Posts by John Setzer
Online SOLIDWORKS Courses Give You Quality Lessons & Lab Time
Our online SOLIDWORKS Courses replicate the best-in-class training we normally deliver in person. After all, we’re all working remotely too. With virtual discussion, on-screen help, and expert instructors, we’ve got you covered!
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SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling: Partial Fillet
During our Advanced Part Modeling Online class, we learn about a setting that controls how SOLIDWORKS solves fillets when filleting 2 edges that meet at a corner. However, there’s a relatively new option since the 2020 release, to stop fillets and chamfers with the option of a partial edge.
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Addition to Thicken Command in SOLIDWORKS 2020: Defining Thicken Direction
SOLIDWORKS 2020 adds a very nice option to a favorite surface-to-solid tool, Thicken. We can now specify a direction vector, which gives us more power!
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SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip on Delete Face: Move a Face From a Surface Body
Learn how to easily delete a face from a solid or surface body when modeling in SOLIDWORKS.
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SOLIDWORKS How-To: Autotransition & Create Geometry in CAD, Fast
Draw more shapes than you thought possible in CAD simply by using mouse movements and the “A” key where necessary!
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SOLIDWORKS How-To: Using the Smart Dimension Tool When Sketching Arcs & Circles
When you’re sketching in SOLIDWORKS and want to create a dimension, and you don’t want the dimension location to be a circle’s center, use the circumference!
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Using SOLIDWORKS Command Search: Finding Useful or New Commands
Find commands in SOLIDWORKS you may have forgotten, or learn about a particular command you’ve never even used before – all through search.
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SOLIDWORKS How-To: Copy & Mate by CTRL-Drag & Drop
It’s the little things that make a big difference. Learn this quick drag and drop trick to copy a component AND do SmartMates.
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“Ask Me Anything”: Presenting at Engineer 3D!
Find out John’s take on presenting sessions for the SOLIDWORKS community at Engineer 3D!
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CAMP 3D! Summer Fun for Kids – Dates Released
Our CAMP 3D! planning is underway! Find dates and activities for the middle school and high school programs.
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SOLIDWORKS How-To: Copy a Part Using Virtual Component
When you want to modify a part, but you want to change a copy and not the original, use a virtual part. Learn how.
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SOLIDWORKS How-To: Normal To Orientation Trick
Do you know how to orient a model normal to a face but not have the view orientation use default “Y” orientation?
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