18

Nov

2010

What have you been missing in SolidWorks...Jon Now!
What you are missing at SolidWorks Tips Daily Print
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The list below shows some of what you will find in the Members Area of SolidWorksTips.com.  We guarentee you will save time in your design day with our service!

Parts

 

Extrusion Direction (Member Request)
Adding More Intelligence to the Design Journal (Video)
Right Click Quicky
Dimension Name Changes in 2012 (Video)
Dimension Scroll Box Options (Video)
Equations 2012 (Part 1) (Video)
Dimension Update - 2012 (Video)
Freeze Feature (Video)
Instant 3D - End Conditons (Video)
Design Tables and Scale Features (Video)
Derived Parts (Video)
Design Tables and Thread Callouts
The Link to Thickness Secret (Video)
Reordering Equations
MultiBody Mirroring and Pattering
Decals (Video)
Library Features (Video)
Design Table User Notes
Suppress/Unsuppress with Equations (2011 & Newer) (Video)
BOM Part Numbers Made Easy (Video)
Thread Callout Configuration Parameters
Scaling and Configurations in 2011 (Video)
Create an Overmold (Video)
Select Tangency
Revolve - Up to Surface (Video)
Title Block Tables (Video)
Planes: Part 1
Create a Cotter Pin Installed Version
Quick Compression Springs
Lofting with Unequal Sketch Segments
Second Rollback Option
Activating the ''Link to Thickness'' Option
Combine Tool - Common
SolidWorks Dialog Boxes
Show Your Dimension Names
Snap Hook and Snap Hook Grooves
Design Tables, Configurations, and Suppressing Relations
Re-Orient Standard Views
Shelling in only One Area
Smart Components - Part 1
Shelling Time Saver
Master Model Technique
Another Fillet Selection Option
Face Fillet Hold Lines (Video)
Cut with Draft - C'Sink Alternative (Video)
Pattern - Sketch Driven
Error Correction (Video)
Copy a Feature
Copy Features from Part to Part (without CTRL + C) (Video)
Belt/Chain Tool (Video)
Pattern - Curve Driven (Video)
Projected Curve (on Face)
Full Round Fillet Side Note
Flex Tool (Bending) (Video)
The Anatomy of a Spline
Split Line enhancements in SolidWorks 2010
Web Link in your Model
Loop Selection (Video)
Shelling with Split Lines
Hole Wizard Work Around using Surfaces
SketchXpert
Mate References (Video)
Suppressing Dimensions and Relations for Configurations (Video)
Reverse Engineering Parts from Imported Geometry
FilletXpert Part 2 (Video)
FilletXpert Part 1 (Video)
Quick Normal to Curve Plane
Multibodies with Open Profile Cuts (Video)
7 Steps to COMPLETE any single path and profile Sweep
Instant 3D End Conditions
Fit Spline (Video)
Open Profile Cuts (and Extrudes)
Projected Curve (Sketch on Sketch)
Equation Variables (Video)
Hole Wizard Starter Tip
Doubled Dimensions (Video)
Replace Face
Vent Tool (Video)
Instant 3D Hotkeys
Virtual Sharps
SolidWorks Dialog Boxes
Split Command (Video)
Sketches for Calculations
Delete Face
Two quick shortcuts to make a Plane
Bi-Directional Offset (Video)
Up to Next vs. Up to Surface
Design Library

Assemblies

 

Hide and Show Parts in SolidWorks 2012 (Video)
Assembly Configurations: Parent/Child Options (Video)
More Flexible Sub-Assemblies
Find Your Mate
In-Context Reference Symbols
Advanced Assembly Open (Video)
Assembly Level Cuts in the Part Level (Video)
Changing Materials within the Assembly (Video)
Appearences in the Assembly (Video)
Organizing for performance
Moving in the Feature Manager Tree
Quick Add to Assembly
Assembly Non-Ortho Cuts (Video)
Move Parts/Subs To/From Sub-Assemblies (Video)
Selection Tools - Isolate (Video)
Selection Tools - Volume Select (Video)
Assembly Bill of Materials
Flexible/Moveable Sub-Assemblies
Virtual Components (Video)
Invert Selection
Replacing Unlike Type Files
The Coordinate System (Video)
Rotate a Part within the Assembly
Open to the Correct Configuration
Cut From Assembly without Editing Part
Hole Series (Video)
Copy Features from Part to Part within the Assembly
Selection Tools - Tags and The Assembly Filter (Video)
Make a Copy of a Part or Assembly
Show Hidden Components (Video)
Selection Tool (Part 1)
Changing Assembly Order for BOM
Using the Magnifying Glass (Video)
Part Correction from the Assembly (Video)
Selecting the Sub-Assembly not just one of the Parts
Assembly Edit Watch-Outs
Interference Detect Time Saver
Perspective View Options
Assembly Component Patterns
Mate Editing
Assembly Equations
Mates and Configurations
Find References
Create Sub Assemblies on the Fly
Multiple Contexts for Assemblies
Configs Revisited


Drawings

 

Opeing a Sub-Assembly from the Drawing
BOMs on Blank Sheets and more - 2012 (Video)
Center Marks - 2012 (Video)
Magnetic Lines (Video)
Adding Model Weight to Drawing
Standard General Tables
Notes: To Merge or Not to Merge
Excluding from the BOM
Find and Replace Annotations
Feet and Inches Options
Attaching your Geometric Tolerance to a Dimension
Reordering Drawing Sheets
SolidWorks Table Tips (Video)
Balloon Quantities (Video)
Open from the Bill of Materials (BOM)
Printing to the Correct Printer
Use Model Color for HLR/HLV in Drawings
99% of all drawing templates are missing this setting
Auto Arrange Dimensions (Video)
3D Drawing View Tool (Video)
Decimal Precision in a General Table
Unhide a BOM hidden row/column
Broken View Break Line Styles
Rapid Dimension Offsets
Override Dimension Units
Custom General Tables
Fractional Dimensions
Section Depth for Part Drawings
Ordinate Dimension Improvement for 2010
Parametic Quantities
Sketch Pictures in Drawings
Virtual Sharp
Section Depth for Assembly Drawings
Cropping Drawing Views
Flag notes in SolidWorks 2010
Note-Text Editing
Section and Detail Letters
Bill of Material File Open Shortcut
Black and White Printing
Faster Drawings
Wrap Note Text
Choose the Hidden Lines you want in Drawing Views
Forshortened Dimensions
Isometric Sections
Associated Design Tables on your Drawings
Drawing Center Mark Chioces
Section Depth for Assembly Drawings
Make an Independent Section Line (No View Attached)
Customizing the Bill of Materials (BOM)
Spell Check
Section Views with Too Much Hatching
Edit the TitleBlock Feature in SolidWorks
Drawing Watermarks
Hole Callouts
Alternate Position View
Radius and Note Leaders in Drawings
Drawing View Creation Alternative
Drawing Template Information Changes
GD&T Dimension Attchment
Dimension Styles
Label your Drawings - So you Rev the correct file
Put a Perspective View on a Drawing
Template for Importing a Drawing from another Drawing Program
Drawing Cosmetic Threads vs. Part Cosmetic Threads
Explode View Details
Hide and Show Parts in Drawing Views
Break Drawing View Alignment on Creation
Section Depth for Part Drawings
Move and Copy Dimensions
Broken-out Section
Drawing Picture Backgrounds
Arc Length Dimension
Centering Text
Virtual Sharps
Chamfer Dimensions
Replacing Drawing and Assembly References (Video)
Adding a Property from the Model to the Drawing
New drawing from Part/Assembly
Split the Drawing Window
Parametric Notes
Compare Drawings
Break Line Style
Auxiliary View
Drawing Pan

Sheet Metal

 

Sheet Metal - Swept Flange (Video)
Sheet Metal - Tangent Bend Flange Length (Video)
Sheet Metal - Up to Vertex Improvement (Video)
Sheet Metal - Cut Across Bends (Video)
Sheet Metal - Exclude Faces and Bend Tables (Video)
Sheet Metal - Fold/Unfold (Video)
Sheet Metal - Bounding Box
Convert to Sheet Metal Tool - 2011 (Video)
Sheet Metal - Rip
Sheet Metal - Edge Flange
Sheet Metal - Lofted Bends
Sheet Metal Process and Drawings
Create a Sheet Metal Gusset
Convert to Sheet Metal Tool
Using the Correct Sheet Metal Tools to get the Correct Flat Pattern
Jog Tool
Forming Tools
Multibody Sheet Metal (SWX 2010 or Newer)


Surfacing

 

Surfacing - Trim with a Sketch
Surfacing - Trim with a Sketch
Surfacing - Modified K-Blends
Surfacing - Y-Blends
Surfacing - Lofting with Splits
Surfacing - T-Blends
Surfacing - K-Blends
Delete the Surfaces you are Finished With
Surface Fill - Constraint Curves
Filled Surface (3 of 3)
Filled Surface (2 of 3)
Filled Surface (1 of 3)


Macros - API

 

Quick Trans
How to Automatically Change/Swap Template/System Options
Lock/Unlock All External References
Watermark Macro
Background Macro
Clean Your Temp Directories
Quick JPG Macro
Start any Program from SolidWorks

Mates - Mechanical

 

Mate: Screw (Video)
Mate: Gear (Video)
Mate: Hinge (Video)
Mate: Universal Joint (Video)
Mate: Cam (Video)
Mate: Linear/Linear Coupler (Video)


Mates - Advanced

 

Limit Mate
Width Mate

Miscellaneous Tips

 

Ambient Occlusion in SolidWorks 2012 (Video)
Find Command Tool (Video)
Custom Part Templates
Crankcase Modeling (Video)
IFC Output
Old Blocks
Advanced Design Tables (Video)
Decals
File Property Set-up Part 3 (Video)
File Property Set-up Part 2 (Video)
File Property Set-up Part 1 (Video)
Video Card Certification
Splitting the Feature Manager Tree (Video)
View Orientation with Keyboard
911 Case Study: Pentagon Flight 77 (Animator)
QT: Title Block Tables
Linking Properties to the Face of your Modeling Area
Removing the Quick Tip Dialog
Part Editing Tip
More Hotkeys
Special Symbols (Copyright, Trademark, etc)
Design Table Parameters (Part 1)
Make your Command Manager Smaller and still have the Same Functionality
Scroll Bars and Split Screens
More or Revised Flagnotes and Symbols
DWG/DXF to SolidWorks
Drawing Center Mark Chioces
Image Quality
Scroll Bars and Split Screens
SolidWorks Block from AutoCAD
Color Swatches and Colors
Open to the Correct Configuration
Toolbar Docking
Mouse Scroll Wheel
Get more Screen Real Estate
Format Painter
DWG Version
Find That File Faster
Customize the “S” Shortcut Key
Customize the “S” Shortcut Key
Color Hierarchy
Manual Rotate
Pan without the Button
Fix the Middle Mouse Button
Middle Mouse Button


Weldments

 

Weldment - How to Create a Weldment Profile (Video)
Cut List Properties
Weldment - Arc Segments (Video)
Weldment - Gussets
Assembly Weldment Cut-List BOM's (2009 and Newer)
Unleash the Weldment Profiles

Options

 

Options: Normal to Sketch Automatically
Unit Changes in SolidWorks 2012 (Video)
Favorite KeyBoard Shortcuts
Single Command Per Pick
Trailing and Leading Zeros
Quick Commands
Hide/Show Tree Items
Arrow Key Navigation
Updating the SolidWorks Serial Number on an existing installation
Mouse Gestures
Where did the ''Show Dimension Names Option, Go?''
Make your Command Manager Smaller and still have the Same Functionality
Those Missing Menu Items
Change your Dimensions to be Flat to Screen
Printing Your Hotkeys
Editing the Design Journal
Less Add-Ins Turned on Save Memory
New Assembly Option
SolidWorks RX Extras
Changing Global Information in the Options Files
Open your Assemblies Faster
Use Specified Colors when Editing Parts in the Assemblies


PhotoWorks

 

Render your Model to Scale (1:1)
Fast, Correct PhotoWorks Lighting

 

Toolbox

 

Removing the Toolbox Flag
Toolbox - Grooves
Toolbox Internal Tag
Toolbox - Automate the Mating without Smart Fasteners
Toolbox - Grooves
Do you know where is your Toolbox is?

 

Add-ins

 

FeatureWorks (How To) (Video)
DWGEditor - View Palette (Intro)

 

Sketching

 

Diametric Dimension Mode (Video)
Display/Delete Relations Tool
Sketch Fillet Adjustments (Video)
Relation: Intersection
3D Sketches - Part 2
3D Sketches - Part 1
Linking Sketch Text to File Properties
Dimension Flipping
Constuction Geometry
Scroll to Change Dimensions
Sketches for Calculations
Intelligent Sketch Text
The Unspoken ''A'' Key
Contour Select
Trim - Inside and Out
Editing Some Sketch Entities
Fully Define Sketch Tool
Sketch Jog Tool
Quicker Dimensioning
Derived Sketch
Modify Tool
Proportional Splines
Sketch Point on another Sketch Point
Automatic Sketch Relation Colors
Adding more to a Dimension
Spline Relations
Link Values
Adding Relations
Arc Min/Max Dimension

 

Automation

 

Property Tab Builder - File Types (Video)
Configuration Publisher (Video)
Your Own Custom Toolbar
Equation Based Properties (Video)
Name Feature on Creation
Build a 3D Scanner From A $25 Laser Level (Video)
Property Tab Builder (Part 2) (Video)
Property Tab Builder (Part 1) (Video)
Property Tab Messages
Copy with Mates (Video)
Explodes and Their Animations (with a side of Explode View Drawing Lines) (Video)
Create PropertyManager (Video)
SmartMates (Video)

 

 

Modeling Techniques


Modeling Techniques: Quick Acting Hold-Down Clamp (1/5) (Video)
Modeling Techniques: Quick Acting Hold-Down Clamp (2/5) (Video)
Modeling Techniques: Quick Acting Hold-Down Clamp (3/5) (Video)
Modeling Techniques: Quick Acting Hold-Down Clamp (4/5) (Video)
Modeling Techniques: Quick Acting Hold-Down Clamp (5/5) (Video)
Modeling Techniques: Knob (Video)
Modeling Techniques: Fixture Base (Video)
Modeling Techniques: Heavy-Duty V-Pulley (Video)
Modeling Techniques: Taper Collar (Video)
Modeling Techniques: Pulley (Video)
Modeling Tutorial - Chopper Peddles - Splines and More (Video)
Modeling Tutorial - Chopper Wheel - Splines and More (Video)
Modeling Techniques: Cow Catcher Drawing Exercise
Modeling Techniques: Wheel Drawing Exercise

 

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