SOLIDWORKS Drawing
SOLIDWORKS Drawing Tech Tips and Tutorials
Templates are the beginning to our design phase and are the equivalent to a cookie cutter. We want to start off on the correct foot every time, which will lead to increased efficiency and synergy throughout multiple SOLIDWORKS users. Here is where we establish our units (mm,…
Let’s talk about five ways to manage SOLIDWORKS Drawing performance. The five ways mentioned will be focused on helping to manage performance while in drawings. Managing performance is important to speed up your workflow and understand the factors that affect your opening and rebuilding times….
Oh no, your SOLIDWORKS drawing appears to be corrupt! It either won’t open properly, won’t save, throws a corruption message, suggests a repair or contacting technical support, etc. What steps can you try to fix it before calling in the cavalry? This article serves as…
When working with SOLIDWORKS drawings, it’s possible to add predefined views to your drawing. This view type is most useful when creating drawing templates. It provides the ability to have your drawing automatically populated with predefined drawing views. As an example, if you find yourself continually…
This article is a continuation of my previous article on creating a SOLIDWORKS hole callout template. In this article we will be customizing the template. Let’s look at where the hole callout data resides in the text file: In SOLIDWORKS, the exact hole callout text…
One of the most common asked questions by many of our clients in regards to SOLIDWORKS Drawings is “How do we make our own hole callout template?”. The answer is dissected in this article. What is a hole callout? The hole callout option is available…
Are you familiar with all the different ways you can work with drawings in SOLIDWORKS? Watch our on-demand webinar to learn essential SOLIDWORKS drawing tips and tricks. In SOLIDWORKS, drawings are the main way we communicate our designs and take them from the design phase…
If you have a SOLIDWORKS assembly drawing with a lot components you may find that your BOM table is too large for the sheet. In this situation you can split the table into separate pieces and move them to another location on the sheet or…
Minimize SOLIDWORKS Drawing save time when working with Shaded With Edges display style
Starting in SOLIDWORKS 2020 is the ability to open drawings in Detailing Mode (File > Open > select the drawing > Mode > Detailing > Open) for high performance when loading and saving, without loading model data. However, when loading in Resolved mode with views…