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SOLIDWORKS PDM users often experience popups upon executing a command such as opening a SOLIDWORKS file. In this case, by default, SOLIDWORKS PDM launches a popup that wants to know if you are opening a file with the intent to modify or make changes to it, or if you are simply opening it to view the file. The prompt shown below asks the user if they would like to check the file out. At this point, the user has a choice and is encouraged to decide if the intent is to make changes to the file, and thus you would want to check the file out. 

 

In part 1 and part 2 of this series, we discussed the definitions of continuity in sketches and surfaces. This included C-0 (contact), C-1 (tangent), and C-2 (curvature) continuity in both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional scenarios. When striving to create a certain type of continuity, it is often important that we confirm its presence. In this article, we will discuss edge continuity, Deviation Analysis, Curvature Display, and Zebra Stripes.

In our introduction to continuity and curvature in SOLIDWORKS (Part 1), we discussed the concepts of continuity, tangency, and curvature and used them to establish a 2-dimensional definition of C-0 (Contact), C-1 (Tangent), and C-2 (Curvature) continuity. In this blog, part 2, we will focus on these concepts in a 3-dimensional context inside of SOLIDWORKS and the tools we can use to analyze them.

Throughout SOLIDWORKS, we often see options to make things “tangent” or “curvature continuous” (or other similarly-stated options). These options show up in sketching and solid/surface feature creation, but their mathematical definition is less apparent. Learning to manage your continuity and curvature properly in SOLIDWORK is integral to creating designs with high-quality form factors.

This article explains the version and revisions history that SOLIDWORKS PDM collects for every file you save into the vault. One of the more powerful features of SOLIDWORKS PDM is its ability to capture information about every event which occurs in the life of a vaulted file. Even activities like changing workflow states and renaming files are captured, but here we will focus on events that change the content of a file, such as modifying the file itself or changing a data card variable.

In the 3D printing space, there has been a long-standing need for a more functional type of rubber-like material. Stratasys has finally answered that call, leveraging their F123 series of FDM 3D printers and announcing the FDM TPU 92A material that can now produce flexible prototypes that closely mimic final parts made from rubbers, elastomers, and urethanes.

Part of becoming a successful Applications Engineer at GoEngineer involves becoming fluent in other tools beyond the specific products we support daily. In my particular case, Stratasys and Desktop Metal 3D printing are my forte. To broaden my perspective regarding some of the tools I don’t necessarily work with daily, I was encouraged to find a project centered on personal interest. This required me to step out my typical comfort zone and learn something new.

Aspire Food Group was hatched by winning the 2013 Hult Prize, which challenged entrants to address the global food crisis. Innovative solutions were to be viewed through a variety of lenses: distribution, manufacturing, production, and technology. The three co-founders dreamed of coming up with a way to farm insects year-round in a cost-effective [and automated] way.