SOLIDWORKS Offset

Tech tips, tutorials, and best practices for SOLIDWORKS Offset from the Javelin technical team

SOLIDWORKS 2017 Streamlines Surface Trimming Workflow with Offset On Surface

By Chris Briand, CSWE on October 5, 2016

Among the many new features in SOLIDWORKS 2017 are features that “Clean Up” or simplify the entire process of creating…

By Vicky Guignard on March 9, 2016

In previous SOLIDWORKS releases it was impossible to change the direction after using the Offset Sketch Entities tool. If you…

By Rod Mackay on September 22, 2015

New for the SOLIDWORKS 2016 Offset Entities sketch tool is the ability to create cap ends while offsetting open loop entities in 2D…

By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on November 12, 2012

Reversing sketch dimensions is one of the best time saving enhancements introduced by Solidworks 2009. It applies to 99% of…

By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on May 9, 2012

How many times have you tried offsetting a set of faces only to get the error shown in fig. 1?…