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SOLIDWORKS Electrical Smart Mates for Dummies (With Video)

By Evan Stanek | August 13, 2020

Electrical designers might not know how to push their designs into Electrical 3D. It helps to have a few tricks up your sleeve to make component placement go smoothly, starting with setting your parts up with smart mates for easy locking!

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Arnold Talk to the Termination Feature Blog Photo

SOLIDWORKS 2020 Electrical Terminations: Rise of the Machines

By Evan Stanek | July 30, 2020

Have you ever struggled with defining how a wire meets a component’s terminals? Struggle no more. Become a Terminator in SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2020 with newly added terminations.

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Entire Bend Zone Showing - SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal

Sol & Sal Share Sheet Metal Style Secrets

By GSC 3D | July 1, 2020

Sometimes when switching to another CAD software, it’s hard to find those things you were familiar with. Learn how to control bend lines and zones on a SOLIDWORKS print.

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Creating a Custom Tool within SOLIDWORKS CAM or CAMWorks

By GSC 3D | June 25, 2020

Learn how to create a custom tool within either SOLIDWORKS CAM or CAMWORKS. You’ll start with a SOLIDWORKS part with a single revolve feature.

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Thicken Command Example, SOLIDWORKS

Addition to Thicken Command in SOLIDWORKS 2020: Defining Thicken Direction

By John Setzer | June 18, 2020

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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Sam Hochberg and Copy and Deriving Sketches Blog

Back to the Basics of Copying & Deriving Sketches: Sol & Sal Tutorial

By GSC 3D | May 21, 2020

How fast are you at reusing your sketch geometry? Or ensuring copied sketches update when the original changes? Learn quick tips on copying and deriving SOLIDWORKS Sketches in our tutorial.

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How to Estimate the Strength of a 3D Composite Part – Markforged Design Series Part 1

By GSC 3D | April 28, 2020

Read part 1 in this design series by our specialist who dives into Markforged 3D composite parts and strength analysis.

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Back to the Future with SOLIDWORKS Electrical

SOLIDWORKS Electrical Snapshots: Back to the Future

By Evan Stanek | April 14, 2020

Have you uncovered the convenient snapshots you can take in your SOLIDWORKS Electrical Project? Test new features, capture revisions, or archive project states.

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SOLIDWORKS Composer Shadowing and Shiny Techniques

Shadowing & Shininess Secrets in SOLIDWORKS Composer: Sol & Sal Tutorial

By GSC 3D | April 2, 2020

Do you know how to control shadows or shiny finishes of your SOLIDWORKS Composer renderings? Learn how.

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Shading in SOLIDWORKS Composer: Sol & Sal Tutorial

By GSC 3D | March 12, 2020

Have you thought about having different appearances on different parts in your model? Learn a quick tip on custom rendering.

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Delete Face Model Example

SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip on Delete Face: Move a Face From a Surface Body

By John Setzer | February 13, 2020

Learn how to easily delete a face from a solid or surface body when modeling in SOLIDWORKS.

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Arc Tangent from Line Example

SOLIDWORKS How-To: Autotransition & Create Geometry in CAD, Fast

By John Setzer | December 19, 2019

Draw more shapes than you thought possible in CAD simply by using mouse movements and the “A” key where necessary!

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