SOLIDWORKS Add-in
A new feature added in SolidWorks 2012 is the SolidWorks Part Reviewer Add-In. This new tool can be used to review, step-by-step, the features used to create the geometry of a part. Many SolidWorks users are aware that an effective way to learn how to…
Have you every had to fight your way through a model performing several CTRL+Select operations as you are attempting to apply an appearance to a few faces or a specific type of face in your model. It is a question we run into every…
When Pipe Routing you may need to have an elbow that has a drain or weldolet on it. This is actually easily accomplished. Simply model the modified elbow and use the replace fitting command to swap it into the route. Best results are likely achieved if…
To speed up the Pipe Routing process or simplify your library, it may help you to combine similar routing parts into one file. You can make configurations with different Material Properties for example. Just make sure to have the configuration specific routing property “Pipe Identifier” a…
Pipe Routing using only one elbow file with multiple angle configurations
In SolidWorks Pipe Routing we can only specify one default elbow for the route subassembly. Historically this meant that if we have more than one angle of elbow in the route, we had to browse each time for every case not matching the default. Now we…
Before working for Javelin I was a Mechanical Designer creating mobile equipment, and assembly machinery using SolidWorks 3D CAD software. I loved working with SolidWorks but did not have the luxury of being able to use SolidWorks Enterprise PDM software for file management. On more than one occasion…
CircuitWorks is a translator bridge for SOLIDWORKS. It allows SOLIDWORKS to open files produced by Electrical CAD software for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design. Upon opening the file, SOLIDWORKS will create an assembly model of the PCB. CircuitWorks also allows SOLIDWORKS to save changes back…
Javelin’s Plant Design and Layout add-in product for SolidWorks has been updated for SolidWorks 2010. PlantWorks allows for rapid 3D layout generation from furniture layouts to full machine layouts in your facility for proposals, photo renderings, and fly-through animation. Using PlantWorks and SolidWorks visualization tools you will be able to provide early visibility of your proposed plant solution. Check out this demo to learn more about the product. Interested in PlantWorks? Learn more about the SolidWorks Add-in here: http://www.javelin-tech.com/plantworks Or click here to request a quote for the product
About a year ago we released a FREE SOLIDWORKS Add-in product called PropertyLinksXpress to help our customers organize their custom property data and allow them to easily populate their drawing title blocks. We are now happy to announce that over 1,000 SOLIDWORKS users are now using the…