You can use the Mate Controller to quickly change the position of parts in assemblies
Author: Paul (Paul Kęska)
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Grouping of welded elements in documentation
Grouping of welded elements – new useful option. If the structure is welded (as a multi-body part) is part of an assembly, you can display it in two ways in the BOM table. The Indented option will create an identical solution to assemblies with subassemblies. Table cut list – preview in part However, the Unfolded option will display everything flat, i.e. without an additional line in....
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F6 Shortcut in SOLIDWORKS - Toggle Selection Filters
Filters allow you to select a specific type of item, e.g. edges, wall, axes, points etc. Filtr ścian w praktycznym zastosowaniu Pasek filtrów włączamy klawiszem F5 – jest to wbudowany skrót. Ale czy nie zdarzyło Ci się niechcący włączyć skrótu za pomocą klawiszy (najczęściej) X, V lub E? Włączenie objawia się widocznym symbolem obok kursora. Oczywiście po aktywowaniu danego...
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Fixing local distortion in a surface model
Surface models – especially those resulting from scan conversion – may contain various types of distortions. They can be divided into global and local (smaller size). How to fix local distortion? It all depends on the degree of deformation and the arrangement of the edges of the surrounding walls. Generally, the easiest and fastest way would be to use the Delete wall operation. After selecting the wall or walls, select Delete...
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3 ways to copy and move geometry in a SOLIDWORKS sketch
Today I will present 3 ways to copy and move geometry in a SOLIDWORKS sketch (which most users do not know). Working with sketches is the foundation of modeling in SOLIDWORKS. Yet many users only use basic methods for copying and moving sketch entities. Meanwhile, the program offers several quick and very convenient ways, that can save a lot of time - especially when....
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format lines – the most useful bar in drawings
The most useful toolbar, which I also turn on in drawings is Line Format. This small toolbar contains very useful tools, allowing you to change the color of lines or edges, thickness and its style. Additionally, you can manage layers from there. I have already written about the applications many times, in this example, it was used to highlight the level of liquid in the designed bottle. Other uses? Very...
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Saving an assembly from a weldment – why it was done this way?
How can you update the position of a part in an assembly, which were derived from the welded structure?
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Stretch the imported item
Each element can be stretched using selected operations. They are especially useful for imported files.
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Automatically arrange components – influence of the bounding box
When exploding, you can automatically arrange components using the so-called. chain. Auto-Explode – why is this not in SOLIDWORKS? Please remember this option, that the order in which parts/subassemblies are selected will affect the moving order. The second important issue is setting alignment using a bounding box, where you can choose: center of the bounding box, front edge of the frame, the rear edge of the frame. Frame...
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Options for displaying dimensions in a sketch
In most cases, we focus on correctly displaying dimensions in drawings. And it makes sense, of course. But in 3D models you can also use several options available by clicking the right button > Display options. What is important, are not available during dimensioning, only after turning off the tool (only the arrow is visible). Among other things, there are options for Centering the dimension or....