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Control Visibility of Invisible Actors in SOLIDWORKS Composer 2021
By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP on November 16, 2020
In SOLIDWORKS Composer 2021 we can control the visibility of the actors that are invisible in the viewport when selected. As hidden or invisible actors have their visibility turned off and sometimes when we show…
SOLIDWORKS Composer 2021 – Sharing (Default) Document Properties
By John Lee, CSWE on November 3, 2020
New in SOLIDWORKS Composer 2021 is the ability to share Default Document Properties across different computer systems! This allows us to create a company standard for the default document properties. With this powerful enhancement, we…
Multiple Configurations in a SOLIDWORKS Composer File
By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP on October 26, 2020
In SOLIDWORKS Composer 2020 it was really time-consuming when we had to work with SOLIDWORKS parts and assemblies that have multiple configurations. When we exported the parts and assemblies from SOLIDWORKS to a .SMG file…
SOLIDWORKS Composer 2021 – Delete Empty Groups at Import
By John Lee, CSWE on October 22, 2020
Ever imported models into SOLIDWORKS Composer only to find that some of the assembly structure is empty? You might then be tempted to go through the assembly tree and manually delete those empty groups. Fortunately,…
SOLIDWORKS Composer 2021 – Highlighting of Invisible Actors
By John Lee, CSWE on October 13, 2020
A new enhancement in SOLIDWORKS Composer 2021, and the latest Composer Player, is the ability to automatically highlight invisible actors contained within the selected assembly. This can be very useful for keeping track of what…
How to rename the BOM column heading in SOLIDWORKS Composer
By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP on July 30, 2020
In SOLIDWORKS Composer the BOM columns can be configured and various properties and meta-properties can be added as new columns in the Bill of Material. The existing property names can also be renamed, by following…
Why is a Colour Property change not applied to an Animation after SOLIDWORKS Composer document update?
By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP on February 27, 2020
While working with SOLIDWORKS Composer assemblies (.SMG) there are always cases where SOLIDWORKS designers make some changes in the source model. To avoid the re-work of creating all the views and animation again in a…
How to enable BOM Model Highlighting in SOLIDWORKS Composer
By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP on February 24, 2020
When we publish images from SOLIDWORKS Composer specifically Technical Illustrations, it allows us to save .SVG type images and upon opening the images in a web browser we can easily identify corresponding parts in the…
Unable to access SOLIDWORKS Composer User Guide or Help document?
By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP on February 18, 2020
Every now and then SOLIDWORKS Composer users report that they can’t access the SOLIDWORKS Composer user-guide/help document through SOLIDWORKS Composer window > Help > Help Topics, and by default Composer tries to open the HTML…
SOLIDWORKS Rx now included with SOLIDWORKS Composer
By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP on February 14, 2020
Until SOLIDWORKS 2019 SOLIDWORKS Rx used to get installed automatically by default only with SOLIDWORKS installation. And now in SOLIDWORKS 2020, SOLIDWORKS Rx now supports SOLIDWORKS Composer and installs by default when SOLIDWORKS Composer 2020…
How to change the SOLIDWORKS Composer Viewport Ground
By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP on February 10, 2020
When working in SOLIDWORKS Composer you will notice that there is a Dassault Systèmes logo on the SOLIDWORKS Composer Viewport Ground by default. If you want to remove this, or change it to something else you…
How to create a Section View in SOLIDWORKS Composer?
By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP on February 7, 2020
Section views are created to see the internal cross section of the model or peer inside the model — without moving or hiding any geometry. Normally, we create the section view in a SOLIDWORKS 3D…
360 Degree Capture in SOLIDWORKS Composer 2020
By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP on February 4, 2020
Now in SOLIDWORKS Composer 2020 we have a new option – “360° Capture” which captures a defined number of images of the model along a vertical axis performing a 360° clockwise rotation. Using this tool…
SOLIDWORKS Composer 2020 Inlaid Text for Linear Arrows
By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP on 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” tool on Author Tab, to…
Why is my JPEG file not being displayed in SOLIDWORKS Composer?
By Ben Crisostomo on January 7, 2020
When working in SOLIDWORKS Composer, it is not uncommon to use other media such as pictures to add a personal touch to the project for branding or actor texture purposes. Once in a while, you…
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