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PRODUCT RETIREMENT: CATIA® V5-SOLIDWORKS Translator

By Adam Harte-Maxwell, CSWE / January 27, 2020

The CATIA® V5-SOLIDWORKS Translator is no longer supported and can no longer be renewed. This tool is also not available in SOLIDWORKS 2019 or newer. Replaced by SOLIDWORKS 3D Interconnect...

Modify Instances in Assembly Patterns in SOLIDWORKS 2020

By Ben Crisostomo / January 27, 2020

The pattern function helps save time when it comes to inserting repeated parts, such as support beams for a temporary tent. But it can be a bit annoying when you...

SOLIDWORKS Composer 2020 Inlaid Text for Linear Arrows

By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP / January 24, 2020

Earlier in SOLIDWORKS 2019 we used to place an arrow to show the details on the view, but to show what we were pointing to we used the "Text 2D"...

Mate to Reference Geometry in SOLIDWORKS 2020 Large Design Review

By Mersedeh Zandvakili / January 23, 2020

New in SOLIDWORKS 2020, you can create mates that use reference geometry as their reference in the Large Design Review mode. By creating your mates in the Large Design Review...

Using Silhouettes to create sketches in SOLIDWORKS 2020

By Ben Crisostomo / January 22, 2020

Using the top-down approach to design parts within an assembly is very common in workflows. Using other parts to create sketches is quite common using the Convert Entities & Intersecting...

Methods for screen capturing SOLIDWORKS errors for Support

By Ben Crisostomo / January 21, 2020

It's great that people are taking advantage of Javelin's support service to make their SOLIDWORKS experience a more pleasant one. Providing a good explanation of the problem with accompanying documentation...

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SOLIDWORKS Christmas Tree Topper

December is here, which means the holiday season is upon us and Michael Bublé is singing festive songs. Every year when putting up my tree, I have the same Christmas...

Using Markup in SOLIDWORKS 2020

SOLIDWORKS Markup is a great way to communicate ideas between teams, allowing users to propose changes without having to edit the geometry of a part. With SOLIDWORKS 2020, there is...

SOLIDWORKS Composer 2020 additional formats available for saving video

In prior years, the only Save As option for a SOLIDWORKS Composer video format was AVI. Now in SOLIDWORKS Composer 2020, we also have the ability to save video as...