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Direct Editing, a SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Designer Tutorial [VIDEO]
I really like the local “Convert to Direct Edit” functionality of SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual. It means that you do not need to lose the whole recipe of the product, but only replace selected feature(s) with direct edit entities. The whole Direct Editing (also called Direct Modeling) process…
SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Designer Tutorial: Direct Edit for Filling Cavities [VIDEO]
The Direct Edit functionality of SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual is outstanding. It can be used even for tooling creation or reverse engineering! In this video you will see how easy it is to create a solid body to fit in an existing cavity. … and… how…
SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Designer Tutorial: Best Practices for Defining Features [VIDEO]
This video explores the different outcomes between selecting a sketch object, a sketch, one or more edges, or even a face when defining features in SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual. Looks like old best practices hold true for SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual: Always select the BIGGEST ENTITY you…
SolidWorks Tutorial – Import Diagnostics (3) – Troubleshooting and Healing [VIDEO]
This is the third in a series of articles focused on troubleshooting and healing topological errors from geometry imported in SolidWorks. As we discovered in the second article of this series, the Import Diagnostics is a good tool for troubleshooting topological errors. It can also be used for fixing…
Using SOLIDWORKS Direct Modeling to modify an imported model without feature history [VIDEO]
How can you modify a model without history? Use the SOLIDWORKS direct modeling tools to reverse engineer an existing model. When you need to create tooling or fixtures for your customer parts, it is often necessary to remove all the details that will not be produced by your tooling, or…