You can assign an identifier to an individual component instance in an assembly. To do this, edit the Component Properties and complete the Component Reference. E.g, you can use Component References to store reference designators for a printed circuit board assembly or an electrical wiring assembly. When different instances of the same component have different Component Reference values, these instances can be displayed as separate...
As is widely known, SOLIDWORKS does not save files backwards. Therefore, be careful when viewing files from an older version. The big problem, of course, is file sharing, if there are different versions of the program within the same company. That's why I wanted to share a useful trick, which allows you to quickly determine, which version of SOLIDWORKS files come from. Of course, if you already have a file....
Wanting to show the work of a chain in SOLIDWORKS, roller mechanisms, gears etc. appropriate bonding must be used. However, the disadvantage of binding is the rigid connection of the components – not taking into account any play. This will be very clearly visible in the case of gear binding, rack and pinion mechanism or chain arrangement. But there is an undoubted advantage – the operation of the above-mentioned devices is very smooth, does not burden ...
SOLIDWORKS has hidden functions for some tools. This is the case with the Crop Elements command, which also allows for extension, even though there is a separate operation for lengthening. But today I wanted to show, useful option. Well, in Advanced Crop mode, if you want to extend the sketch segment To next – cut it with Shift! However, if you grab the line traditionally....
Consider the following situation. sheet metal, from which I want to cut a smaller sheet. The difficulty lies in the fact, that the cut overlaps the bends. As you know, in such a case the Perpendicular cutting option should be selected. However, it is not available when thin-wall cutting or double contour cutting! However, if you cut with a double outline – SOLIDWORKS will only leave....
Animations, that can be made in SOLIDWORKS may contain a number of elements. Today I want to show you a way to show how to screw in or remove a screw, nuts etc. Method 1. In my opinion, this is the simplest way to use explode in the animation creator. Explosion must combine two types of movement – shift (to the height of the nut) with rotation (here 5 revolutions). Method 2....
If you deal with calculations, you probably know this, that the defined calculation parameters are stored in SOLIDWORKS files. Of course, you can open such a file and remove the Static Analysis tabs 1, Static analysis 2 (or another type of calculation, e.g. Motion). But you can also use the special SOLIDWORKS Simulation Cleaning Utility program, which you will find in the Simulation installation directory >...
If you have encountered such an error: “The model could not be properly cut through the section line (…)” – then this post may help you understand it. The above-mentioned problem may appear in the drawing when making a cross-section. If it appears, this is definitely related to the zero thickness geometry error. This is a known situation, when e.g. you make a hole....
If you don't have a tool in SOLIDWORKS – then make them yourself! An example would be a cutout in the profile that allows it to be bent at an angle 90 degrees. Of course, there is no ready-made solution, but they can be performed using operations from the library. I will not present the structure and references of the operation now, because it can be worked out in many ways. I'm returning....
If you open a SOLIDWORKS, that comes from an older version or the appearances are simply not defined, you can do this in Visualize. However, the problem then arises, when Visualize sees the open file as one object and you can't assign different appearances. Or if you want to assign an appearance to a selected wall, and it was not imported from the appearance structure...
