SOLIDWORKS Assembly
The SOLIDWORKS Component Reference provides you with the ability to assign a label to each instance of a component in an assembly. For example, you could use Component Reference to identify each instance of the same Gear component used in an assembly. You can show…
When working with an assembly that utilizes the SOLIDWORKS top down assembly design approach it is good practice to lock the external references for a design that is ready for release. This will help to ensure the design does not change unless the external references…
Using assemblies in SOLIDWORKS Simulation can make things more difficult to view the results of the various plots. Perhaps you only want to see results for specific components in your assembly. There are techniques to view the results on selected components. Here is a simple…
New in SOLIDWORKS 2021 are Synchronize options for the configuration of a component pattern, for instance if we need components to be all the same configuration. When patterning components in a SOLIDWORKS assembly, there have for many years been options to vary the configuration of…
Copy with Mates is a fantastic ability available in SOLIDWORKS that allows you to copy a component and paste them along with the mates that were used. Let’s imagine that we have to mate a spacer over a select amount of hole locations and a…
Remember playing hide and seek with your friends? I played that game with my friends for hours until our moms yelled out the door to get our behinds in the house for bed time. Playing hide and seek with your SOLIDWORKS assembly parts while editing…
Interested in managing your SOLIDWORKS large assembly more effectively? Watch this video tutorial from Certified SOLIDWORKS Expert Alin Vargatu, as he gives you a taste of SOLIDWORKS large assembly training available from Javelin. SOLIDWORKS Large Assembly Problem One of the biggest issues that SOLIDWORKS users…
The Scale feature (found by selecting the Insert menu, Features, then pick Scale) can be used to change the scale of all features within a single part. When used, this tool appears as an extra feature in the Feature Tree. However, this feature is limited to use…
Alin Vargatu shares his 3DEXPERIENCE World presentation (A SOLIDWORKS X-Ray Machine: The Ultimate Assembly Visualization Training) in an online live training format. For users who work with SOLIDWORKS assemblies, which is practically everyone, there is no tool more versatile for interrogating an existing assembly as…