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SOLIDWORKS Sketch
SOLIDWORKS Sketch tips and tricks from the Javelin team
SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Designer Tutorial: Best Practices for Defining Features [VIDEO]
This video explores the different outcomes between selecting a sketch object, a sketch, one or more edges, or even a…
SOLIDWORKS Sketch Relations Summary
The SOLIDWORKS Online Help provides a summary of all of the SOLIDWORKS sketch relations available. There is something missing from…
When is a Fully Defined Sketch not Fully Defined? [VIDEO]
We all like Fully-Defined sketches. There’s no room for ambiguity. The sketch and resulting features are more stable. Rebuild times…
SOLIDWORKS Replace Sketch Entity [VIDEO]
Doesn’t matter if you are The Company Owner, a Manager, a SolidWorks Expert or just a SolidWorks Beginner, you will be extremely…
The Greatest Time Saver – Auto-Sketch Scaling in SolidWorks 2014 [VIDEO Tutorial]
Auto-Sketch Scaling in SolidWorks 2014 will save the world about 2,500 user-years annually!!! It is a bit ironic that you will…
SOLIDWORKS Path Length Dimension [VIDEO]
New in SOLIDWORKS is the ability to dimension the overall length of a chain of sketch entities. Imagine you have to…
Marble Roller Coaster Create Start of Loop (Part 6 of many) [VIDEO]
Create Loop Start To read the previous article of this series, CLICK HERE. Many people believe that the shape of…
Marble Roller Coaster Create Straight Segment (Part 5 of many) [VIDEO]
Create Straight Segment To read the previous article of this series, CLICK HERE. To create a new part from this…
Marble Roller Coaster – Designing Connectors (Part 2 of many) [VIDEO]
To read the first part of this series of articles, please CLICK HERE. The next step is to design the…
SOLIDWORKS Equal Curvature Relation for Splines and Conics [VIDEO]
This is a great example of the benefits you get when you have a subscription contract with Javelin and SOLIDWORKS….
A Quick Way to Purge ALL the Centerlines from a SOLIDWORKS Sketch [VIDEO]
When you are looking for a fast way to save a SOLIDWORKS sketch to a 2D format like DXF or DWG,…
How to dimension faster in a SOLIDWORKS Sketch [VIDEO]
My SOLIDWORKS pick of the day is the enhanced SOLIDWORKS dimension tool in the sketch environment. Now you can dimension sketch entities…
How to Reverse an Offset Dimension [VIDEO]
Reversing sketch dimensions is one of the best time saving enhancements introduced by Solidworks 2009. It applies to 99% of…
SOLIDWORKS Convert View to Sketch
I have to confess, this is one of the new enhancements in SolidWorks 2013 that, at the first sight, I…
Accessing Extrudes from Sketch Short-cut
I came across this tip at the 2012 SolidWorks World (exchanging tips and information is one of the many reasons to attend…