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SOLIDWORKS Online Design with 3DEXPERIENCE Works xApps Series
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on September 2, 2021
As the workplace transitions to a remote setting naturally, or out of necessity, being connected with your team is more important than ever. 3DEXPERIENCE Works provides SOLIDWORKS online design xApps that allows your team to collaborate on a project during its entire lifecycle. In this…
Get To Know SOLIDWORKS 2022 Webinars
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on September 1, 2021
Not sure what this latest SOLIDWORKS 2022 release can do for you and your business? Are you new to a specific SOLIDWORKS product or considering trying a new product suite? If you answered yes to any (or all) of these questions, then look no further…
How to Copy and Paste in SOLIDWORKS
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 31, 2021
First off, SOLIDWORKS is made specifically for Windows. When the first release of SOLIDWORKS came out in 1995, it was designed to be fully compliant with Windows. This is beneficial to anyone who is proficient in Windows File Explorer as it means you already have…
How to use the SOLIDWORKS Options Search
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 27, 2021
With the SOLIDWORKS Options Search you can search through the system options and document properties. This will save you a lot of time that you would normally spend digging through the list of countless options or document properties. It’s a must know for any novice…
How to change your SOLIDWORKS Feature Tree Display
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 26, 2021
The SOLIDWORKS Feature Tree is where we organize our model. It helps us extract information, show dependencies, filter what is shown on screen and more. Watch the video below to learn how we change the SOLIDWORKS Feature Tree display in both parts and assemblies to…
How to 3D Print from SOLIDWORKS with the Print3D Tool
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 23, 2021
As 3D printing becomes more common in the workplace, users are turning to SOLIDWORKS to better understand their designs in the context of 3D printing. SOLIDWORKS offers several 3D print visualization and analysis tools and all of them can be accessed through the Print3D tool (File > Print3D). Let’s take…
Working with the SOLIDWORKS Mirror Feature
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 20, 2021
The SOLIDWORKS Mirror Feature makes adding symmetry to your 2D and 3D sketches a breeze and facilitates fully capturing your design intent. There are a number of different ways to mirror sketches, features and assembly components in SOLIDWORKS. Knowing all of these methods will enable…
Five SOLIDWORKS Sketching Techniques Every User Should Know
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 19, 2021
In this video tech tip we’ll cover five SOLIDWORKS sketching techniques that you can incorporate into your workflow so you can optimize your sketch creation process and significantly reduce time when working in SOLIDWORKS. We’ll be taking a look at Quick Relations, Symmetry Relations, Virtual…
Mastering the Rotating Functions in SOLIDWORKS
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 17, 2021
Here are a few tricks that every user should know about the rotate functions in SOLIDWORKS. We’ll take a look at steps to take that will help you be as efficient as possible when rotating your part and sketch text. We’ll start by clicking and…
How to Automate Sheet Borders and Title Block Options in SOLIDWORKS
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 16, 2021
In this video tech tip, we will be setting up Drawing Sheet Format borders using the Automatic Border tool in SOLIDWORKS and also launching the Title Block Wizard to take a closer look at the functionality of links and properties that you have control over….
What Every Engineer Should Know About SOLIDWORKS Virtual Component
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 13, 2021
This Video Tech Tip is all about working with a SOLIDWORKS Virtual Component; what they are? Why they’re great, and how to use them. Watch the video below to learn more: What is a SOLIDWORKS Virtual Component? A Virtual Component is used for assembly modeling…
3 Reasons for Using SOLIDWORKS SLDPRT Files Instead of STL for 3D Printing
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 12, 2021
When you first put an STL file next to an SLDPRT file in GrabCAD Print, you might have noticed it can be difficult to tell them apart. However, looks can be deceiving, and the native SOLIDWORKS SLDPRT file format packs a surprising amount of functionality…
3 Simple Steps to Reduce File Size of Imported Models in SOLIDWORKS
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 11, 2021
In this tech tip learn how to reduce the file size of an imported electrical component in SOLIDWORKS using three simple steps. Let’s face one simple fact: it’s a 3D world we live in. Even electrical design, done mostly in 2D design packages such as SOLIDWORKS…
Hidden Gems in SOLIDWORKS 2021 and Later
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 9, 2021
This year TriMech painstakingly reviewed each of the new SOLIDWORKS 2021 features and enhancements that were delivered with the latest release. We read through the documentation and picked out the best content so you didn’t have to! TriMech released the ‘Top 11 Features in SOLIDWORKS…
3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Tutorial Part 13: Project Wrap Up
By TriMech Solutions, LLC on August 4, 2021
We’ve come to the end of our 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Tutorial series. With this Carving Knife project, we’ve used tools available with 3DEXPERIENCE Works to process a design change of a carving knife from a corded version to a cordless version. Here is a summary video…