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5 reasons why you should upgrade SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM to SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional
By Rod Mackay on May 5, 2014
If you are currently managing your projects with SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM (WPDM) but need to expand your system to accommodate users outside of your organization, connect with other business systems, or require a more advanced document workflow…
SolidWorks Composer Translate and Rotate Entities at the same time [VIDEO]
By Irfan Zardadkhan, PhD, CSWE on April 4, 2014
Have you ever wanted to translate and rotate entities at the same time, using SolidWorks Composer? When you attempt to impose multiple motions on the same actor, chances are that it is not going to…
SOLIDWORKS Composer Animation Path Planning [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on October 27, 2013In SOLIDWORKS Composer, the Path Planning add-in will help with animating an actor for moving from point A to point B. The power of SOLIDWORKS Composer Path Planning resides mainly in the fact that it will not allow the actor to contact any other actors in the environment. This will allow you to create very…
SOLIDWORKS 2014 Top 20 Enhancements
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on September 9, 2013
My name is Alin and I am a SolidWorks user. Who am I kidding? My name is Alin and I am addicted to SolidWorks! Today I am so happy that I am about to explode (translations and…
Updating Actors In SolidWorks Composer [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on July 7, 2013Watch this video to learn how to update just one Actor in a SolidWorks Composer file.
Creating styles with SOLIDWORKS Composer [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on June 30, 2013In the video below I will give you an example on how easy it is to create styles in Composer. This will allow you to have a company standard on how everything looks and feels with the images you create.
How To Export High Resolution Videos in SolidWorks Composer [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on June 29, 2013When you create video with SolidWorks Composer the intuitive way to export it is to use the video workshop and export an AVI file. This method is fast but you lose the alpha channel. If you use the default background you will see lines instead of a smooth transition of the colours. The solution is…
Importing SolidWorks with SolidWorks Composer 2013x [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on June 4, 2013
SolidWorks Composer 2013x has some really nice enhancements. Now you can tell Composer you are opening a SolidWorks file and it will choose the import profile for you. Watch this video for a demonstration of this…
Creating Product Assembly Instructions Without Words [VIDEO]
By Rod Mackay on June 3, 2013Making clear and concise assembly instructions for your products is always a challenge, but with SolidWorks Composer you can create interactive digital instructions that do not require accompanying written descriptions, allowing your customers to see rather than read how your product is assembled. Plus if your product is going to be used in different countries then…
Magnetic Lines [VIDEO]
By Andrew Lidstone, CSWE on May 4, 2013
SolidWorks has learned a pretty neat new trick from the Composer: balloons can now be attached to Magnetic Lines in SolidWorks 2012, giving designers more control over the alignment and spacing of balloons in drawings.
Clone the SolidWorks Mouse Buttons Functions in Composer [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on April 20, 2013Starting with SolidWorks Composer version 2013x the mouse buttons can be assigned the same functions as in SolidWorks. Watch this video to learn how to do that. Your fingers will thank you for it!
How to Make a Camera to Follow an Actor in SolidWorks Composer [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on April 16, 2013Watch this video to learn how to add a camera and have it follow an actor. You can use this technique for generating walkthroughs.
Texturing in SOLIDWORKS Composer is not the same as in SOLIDWORKS. This is because a texture will always be placed on the Actor, based on how the Camera is angled. It is very important to make sure that the viewport is normal to the face to be textured. Watch this video for more information:
Importing SolidWorks Files with Textures in Composer [Video]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on March 19, 2013If you have been working with SolidWorks Composer you will notice that when you import a file you lose any textures that the SolidWorks files might have had. You still get all the colouring though. There is an easy way to get SolidWorks files into SolidWorks Composer with textures. That is to save your file as a 3D XML…
SolidWorks Composer – Easy Way to Rotate Actors [VIDEO]
By Matt Campbell, CSWE on February 12, 2013I have to credit this trick to Scott Lidgey. When you are rotating an actor in Composer, you can control the amount of revolution and make sure it rotates at a constant velocity. The trick to this is to click on the triad when you go to rotate and do not drag it. You will…
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