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Drawing tech tips and tutorials from the Javelin team

Using Electrical Design

Why are you using AutoCAD or Microsoft Visio for Electrical Design?

The price of anything in monetary terms is what we typically believe the cost is as well. For the longest…

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Assessment Service

SOLIDWORKS Assessment Service Helps Team to load Assemblies 96% Faster

Recently one of our customers reported that their large assemblies and related drawings were taking a long time to load (in…

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Default Templates

SOLIDWORKS Default Template Location

SOLIDWORKS default templates and document templates have different settings and purpose. SOLIDWORKS default template files used to start a new part, assembly, or drawing…

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Wrong Link

How to update SOLIDWORKS Annotations linked to the wrong Model [VIDEO]

In a SOLIDWORKS drawing that references multiple models, annotations sometimes get linked to the wrong part or assembly.  In the example shown…

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windows10 solidworks

Is the latest version of SOLIDWORKS compatible with Windows 10? [UPDATED]

Is SOLIDWORKS compatible with Windows 10®? That is a question we are hearing a lot lately. On July 28 2015,…

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parent view

How to find Parent View of a Section or Detail View located on a different sheet in SOLIDWORKS [VIDEO]

With all of the information you need to show on your drawing sheets they get rather full and complicated.  You…

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hockey-stick-putter

Could a Hockey Stick Putter designed with SOLIDWORKS improve your Short Game?

Hi, I’m a hockey player here to play golf… As you may have noticed from the first line of this…

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Educational icon

Watermark Indicates SOLIDWORKS Files from Educational Version

The watermark ‘SOLIDWORKS Educational License – Instructional Use Only’ appears on a printed SOLIDWORKS drawing that references a file created using educational…

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Arm

SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer Freeform Geometry [VIDEO series 3 of 4]

Hello everyone, and welcome back to my series on Industrial Design. In the last post we learned about the sketching capabilities in…

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Sheet Metal Part

Introduction to SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal in MySolidWorks

SOLIDWORKS 3D design software allows you to quickly and cost-effectively create sheet metal part designs using a simple design process, saving you time and…

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Shark

SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer Sketching [VIDEO Series 2 of 4]

Welcome back everyone! In part 1, we became familiar with  SOLIDWORKS Industrial Design, and learned how to navigate around it….

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3D Drawings created with SOLIDWORKS MBD

Eliminate Traditional 2D Processes with 3D Drawings

Just as the move from 2D design tools to 3D CAD solutions revolutionized product development, the emergence of 3D model-based…

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Note Library

How to create a SOLIDWORKS Notes Library [VIDEO]

One question that often comes up in SOLIDWORKS training courses is “How do I create a SOLIDWORKS Notes Library for…

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Part Inspection

Streamline, Improve, and Automate your Inspection Process [VIDEO]

So many parts to inspect, so little time, and ‘one’ un-inspected part could completely shut down production. If you want…

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Move Drawing Views

SOLIDWORKS Drawing Move View or BOM to a different Sheet

When a SOLIDWORKS drawing sheet becomes crowded and difficult to read, it may help to know that it is possible to move a drawing…

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