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Tech tips and techniques for creating ballooned inspection drawings and reports with SOLIDWORKS Inspection software
SOLIDWORKS Inspection supports more file formats in the 2018 release
By Sam Sharkawi on October 5, 2017
SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2018 sees a lot of great enhancements and a big part of the new features is being able to support many more file formats! Let’s first start off with the add-in, the add-in…
How to speed up your engineering quality inspection process
By Sam Sharkawi on August 12, 2017
Do you manually balloon drawings by hand? Is it time consuming to create Inspection drawings and reports? Wish there was a way to streamline the process from design to inspection? GOOD NEWS! SOLIDWORKS Inspection software…
How to reset the SOLIDWORKS Inspection Standalone User Interface
By Sanja Srzic on January 26, 2017
Unlike SOLIDWORKS settings that are saved in the Windows Registry, user interface settings for SOLIDWORKS Inspection standalone are stored in the files located in C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS Inspection Standalone: view_settings_bom.xml view_settings_chars.xml view_settings_dock_mngr.xml view_settings_mat_proc.xml To restore default user…
How to add Balloons manually in SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2017
By Sanja Srzic on December 29, 2016
In SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2017, balloons can be added manually. In the SOLIDWORKS Inspection add-in, click the button New Inspection Project on the CommandManager. In the Characteristic Info section, set extraction to manual. The Sort value…
SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2017 Lock Inspection Balloons to Prevent Renumbering
By Sanja Srzic on December 15, 2016
By default, removing an inspection balloon results in the remaining balloons being renumbered according to the original order. This change of balloon numbers associated with characteristics creates discrepancy with the existing inspection reports, which may…
SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2017 Enhancements
By Sanja Srzic on December 5, 2016
Following enhancements have been implemented in SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2017: Ability to lock balloons to prevent renumbering Manual ballooning of inspection drawings in SOLIDWORKS Inspection add-in VDA shape has been added as an option for inspection balloons….
What’s New in SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2017 [On-Demand WEBINAR]
By Rod Mackay on October 31, 2016
SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2017 helps simplify the process of creating inspection documents and performing in-process or receiving inspection. Intuitive and easy-to-use SOLIDWORKS Inspection helps streamline creation of documents with balloon callouts and specifications by leveraging existing 2D legacy data regardless…
8 Common questions [and answers] about SOLIDWORKS Inspection
By Dimos Siagoulis on July 21, 2016
SOLIDWORKS Inspection streamlines the creation of documents with balloon callouts and specifications by leveraging existing 2D legacy data regardless of file type—SOLIDWORKS files, PDFs, or TIFFs—and automating a manual and tedious process. Measured inspection values can…
The Best Process for Creating Inspection Documentation
By Eric van Essen on May 29, 2016Implementing a robust quality control process is critical to ensuring your products assemble with ease, operate to your customers satisfaction and last their desired lifespan. The problem a lot of our clients are facing is that the…
SOLIDWORKS Sketch Point will not Delete?!
By Chris Briand, CSWE on February 23, 2016
Have you ever attempted to delete a point from a sketch and the SOLIDWORKS Sketch Point will not delete?! (Just like those relatives who come over for dinner and don’t know when to leave…in any case…I digress.)…
SOLIDWORKS 2016 Top 10 List [VIDEO]
By Rod Mackay on October 24, 2015
SOLIDWORKS 2016 is packed with new, customer-focused enhancements. Whether you design single components, incredibly complex equipment, or even entire facilities, SOLIDWORKS 2016 delivers easy-to-use tools to help turn your ideas into higher-quality products. Check out the…
SOLIDWORKS 2016 Demo and Launch Event Proceedings
By Rod Mackay on October 7, 2015
A big thank you to all our customers that tuned in for the Canadian SOLIDWORKS 2016 Launch Broadcast in October. We were able to run a live SOLIDWORKS 2016 demo and show the updated user interface, new tools,…
Are you using the Top 10 Features in SOLIDWORKS 2015? [VIDEO]
By Rod Mackay on September 6, 2015
SOLIDWORKS 2016 is coming soon, and presently Subscription Service customers can download a beta version of 2016 and give it a try. There were literally hundreds of enhancements in SOLIDWORKS 2015, have you managed to give the…
Streamline Part Inspection and Improve Quality [WHITE PAPER]
By Rod Mackay on August 27, 2015
Improving quality is important to you, but it may be costing your company time and money. Inspection professionals spend hours manually creating ballooned inspection drawings and inspection reports. These tedious and repetitive tasks can lead…
Top 5 Product Quality Headaches Resolved with SOLIDWORKS [VIDEO]
By Rod Mackay on August 24, 2015
In this on-demand webinar you will learn about the Top 5 Product Quality Headaches that Managers face, and how their issues are resolved with Javelin SOLIDWORKS products and processes. We also answer the frequently asked product quality related questions, including:…
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