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Mersedeh Zandvakili
SOLIDWORKS Mate Controller now provides Negative Values for Limit Angle Mates
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on March 22, 2019
In SOLIDWORKS 2019 you can now add negative values for SOLIDWORKS Limit Angle Mate in the Mate Controller. In an assembly with a Limit Angle Mate, click on Insert > Mate Controller to open the Mate Controller property manager. In the following example, a Limit…
How to Select Identical Components in SOLIDWORKS
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on March 19, 2019
SOLIDWORKS 2019 allows you to select identical components by selecting one of the components. This option works within the features including: Pattern Components (Circular Patterns, Circular Component, Curve Driven Component, Linear Component, Pattern Driven Component, Sketch Driven Component) Mirror Components Move/Rotate Components (available with Collision…
SOLIDWORKS Drawing Open Progress Indicator
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on March 15, 2019
The SOLIDWORKS drawing open progress indicator introduced for SOLIDWORKS 2019 provides insightful information about the status of operations when a drawing is being opened. If a drawing takes longer than 60 seconds to open, the drawing progress indicator would still remain open after the drawing…
How to Group SOLIDWORKS Assembly Mates and Fasteners into Folders
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on March 14, 2019
In SOLIDWORKS 2019, you can group SOLIDWORKS Assembly mates by status and separate fasteners into folders. You can group the mates by their status, such as Solved mates, mates with Errors, Over defined mates, Suppressed mates, Suppressed mates that reference missing components, and Inactive (fixed) components (mates that reference fixed components). Group mates and…
Geodesic Entities are new in SOLIDWORKS 2019
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on December 13, 2018
In SOLIDWORKS 2019, using the Offset on Surface tool, you can create Geodesic Entities. Within the Offset to Surface tool, you need to specify either you want a Geodesic Offset or an Euclidean Offset. The Offset on Surface tool can be accessed through Tools > Sketch Tools > Offset on Surface. Previously you were only able…
Automatic View Update option saved as a Document Property in SOLIDWORKS 2019
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on December 7, 2018
Now in SOLIDWORKS 2019, the SOLIDWORKS Automatic View Update option is saved as a document property. This property is stored within the drawing and it will be remembered for the future sessions when you open the drawing again. Previously, the selected option was only applied…
SOLIDWORKS Toolbox Lock Rotation of new Concentric Mates to Components
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on November 30, 2018
In SOLIDWORKS 2019, any new Toolbox components can have their concentric mates rotation locked automatically. In order to activate the SOLIDWORKS Toolbox Lock Rotation for concentric mates option, you need to go to: Tools > Options > System Options > Hole Wizard/Toolbox and under Toolbox Mates, check the Lock…
Specifying Hole Wizard Tolerances in SOLIDWORKS 2019
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on November 20, 2018
Now in SOLIDWORKS 2019 you can specify the SOLIDWORKS Hole Wizard Tolerances and Precision directly within the hole wizard feature. The tolerance that have been added within the hole wizard command, will automatically propagate to hole callouts in drawings. This means that you no longer…
Partial Fillet and Partial Chamfer are new in SOLIDWORKS 2019
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on September 19, 2018
Have you always wanted to be in charge of your fillets and chamfers? New in SOLIDWORKS 2019 are new features called the SOLIDWORKS Partial Fillet and Chamfer; where you are able to specify the length of fillet/chamfer on your model edges. This will give you freedom…
Creating Assembly Bounding Box in SOLIDWORKS 2019
By Mersedeh Zandvakili on September 14, 2018
Starting in SOLIDWORKS 2019 you don’t need to save your assemblies as parts in order to insert a bounding box for them. The assembly bounding box can be created directly in the assembly level using the same calculations that were used previously in the part…