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Assembly Components
Tech tips, tutorials, and best practices for Assembly Components from the Javelin technical team
How to Use the Move Component Command in SOLIDWORKS
When doing assembly modeling in SOLIDWORKS, we usually use the Move Component command by left or right-clicking a component and…
How to Rotate Components in SOLIDWORKS Assemblies
SOLIDWORKS assemblies make it easy to show how components may look and move in a real-world environment. Before finalizing mates…
Using the Component Preview Window to Speed Up Assembly Mates
When working with complex assemblies in SOLIDWORKS, the process involves mating every component into place and ensuring that each component…
SOLIDWORKS xDesign Design Changes with In-Context Relations
Very rarely does a design hit the mark on the first attempt. Making changes is a fundamental step of creating,…
SOLIDWORKS Composer Image Distortion – Strange Artifacts and Triangles
Have you experienced an issue with SOLIDWORKS Composer image distortion where some components have strange artifacts upon opening an assembly?
Use SOLIDWORKS Component Reference to label Assembly Components
The SOLIDWORKS Component Reference provides you with the ability to assign a label to each instance of a component in…
Inserting additional components into an existing SOLIDWORKS Composer file
In many cases you may find the need to insert additional actors/components to an existing SOLIDWORKS Composer file. Luckily there…
Driving Assembly Component with Configured Assembly Dimension
Once in awhile SOLIDWORKS users report that a part driven by a configured assembly dimension will display the same way…
How to Assemble your Parts in SOLIDWORKS
If you are just getting started with SOLIDWORKS a quick way to learn how to assemble your parts in SOLIDWORKS is…
Show All Hidden Bodies and Components
Working with SOLIDWORKS Weldments or other Multi-body parts, we often need to show all or some hidden bodies. It is easy to…
SOLIDWORKS drawing view with assembly components displayed in different colours or line types
In a SOLIDWORKS drawing view, assembly components can be displayed in different colours using layers. Additionally, the type and thickness…