Posts by Jeff Setzer
3D Sculpting A ‘Misfit Toy’ For Christmas
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
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
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
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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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Celebrating 25 Years of SOLIDWORKS User Groups
It’s been 25 years since the first meeting of the first SOLIDWORKS User Group Network (SWUGN) chapter. To celebrate, they’re having a huge online event you’re encouraged to attend! Our own Jeff Setzer will be presenting a nostalgic demo of SolidWorks 95, and Gian Paolo Bassi, CEO of SOLIDWORKS, will be joining as well.
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This Week is National Engineers Week – Sharing Stories for Beginners
Welcome to National Engineers Week 2021! All week, we’re celebrating the engineering profession and engineering career insights. And since it is eWeek, I’d like point out a few recent stories that we can share with budding engineers.
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2021 Industry Predictions
A few things we think will stick for 2021, in another rather unpredictable year: working from home, the expansion of 3D printing, and a renewed focus on service quality.
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