SOLIDWORKS Global Variables
Learn how to link dimensions to SOLIDWORKS Global Variables and make your models more intelligent
SOLIDWORKS certification tests are a timed way to test people’s software aptitude. If you have never previously taken a certification test, they will typically have a part to model, then ask you a multiple-choice question about that part (typically mass related). After the initial multiple-choice…
Similar to other programs such as Microsoft Excel, SOLIDWORKS has functions available to round numbers. However, certain workflow might require you to always Round Down or Up regardless of the decimal value. Before we get started, if you are interested in SOLIDWORKS rounding in general…
Back with the release of SOLIDWORKS 2010, SOLIDWORKS introduced Global Variables. A nice little utility, to define a constant that can be used to drive multiple dimensions. And for many situations this works well but the one downside is that a Global Variable has to…
Global variable and equations in SOLIDWORKS link various dimensions to a specific value or to one another. This technique helps manage the size and shape of your model by modifying only a few variables; and also potentially prevents forgetting some relations between various dimensions in…
Using a Global Variable for the Number of Instances in a SOLIDWORKS Sketch Pattern [VIDEO]
If you have been using SOLIDWORKS for some time you may agree with me that using global variables and equations can save a lot of time. It is easy to make a variable and link it to a dimension. Well at least most of the time….
A SOLIDWORKS Global Variable is a useful way to keep a set of values linked to dimensions in your model so you can quickly make a change and all dimensions linked will be updated. But perhaps you are adding a dimension and you just want to…
If your SOLIDWORKS document units are not set to global variables this can cause the shape and size of your part to dramatically change when different document units are specified. Watch the following tutorial video to learn how linking units to global variables in SOLIDWORKS…
Linking SOLIDWORKS Component Dimensions to Global Variables at the Assembly Level
During one of our recent SOLIDWORKS online training courses an excellent question was poised by one of the students regarding linking SOLIDWORKS Component Dimensions: “Am I able to link dimensions within my components to a global variable that I have created within my SOLIDWORKS Assembly?”…