
Mate Editing
Assembly Equations
Mates and Configurations
Find References
Create Sub Assemblies on the Fly
Multiple Contexts for Assemblies
Configs Revisited

Drawings

Use Model Color for HLR/HLV in Drawings
99% of all drawing templates are missing this setting
Auto Arrange Dimensions (Video)
3D Drawing View Tool (Video)
Decimal Precision in a General Table
Unhide a BOM hidden row/column
Broken View Break Line Styles
Rapid Dimension Offsets
Override Dimension Units
Custom General Tables
Fractional Dimensions
Section Depth for Part Drawings
Ordinate Dimension Improvement for 2010
Parametic Quantities
Sketch Pictures in Drawings
Virtual Sharp
Section Depth for Assembly Drawings
Cropping Drawing Views
Flag notes in SolidWorks 2010
Note-Text Editing
Section and Detail Letters
Bill of Material File Open Shortcut
Black and White Printing
Faster Drawings
Wrap Note Text
Choose the Hidden Lines you want in Drawing Views
Forshortened Dimensions
Isometric Sections
Associated Design Tables on your Drawings
Drawing Center Mark Chioces
Section Depth for Assembly Drawings
Make an Independent Section Line (No View Attached)
Customizing the Bill of Materials (BOM)
Spell Check
Section Views with Too Much Hatching
Edit the TitleBlock Feature in SolidWorks
Drawing Watermarks
Hole Callouts
Alternate Position View
Radius and Note Leaders in Drawings
Drawing View Creation Alternative
Drawing Template Information Changes
GD&T Dimension Attchment
Dimension Styles
Label your Drawings - So you Rev the correct file
Put a Perspective View on a Drawing
Template for Importing a Drawing from another Drawing Program
Drawing Cosmetic Threads vs. Part Cosmetic Threads
Explode View Details
Hide and Show Parts in Drawing Views
Break Drawing View Alignment on Creation
Section Depth for Part Drawings
Move and Copy Dimensions
Broken-out Section
Drawing Picture Backgrounds
Arc Length Dimension
Centering Text
Virtual Sharps
Chamfer Dimensions
Replacing Drawing and Assembly References (Video)
Adding a Property from the Model to the Drawing
New drawing from Part/Assembly
Split the Drawing Window
Parametric Notes
Compare Drawings
Break Line Style
Auxiliary View
Drawing Pan

Sheet Metal

Convert to Sheet Metal Tool - 2011 (Video)
Sheet Metal - Rip
Sheet Metal - Edge Flange
Sheet Metal - Lofted Bends
Sheet Metal Process and Drawings
Create a Sheet Metal Gusset
Convert to Sheet Metal Tool
Using the Correct Sheet Metal Tools to get the Correct Flat Pattern
Jog Tool
Forming Tools
Multibody Sheet Metal (SWX 2010 or Newer)

Surfacing

Surfacing - Trim with a Sketch
Surfacing - Trim with a Sketch
Surfacing - Modified K-Blends
Surfacing - Y-Blends
Surfacing - Lofting with Splits
Surfacing - T-Blends
Surfacing - K-Blends
Delete the Surfaces you are Finished With
Surface Fill - Constraint Curves
Filled Surface (1 of 3)
Filled Surface (2 of 3)
Filled Surface (3 of 3)

Macros - API

How to Automatically Change/Swap Template/System Options
How to Automatically Change/Swap Template/System Options
Lock/Unlock All External References
Watermark Macro
Background Macro
Clean Your Temp Directories
Quick JPG Macro
Start any Program from SolidWorks

Mates - Mechanical

Mate: Gear
Mate: Hinge
Mate: Universal Joint
Cam Mate
Linear/Linear Coupler Mate

Mates - Advanced

Limit Mate
Width Mate

Miscellaneous Tips

Advanced Design Tables (Video)
Decals
File Property Set-up Part 1 (Video)
File Property Set-up Part 2 (Video)
File Property Set-up Part 3 (Video)
Video Card Certification
Splitting the Feature Manager Tree (Video)
View Orientation with Keyboard
911 Case Study: Pentagon Flight 77 (Animator)
QT: Title Block Tables
Linking Properties to the Face of your Modeling Area
Removing the Quick Tip Dialog
Part Editing Tip
More Hotkeys
Special Symbols (Copyright, Trademark, etc)
Design Table Parameters (Part 1)
Make your Command Manager Smaller and still have the Same Functionality
Scroll Bars and Split Screens
More or Revised Flagnotes and Symbols
DWG/DXF to SolidWorks
Drawing Center Mark Chioces
Image Quality
Scroll Bars and Split Screens
SolidWorks Block from AutoCAD
Color Swatches and Colors
Open to the Correct Configuration
Toolbar Docking
Mouse Scroll Wheel
Get more Screen Real Estate
Format Painter
DWG Version
Find That File Faster
Customize the “S” Shortcut Key
Manual Rotate
Pan without the Button
Fix the Middle Mouse Button
Middle Mouse Button

Weldments

Weldment - Gussets
Assembly Weldment Cut-List BOM's (2009 and Newer)
Unleash the Weldment Profiles

Options

Updating the SolidWorks Serial Number on an existing installation
Mouse Gestures
Where did the ''Show Dimension Names Option, Go?''
Make your Command Manager Smaller and still have the Same Functionality
Those Missing Menu Items
Change your Dimensions to be Flat to Screen
Printing Your Hotkeys
Editing the Design Journal
Less Add-Ins Turned on Save Memory
New Assembly Option
SolidWorks RX Extras
Changing Global Information in the Options Files
Open your Assemblies Faster
Use Specified Colors when Editing Parts in the Assemblies

PhotoWorks

Render your Model to Scale (1:1)
Fast, Correct PhotoWorks Lighting

Toolbox

Toolbox Internal Tag
Toolbox - Automate the Mating without Smart Fasteners
Toolbox - Grooves
Do you know where is your Toolbox is?
Toolbox - Grooves

Add-ins

FeatureWorks (How To) (Video)
DWGEditor - View Palette (Intro)

Sketching

Linking Sketch Text to File Properties
Dimension Flipping
Scroll to Change Dimensions
Sketches for Calculations
Intelligent Sketch Text
The Unspoken ''A'' Key
Contour Select
Trim - Inside and Out
Editing Some Sketch Entities
Fully Define Sketch Tool
Jog Out the Sketch Line
Quicker Dimensioning
Derived Sketch
Modify Tool
Proportional Splines
Sketch Point on another Sketch Point
Automatic Sketch Relation Colors
Link Values
Adding Relations
Arc Min/Max Dimension

Automation

Your Own Custom Toolbar
Equation Based Properties
Name Feature on Creation
Build a 3D Scanner From A $25 Laser Level
Property Tab Builder (Part 1)
Property Tab Builder (Part 2)
Property Tab Messages
Copy with Mates
Explodes and Their Animations (with a side of Explode View Drawing Lines)
Create PropertyManager
SmartMates

More Every Day!!

 

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