Magnetic Mates Overview
A detailed look into SOLIDWORKS 2017’s new magnetic mates feature.View the Video here
View ArticleAutomate your Inspection Documentation with SOLIDWORKS Inspection
Discover how SOLIDWORKS Inspection could help you streamline the creation of First Article Inspection documents. Learn how to leverage your existing 2D legacy data regardless of whether your drawings...
View ArticleUsing SOLIDWORKS MBD with Imported Models
Look at how you can use SOLIDWORKS MBD to create fully annotated 3D models, complete with Product Manufacturing Information, from non-native, imported, CAD geometry.View the Video here
View ArticleDriveWorks Starting A New Project
In this webcast, we will have a look at the first steps required to get your model’s ready for automation and other considerations when starting a project.View the Video here
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Cutaway with Composer
Cutaway with Composer When annotating components in your technical documentation, you may not necessarily want to show them in an exploded state. A cutaway to present the internals may at times be...
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Radiation in Flow Simulation - Part 1 : Reflection
Radiation in Flow Simulation – Part 1: Reflection Recently I helped a customer who needed to simulate water being heated by the sun. The water was flowing in a pipe at the centre of a parabolic...
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Radiation in Flow Simulation - Part 2 : Refraction
Radiation in Flow Simulation – Part 2: Refraction In my earlier blog on Radiation in Flow Simulation, I showed how Flow accurately ‘ray traces’ solar radiation and how surfaces can be set as‘Symmetry’...
View ArticleDesign Intent. Planning ahead to save time and effort
We will look at how thinking about our design process can make our job easier. Is there symmetry? Which way up is it? How could it change? Will it have multiple size variants? All these questions...
View ArticleThe Tree Of Life (Design)
We use it every day, but the feature manager design tree has a load of options to make our day easier. We will look at the tools that are there and how we can manipulate the data to the greatest...
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Idealisation Error Within SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Idealisation Error Within SOLIDWORKS Simulation Introduction It doesn’t matter how accurately a model is discretised or how good a solver is, if a mathematical model is poorly idealised, the solver...
View ArticleGetting to Grips With Setting Up A Simulation Study
I’m using the lawnmower modelled in our project from the end of last year to setup a study and look at the details of the study and breaking it down to the key factors to setting up a study...
View ArticleSOLIDWORKS Motion - Dominoes
Creating a simple motion based study to simulate the toppling effect of falling of dominoes.View the Video here
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Customer Certification Day Success
Solid Solutions held a successful SOLIDWORKS certification day last week resulting in 66 of our customers passing across the Solid Solutions group in either the CSWA, CSWP or CSWE certified SOLIDWORKS...
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The Coanda Effect
Can you take advantage of the Coanda Effect? The Coanda Effect, what is it? Can SOLIDWORKS Flow simulate it? And how can you take advantage of it? The Coanda effect is one of those phenomena of...
View ArticleElectrical Beyond the Course: Part 1
The goal of these webcasts is to cover areas that are only touched on in the training manual such as: Line diagram symbol creation Terminal strip management and drawings Revisions management and...
View ArticleElectrical Schematics – Beyond the Course: Part 2
The goal of these webcasts is to cover areas that are only touched on in the training manual such as: Line diagram symbol creation Terminal strip management and drawings Revisions management and...
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Creating Patterns In SWPCB Component Editor
Component Wizard Most component patterns can be created from the component wizard, to access it: 1a. Enable the library panel 1b. Right click in the space shown below and choose 'Component Wizard'...
View ArticlePower Surfacing for Automotive Applications #1
Part 1: First in the series of four short webcasts from Andy Fulcher, featuring one of our partner products 'Power Surfacing'. In particular this webcast will be looking at Automotive Applications.View...
View ArticlePower Surfacing for Automotive Applications #2
Part 2: Two of four short webcasts from Andy Fulcher, featuring one of our partner products 'Power Surfacing'. In particular this webcast will be looking at Automotive Applications, Free Form...
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