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In conjunction with the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP), Stratasys created an FAA-recognized certification framework that enables the reproduction of a single part after qualification of just one part. This is a huge opportunity for aircraft component manufacturers to save time and money using additive manufactured end-use parts that are non–flight-critical.

Anyone that has gotten deep enough into SOLIDWORKS automation has dabbled in macros. But what happens when we forget the password for a protected VBA macro? Don't worry there is a solution.

The SOLIDWORKS Visualize Palette controls the Appearances, Scenes, and Cameras within the user interface. This is where all of the render settings are located and editing takes place. Some users perfer to undock the Palette when working in Full Screen Mode and move it to another monitor to create more room on the main screen for editing.

In this article, we'll discuss the functions and uses of the SOLIDWORKS Hatch tool as well as how to use it. The SOLIDWORKS Hatch tool can be used in sketches and drawing views. It can sometimes be useful, depending on your design intent, to have a sketch show a hatch.

 

 

A sphere is one of the most fundamental shapes. SOLIDWORKS has multiple ways to create one, but let's walk through the simplest way to make a sphere. We'll cover the basic process, how to make a hollow versus a solid sphere, and give you some ways to continue your SOLIDWORKS learning.

There are many steps one can take to improve SOLIDWORKS and its performance when working with large assemblies and drawings. We cover seven of them here. Our first recommendation is to optimize your workstation.

The SOLIDWORKS Visualize add-in, which is available in SOLIDWORKS Premium and SOLIDWORKS Professional, lets you export SOLIDWORKS features directly to SOLIDWORKS Visualize.

SOLIDWORKS Composer has some great tools to help create animations among which are Markers and Milestones. Here's how to use Markers and/or Milestones to organize a timeline, help make interactive content and create image output.