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Posts by Jeff Setzer

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The Best Computer Hardware for SOLIDWORKS: Recommendations in 2022

By Jeff Setzer | April 1, 2022

Let’s go through the 4 major components of a CAD workstation and the best hardware recommendations, one by one. That’s CPU, Graphics, RAM, and Disk insights. You can also download our SOLIDWORKS Hardware Recommendations doc to keep on hand!

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Jump-Start Your SOLIDWORKS CAD Management

By Jeff Setzer | March 17, 2022

Establish the best practices for SOLIDWORKS use in your company. Learn everyday CAD management tasks, from troubleshooting software settings to mass installation.

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SOLIDWORKS Performance Enhancements 2019-2022

By Jeff Setzer | February 7, 2022

Learn about SOLIDWORKS Performance Enhancements and discover the latest improvements made from 2019-2022 to maximize your innovation and productivity.

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3D Sculpting A ‘Misfit Toy’ For Christmas

By Jeff Setzer | December 21, 2021

See how the 3DExperience platform and xShape were used to create a model of the Rankin-Bass claymation “misfit toy” known as the Spotted Elephant. Follow along and design your own.

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Which Way is Up? Z Axis in SOLIDWORKS & Using the Coordinate Icon

By Jeff Setzer | September 16, 2021

SOLIDWORKS users have tools to help simplify working with the AEC world, whether exporting or importing. A recent enhancement in 2020 and newer releases includes the Orientation dialog and the new Coordinate option, to tell SOLIDWORKS that the Z axis means “up”! Learn more.

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Lost SOLIDWORKS Lore: SOLIDWORKS Online Help

By Jeff Setzer | July 29, 2021

SOLIDWORKS Online Help is an easy-to-use, complete reference resource for all things SOLIDWORKS. Learn more about it in this blog.

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Lost SOLIDWORKS Lore: Custom Property on the Save Dialog

By Jeff Setzer | July 1, 2021

You might have noticed you can put a value in the Description box when saving a file that will assign the value to the Description property itself. But, you can actually map the box in the Save dialog to any custom property you like! Learn how.

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Create Complex SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Designs By First Modeling a Form (With Video)

By Jeff Setzer | June 24, 2021

Did you know you can model the volume for sheet metal designs as a solid body to start, pulling sheet metal pieces from the body? Find out about the tool called Convert to Sheet Metal specifically for this purpose!

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Lost SOLIDWORKS Lore: Custom Property List (With Video)

By Jeff Setzer | June 17, 2021

Learn how to change the contents of your Custom Properties List in SOLIDWORKS. (Complete with video tutorial!)

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SOLIDWORKS Manage 2021 New Features & Benefits (With Video)

By Jeff Setzer | June 7, 2021

Managing multiple projects is commonplace for people who use SOLIDWORKS Manage. New in 2021, SOLIDWORKS introduced Project Lists, Automatic Project Updates, additional Project Data Visualization, and more!

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Lost SOLIDWORKS Lore: Selection Through Transparency

By Jeff Setzer | May 13, 2021

Want to make a part see-through or transparent? There’s a quick way to do so. Learn how to set your preference as a default, and more.

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Lost SOLIDWORKS Lore: The Feature Drop

By Jeff Setzer | April 29, 2021

Learn about the ability to drag-and-drop a feature from one model to another. While you can add commonly used features to your feature library, the ability to copy a feature on the fly is convenient!

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