Technical drawings often contain a lot of information. Sometimes browsing or searching for necessary details takes a long time. Do you know, that you can search for various notes in drawings, links, etc. – general annotations? After selecting Find and Replace Annotations, you must refine your search criteria (or replacement).
Author: keska (Paul Kęska)
Multiple planes – substitute solution
You can insert multiple planes at the same time, both linearly and angularly arranged. There are many applications, one of them may be preparation for framing sketches. But… thus inserting planes, will be created in the tree as each independent. So after approval, it is not possible to edit the spacing or quantity “in formation”. Meet my solution. Instead of the starting plane....
Create a multibody part in SOLIDWORKS 2024
The new Create Multibody Part operation converts the entire assembly into a separate single multibody part, which can be linked to the parent assembly. You can transfer, among others:. objects, axes, planes or material. However, the issue of contextual connection depends on selecting the Break connection to the original assembly option. This works similarly to derived parts (or mirror parts), where you can choose...
Projection of a sketch on a wall vs. spline on the surface
We use various effective techniques to model advanced shapes. However, you cannot always use different SOLIDWORKS features interchangeably. An example is drawings on the surface, where you need to draw something around. This has applications in bottle design, in the processing of scanned elements, in repairing rounding (by filling with a surface) and many other areas. If you draw a sketch on a plane and perform a Projection....
Cross out the missing item in the BOM table
In the BOM table, both in assemblies and in drawings, you can choose to strike out the missing item in the material list option. It works this way, that the element removed from the assembly will be visible in the table with a strikethrough. Select the appropriate option when inserting the BOM table. Detailed options include:. numbering, whether it should be continued or replaced...
Visualize – when opening: Appearance vs. Component/part
With version 2024 SOLIDWORKS has been deprived of the PhotoView add-in 360. Certainly, for some users, the multitude of Visualize options is overwhelming, ale pozwala to uzyskać bardziej realistyczne wizualizacje. Dziś porównam w skrócie dwie opcje występujące podczas otwierania. 1. Komponent/część/obiekt pozwala na dostęp do pełnej struktury złożenia lub części wieloobiektowej. Do plusów z pewnością należy możliwość...
Additional useful options in the Move/Copy operation
The Move/Copy operation is widely used in modeling multibody parts. The rotation and carrying handle was changed some time ago. In SOLIDWORKS version 2023 further changes appeared. Otóż wielkości liczbowe definiujące obrót lub przeniesienie stały się parametryczne! W związku z tym można je konfigurować lub sterować nimi za pomocą równań. W zakładce Obróć dodano możliwość...
Difficult dimensioning in drawings and available options
Everyone, whoever makes drawings in SOLIDWORKS has certain observations. Thin-walled elements or such will be particularly problematic, where there are lots of invisible edges. The problem appears when, for example:. dimensioning, because the program tries to attach a dimension to each edge. However, you can remedy this by turning off the options below – i.e. selecting in ULU and ULW modes. Additionally, you can increase....
Break in the corner, that is, the impact of the Refer to endpoint option
In lofted sheet metal sections as Bent between a circle and a rectangle, if you control the Number of bends, there may be a strange pause. It is a consequence of this, that the upper arc converges to one point at the bottom. Taking into account the thickness, radii and the number of bends, these walls simply do not fit there. However, there is an option to Refer to endpoint, default....
Re-inserting the sketch on the plane
Inserting a sketch on a plane is one of the basic activities, from which we start modeling. It happens often, that we do not click the Sketch icon right away and this action must be repeated. I am aware of, that after selecting a plane, you can immediately activate some sketch commands (circle, line etc.), but many people include a sketch, to access mouse gestures...