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SOLIDWORKS 3D Design Techniques and Tutorials from Javelin
This is the Education SolidWorks Raps performed by a student fan of SolidWorks. Hope you will like it as much as we did.
Marble Roller Coaster – Designing Connectors (Part 2 of many) [VIDEO]
By Adam Bridgman, CSWE on July 15, 2013
To read the first part of this series of articles, please CLICK HERE. The next step is to design the connectors. The marble is represented by a circle, a typical marble is 5/8” diameter so…
How would a CSWE design a marble roller coaster? (Part 1 of many) [VIDEO]
By Adam Bridgman, CSWE on July 10, 2013
A marble roller coaster should be easy to assembly and use as little material as possible. If it can be made with very little material then it can be 3D printed at very low cost….
MultiBody parts and Section Views [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on July 1, 2013A couple of weeks ago a customer called me to ask why when applying a Section View the sectioned face is always shaded in the default colour even though all the related features have different colours applied? The trick is to apply colours to the body and not the features. I have created a quick video…
Changing the shadow position in SOLIDWORKS [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on June 20, 2013Since the release of SOLIDWORKS 2013 the way the software decides how to cast your models shadow has changed. I have created a short video on how to change the SOLIDWORKS shadow position.
Using Cameras in SolidWorks [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on June 17, 2013Watch this short video to learn how to create and use cameras in SolidWorks.
Solution 2 of 2 for Quick Selection of Faces to Draft (using DraftXpert)
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on June 6, 2013I hope you liked the solution presented yesterday for quickly selecting all the faces that need to have draft applied on. That procedure could be used when appling any type of draft: neutral plane, parting line or step. Can I do the face selection any faster? The answer is YES for Neutral Plane Draft! Just use the…
Selecting Configuration When Opening [VIDEO]
By Andrew Lidstone, CSWE on June 3, 2013
Configurations are a great way to control your models in SolidWorks. But when you have an especially large assembly that takes a lot of time and system resources to load, it can be frustrating if,…
Rethinking the Flower Vase with SolidWorks and an Objet 3D Printer
By Ted Lee on May 30, 2013
As a first year industrial design student at Carleton University I was tasked with a culminating project of redesigning a common household accessory; the flower vase. Although the project was mainly an exploration into the form and…
Contour Lines with PhotoView360 [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on May 28, 2013Watch this video to learn how to create contoured images of your SolidWorks models:
Trebuchet Challenge – Part 1
By Rod Mackay on May 21, 2013
If you’ve been watching Javelin Tech TV then you know that Scott Lidgey and I are planning to design and build a trebuchet and we encourage you to get involved too. Watch today’s episode of…
Reopen files when launching SolidWorks [VIDEO]
By Andrew Lidstone, CSWE on May 3, 2013
When working on a big project, it isn’t uncommon to have several different files open in SolidWorks at once. If these files are coming from multiple different folder locations, hunting them down and opening them…
A Macro to Link SOLIDWORKS Custom Property to Note
By Adam Bridgman, CSWE on May 2, 2013
There are many different methods to link SOLIDWORKS custom properties and display them in different ways; for example a note that displays the bounding box length. One limitation is that a custom property cannot be…
Alin’s SW 2013 Pick of the Day – Fill External Cavities with Discrete Bodies Using the Intersect Tool
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on April 30, 2013Last week I showed you how to use the new Intersect tool for simplifying your model by filling its internal cavities. Today let’s consider the situation where you need to fill the external cavities from the Mr. Smiley model with discrete solid bodies in order to 3D print the end result with a bi-material printer from…
SolidWorks Animation Wizard: Showcase Your Models from all Angles [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on April 27, 2013Watch how easy it is to create a video of your model rotating using the SolidWorks Animation Wizard:
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