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Chris Briand, CSWE
How to make the SOLIDWORKS 2016 Interface “look” like prior versions
By Chris Briand, CSWE on April 18, 2016
No one said that change was easy…sometimes change is hard…and sometimes change is simply unexpected. It is in listening to customer feedback that SOLIDWORKS has implemented some additional changes to the User Interface in SOLIDWORKS 2016. Making your need to change that little bit easier. If…
Why does my SOLIDWORKS file search come up empty?
By Chris Briand, CSWE on April 15, 2016
I recently had an inquiry from a customer who was disappointed that SOLIDWORKS would not present files that they knew existed in the search results when queried. This result was the same if the user was within SOLIDWORKS or using the file search within the…
How to run SOLIDWORKS with Administrator Permissions
By Chris Briand, CSWE on April 14, 2016
In strict security environments or for those users with limited permissions upon their design systems, SOLIDWORKS can have a rough time when attempting to write and store values to the windows registry. One technique to address this is to run SOLIDWORKS with administrator permissions, every time it…
How to create a SOLIDWORKS BOM Template for Drawings and Assemblies
By Chris Briand, CSWE on April 12, 2016
One of the theories that I try to get across to students in our SOLIDWORKS classes is that of repeatability and attempting to take steps to only perform a setup operation once, and save them for later reuse. SOLIDWORKS BOM templates offer us an opportunity to…
Style Spline of Higher Order in SOLIDWORKS 2016
By Chris Briand, CSWE on April 4, 2016
The Style Spline command has had some excellent enhancements in the SOLIDWORKS 2016 release. We have a new PropertyManager which allows you to choose which type of spline to create. You can now create B-Splines of 3rd, 5th, or 7th degrees with the Style Spline tool. You…
STL Imports in SOLIDWORKS 2016 means that Bigger is Better!
By Chris Briand, CSWE on March 11, 2016
Not everything that is bigger, is necessarily better – however we can now open larger and more complex STL imports in SOLIDWORKS 2016 to put that theory to the test if we so desire. SOLIDWORKS has increased the upper threshold for the number of facets that can be…
Link the SOLIDWORKS Save As dialog description field to a Custom Property
By Chris Briand, CSWE on March 8, 2016
Here at Javelin we are witness to a wide variety of ways that customers manage their custom property data. Often, we also get to see which of those values become the most important details to a project. Some versatility that SOLIDWORKS offers us in regard…
SOLIDWORKS Sketch Point will not Delete?!
By Chris Briand, CSWE on February 23, 2016
Have you ever attempted to delete a point from a sketch and the SOLIDWORKS Sketch Point will not delete?! (Just like those relatives who come over for dinner and don’t know when to leave…in any case…I digress.) In this case all of the points in the sketch are…
How to show a Decal in a SOLIDWORKS HLR Drawing View
By Chris Briand, CSWE on February 22, 2016
Every so often with SOLIDWORKS we run into some great functionality who’s limitations leave us feeling a little flat… (Pun Intended) The use of Decals in our SOLIDWORKS models makes for a fantastic bit of functionality, however it requires a shaded viewing in order for the…
Copy Sketch and Maintain the Sketch Relations
By Chris Briand, CSWE on February 19, 2016
SOLIDWORKS has had, and continues to have all kinds of functionality embedded in the most basic of windows commands – Take the “Copy” command for example. In this example we will use simple Copy & Paste Functionality to make an exact copy of the sketch…
Hate Retyping SOLIDWORKS Serial Numbers for a “clean” installation? Back them up!
By Chris Briand, CSWE on February 15, 2016
DISCLAIMER: The procedures in the following article require access and edits to the windows registry. Any such edits are at your own risk and should only be attempted under the advisement and direction of your IT professional. If you are uncomfortable with executing the procedures…
My SOLIDWORKS Detail View Circle is stuck?!
By Chris Briand, CSWE on February 12, 2016
We all have moments where we’re in a bit of a rush and accidentally end up with some unintended consequences. We see this particular issue quite a bit when it comes to drawings and the placement of Detail View Circles upon your primary or “Parent”…
Slow SOLIDWORKS Startup? Check the load time of your Add-Ins
By Chris Briand, CSWE on February 11, 2016
Here at Javelin we see all kinds of “interesting” scenarios that people have created for themselves by way of not following the best practices for an installation of SOLIDWORKS. One of the manifestations of a less-than-stellar installation is a slow SOLIDWORKS startup; especially if this is the first…
SOLIDWORKS Drawing Break View [VIDEO]
By Chris Briand, CSWE on May 4, 2015
With the new Part and Assembly BREAK VIEW functionality available in SOLIDWORKS MBD 2015, the drawing is where it can all come together. Similar to an exploded view, SOLIDWORKS Drawing Break View can be selected from the view properties and included in your drawing if…
SOLIDWORKS Reference Plane Normal to View Position [VIDEO]
By Chris Briand, CSWE on April 29, 2015
Another handy enhancement contained in the SOLIDWORKS 2015 release is a fantastic feature for anyone working with non prismatic models that require a bit more of an “Organic” touch. As the following video will show, we now have the ability to create a SOLIDWORKS Reference Plane…