If you’re running Professional or Premium then you may not be aware of a utility called the SOLIDWORKS Design Checker. This tool authenticates various design elements against a pre-defined criterion. To enable this first ensure you have the SOL....
I have found this useful on several occasions when I have wanted to make the file size of a SOLIDWORKS part smaller - especially if I want to email it and I am tight to a limit.The method is dead simple - simply create a feature that encloses al....
Our SOLIDWORKS 2013 Launch event guest speaker, Sir Ranulph Fiennes plans to set another world record. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19609293 Sir Ranulph will be giving an inspirational presentation at our main launch event which will be held at the H....
One of our customers DeGross Design & Innovation have produced this inspiring video to show how they use SOLIDWORKS to create their bespoke and innovative lighting products:UTREM-LUX from DeGross Design & Innovation on Vimeo.
SOLIDWORKS offers the opportunity to import external 3D file types such as STEP and IGES files, but the lack of features in the FeatureManager tree means editing these models can be difficult and time consuming. The FeatureWorks add-in is available t....
SOLIDWORKS have always had a strong community of users across the world sharing ideas, tips and tricks. You may have seen within SOLIDWORKS, on the right side of the screen, that you can access Community resources such as the Forums and User Groups.D....