Tips and Tricks
Ever wondered how to automatically populate your drawing borders in SolidWorks? Here is how. For those of you who know this already, also in the video is how you can Define a Title Block. A new piece of functionality (from SW2009) which speeds up edits of notes on the drawing whilst keeping them linked to the part/assembly or drawing.
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Here is a look at the SolidWorks Sheet Metal tools. Very powerful, yet easy to use, giving Product Designers and Engineers the ultimate tool to get their job done easily, quickly, and accurately.
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SolidWorks Routing automates the design of Pipe runs, tubing, flexible hosing and electrical cabling. This video looks at one way of automating Pipework designs showing off some of the new functionality in SolidWorks 2010.
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The DimXpert in the 3D environment was introduced in SolidWorks 2008 and is a very powerful, time saving tool for automatically dimensioning and tolerancing 3D models, which is often overlooked. This video shows an overview of the functionality and how it can be used to reduce time creating 2D drawings but also replace them entirely.
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DriveWorksXpress is a free utility with every seat of SolidWorks (2008 or later) which allows you to automate your designs by setting up a series of rules using a wizard interface. It is incredibly powerful and easy to use. If you want to go further, there are higher levels of DriveWorks which can go right through to your customers configuring a product over the web and your Engineering drawings are built automatically.
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