Welcome to another installment of our Ultimate Guide to SOLIDWORKS Training series. This time around, we are walking you through the entirety of the SOLIDWORKS Drawings course, answering any questions that may arise so you know exactly what to expect.
There's no single right way to do anything in SOLIDWORKS. For example, think about how to make a cube. You could use a center profile square and extrude it. You could also create a cube without using a sketch at all. Let's go through the different ways to make a cube, both hollow and solid, in SOLIDWORKS.
Why doesn’t Excel work for Design Tables now? Office 365 is not supported by SOLIDWORKS and has been known to work or not work sporadically. You will have to install Office 2016 to be compatible with SOLIDWORKS. However, that being said, there is a workaround. Not the most elegant workaround, but you can get there from here.
SOLIDWORKS PDM Data Cards are a convenient way to display and modify the metadata values stored in PDM variables. Many PDM users and admins don’t realize that data cards are a great way to ensure that newly created files have the right information in the right place right off the bat. They can also help prevent errors in metadata that can occur when a design is re-used, which is a real time saver.