SOLIDWORKS Display States
Display states in SOLIDWORKS allow users to show their parts and assemblies in a variety of ways using options such as hide/show, display modes, appearances, and transparency. All of these options are saved into a display state so that users can quickly toggle between different…
Have you ever designed the perfect SOLIDWORKS model and then you go to add finishing touches, like a nice appearance so you can show your model off, but when you go into the appearances task pane, the appearance you are looking for can’t be found?…
Many users are aware of the ability to configure SOLIDWORKS assemblies to show different instances of products in a similar product line. Configurations of an assembly allow us to suppress features and mates as well as change values on dimensioned mates, in an instance of…
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…
One use of display states is to help improve the clarity of information conveyed in a SOLIDWORKS assembly drawing. In the example below, we have a u-joint assembly drawing with a bill of materials. What if we want to include a view of one particular…
Display States are great for various graphical representations of a model. If you have multiple SOLIDWORKS Display States you might have a situation where a component needs to be hidden or shown in only a select few states. Instead of activating each Display State one…
You can now quickly change the transparency of the all components in an assembly or all bodies in a multibody part. SOLIDWORKS 2018 has added a Transparency option that applies all components. Right-click on the top level feature in the FeatureManager Design Tree and choose…
SOLIDWORKS Decal Display State is new for SOLIDWORKS 2017. When placing a decal, there is now an additional section to the Decal PropertyManager that will allow you to choose the display state[s] the decal should be applied to. The results of this addition are better control…
Do you need quick access to your Display States list?