Units

SOLIDWORKS Derived Part Template Units

If you’ve ever created a derived part in SOLIDWORKS before, then you may have come across this dialog window: Not an error message It seems like an error message, but in fact, there is nothing wrong. SOLIDWORKS is just letting you know that your default template (specified…

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Linking Units to Global Variables in SOLIDWORKS 2014 [VIDEO]

SOLIDWORKS Units

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…

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Showing or switching SOLIDWORKS BOM Units [VIDEO]

In an ideal world, we would have just one system of measurements. However, we do not live in an ideal world. SOLIDWORKS  does its best to compensate by doing conversions automatically and effortlessly for you, but the one area it falls short in for the…

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