Do you know, that it is also possible to enable OpenGL programmatically in the eDrawings application. What kind of option is this? Software OpenGL disables graphics card hardware acceleration, enabling software-only graphics rendering. This option is automatically enabled, if the graphics card does not support hardware acceleration or does not have the appropriate drivers (for the current resolution settings, colors, refresh rate etc.)....
While creating a drawing this may happen, that the elements presented in the projections do not look good. What I mean is that the geometry is not displayed properly, especially the complicated one. This happened to me several times when drawing springs or housings with very variable curvature. In this case, go to Document Properties > Image quality and check the performance of three....
Can be assumed, that all default materials in the SOLIDWORKS material database are isotropic. Is it possible to define an orthotropic material?, that is, representing different physical properties in different directions? An example of such a material is wood, whose properties differ significantly in the longitudinal and transverse directions. Well, such properties can be described. However, the condition is that the Simulation i add-in must be launched first..
Toolbox is a database of standardized elements and, like other SOLIDWORKS files, is subject to updates. Similarly, the program does not read files from newer versions, and the older ones should be saved in the current one. About that, The following message indicates that the database is incorrect: One update method is to run an application located in the installation directory called sldtoolboxupdater....
Dimensioning a 3D sketch, especially one like this, which does not lie on any of the X axes,Y,Z can be a challenge. There are a number of possibilities, including the use of auxiliary lines or dimensioning from the main planes of the system. Today I will show you how to do it even easier. Consider a sketch segment, which does not lie on any of the principal planes. If...
You can configure the synchronization of settings on multiple computers if you use SOLIDWORKS 2018 or newer. Settings synchronization is an online service, which requires logging in to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform! Also note, that in order to access the cloud storage service you need to make sure, that firewalls or proxy servers allow communication with *.solidworks.com. Sync settings may....
The section view in SOLIDWORKS allows you to graphically cut a 3D model. Word “graphic” By default in SOLIDWORKS in, that the cut is not geometric, therefore, you cannot insert a sketch on a section face. In the location method you can choose between options: Planar and Zone. The latter is less known, even though it appeared already good 10 years ago, no less since the beginning of existence....
If you need to change the dimension reference – i.e. place, to which the dimension refers – then it is possible. You don't have to delete the dimension and insert it again… How to do it, I've written about this before. Replacing dimensions by dragging However, this method is not very convenient, if there are many dimensions close together, we have a mouse....
Making circular and rectangular corner cuts in sheet metal, depending on the parameters, a slight indentation may occur. Of course, this indentation is also visible on the unfolded model. Wanting to turn them off, you need to edit the Flat Model operation and uncheck the Show groove option.
When selecting Material in the operation tree, we usually mean assigning physical properties necessary for mass calculation or calculations. However, a material can be assigned an Appearance, Hatching or additional information. And today, two words on this subject. Customized is a tab, which can only be used with adapted materials (blue folder). You can put additional information there,...
