SOLIDWORKS Mates Made Easy for Parts and Assemblies

Basic and advanced mates make assembling your designs easy Mates create geometric relationships between at least two parts. And, you can define the allowable directions of linear or rotational motion of components to visualize an assembly’s behavior. One of the strengths of SOLIDWORKS® CAD is the comprehensive set of mates that are available. SOLIDWORKS provides […]

SOLIDWORKS CircuitWorks

The purpose of the SOLIDWORKS CircuitWorks is to create solid models from ECAD files of types like PADS ACSII(. asc), or Intermediate Data Format (. emn) and then be able to add features, like mounting holes, then export back to the ECAD file format. This feature can be used to create enclosures and set aside space within […]

Cutting Your Restaurant’s Operations Costs

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Bounding Box Function Available for Parts in SOLIDWORKS 2018

In SOLIDWORKS 2018, we have a new solution: A Bounding Box function available in any part. We can find that option in SOLIDWORKS/Insert/Reference Geometry/Bounding Box The Bounding Box is a feature in the Feature Manager that you can hover over to get information and edit as any other feature. It also generates Custom Properties. The […]

Automated Manufacturing Cost Estimation using SOLIDWORKS Costing

SOLIDWORKS Costing is a comprehensive tool provided by SOLIDWORKS Professional and Premium that allows SOLIDWORKS users to automatically generate an estimate of the cost to manufacture a component. The SOLIDWORKS Costing tool helps you calculate how much it costs to manufacture sheet metal, machined, multi-body parts, and assemblies as well as plastic molded, cast, 3D printed parts, and multibody weldments by […]

How to Customize the Project Template in SOLIDWORKS Inspection Standalone

SOLIDWORKS Inspection is a First Article Inspection (FAI) and in-process inspection software that streamlines and automates the creation of ballooned inspection drawings and inspection reports (AS9102, PPAP, etc.). SOLIDWORKS Inspection consists of a stand-alone application and a SOLIDWORKS add-in that enables users to leverage their legacy data regardless of whether they have SOLIDWORKS files, PDFs, […]