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Drawing tech tips and tutorials from the Javelin team

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Three SWUGN Meetings in Ontario this month = Free SolidWorks Training, Dinner, and Prizes!

Some people attend the SOLIDWORKS User Group Network Meetings for the high quality presentations that are delivered absolutely free of…

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Why is SOLIDWORKS unable to locate my Assembly Components?

I’m sure you’ve seen this before.  After opening up a SOLIDWORKS assembly file, there is a message that a file cannot…

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EPDM – What’s New 2014 – Extracting Hidden SolidWorks BOMs

Even if a SolidWorks BOM is hidden in a SolidWorks assembly or drawing, the BOM can still be accessed through…

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SolidWorks Sheet Metal – Why is my Flat Pattern Displayed as a Bent Part?

When the Flat pattern drawing view of a SolidWorks sheet metal part displays the part in the bent condition, this…

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Save Each Sheet as its own Drawing, or Combine Multiple Drawings into a Multi-sheet SOLIDWORKS Drawing [VIDEO]

Some companies like to have one drawing file with multiple sheets, where each sheet contains the detail drawings of each…

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How to SHIFT More CTRL to the SOLIDWORKS User (using CTRL, SHIFT and ALT keys)

Greetings, fellow SolidWorks users. A question we are sometimes asked is for a comprehensive list of all the things that Ctrl,…

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Working with SolidWorks Files on a Network

The Typical Problem Often times when you work in a multi-user environment, it seems like a good idea to store…

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The SolidWorks World 2014 Series: 1. Preparing for the Conference

SolidWorks World 2014 starts in two days in San Diego and the Javelin Blog intends to keep you up to date…

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SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM Pack And Go Files Out of the Vault [VIDEO]

If you are managing your SOLIDWORKS files using Workgroup PDM, you may have wondered how you can package up file…

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Add-in Series 5 – Handle Selections [VIDEO]

The mouse events are triggered quite frequently, and many times nothing in SolidWorks has changed.  It is possible to use…

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Add some Perspective to your Drawings

By now, you are probably well aware that one of the display modes that SolidWorks has is the “Perspective” mode,…

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SOLIDWORKS Recent Documents now provides Open options

Enhancements have been added to the SOLIDWORKS Recent Documents window.  The SOLIDWORKS Recent Documents dialog can be opened through File…

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Showing or switching SOLIDWORKS BOM Units [VIDEO]

NOTE: This article is relevant for SOLIDWORKS 2023 and prior.  SOLIDWORKS 2024 introduced new functionality to link custom properties to…

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How to Replace Model in SOLIDWORKS Drawing View

The latest version of SOLIDWORKS has the ability to replace model in SOLIDWORKS drawing view when the drawing is open….

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SOLIDWORKS Lightweight Mode [VIDEO]

Greetings, fellow SOLIDWORKS users! I’m here to help clear up some of the ambiguity of SOLIDWORKS Lightweight Mode that causes many…

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