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SOLIDWORKS Make is a module brought to you by the 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace. It is an app that allows for a seamless way to get components manufactured by collaborating with digital manufacturers nearby and across the globe.

Enough of us have seen this message before: activation count exceeded. We cringe when it happens and then try to figure out who we must scramble to call to get it resolved. Do I call my co-worker who is using a similar license, IT to look at the system and ask what you did wrong, or SOLIDWORKS Corporation and be worried that you caused a major licensing violation?

The first step to being successful is identifying a solution to a problem, I learned that on Shark Tank. In this case, my problem was that I had a bunch of race medallions laying around that I wanted to display. So, I fired up SOLIDWORKS, made a model, collaborated with my colleague Jeff Lendermon on the final design of a medallion hanger. Here is how it all happened.

Trailer design is an engineering challenge that is made easier by robust, yet flexible CAD tools. SOLIDWORKS Weldments is well-suited for this endeavor with intuitive features that make modeling this and other structures a lean process.

In this blog, I highlight several handy techniques for creating and managing changes to an assembly created as a multi-body part in SOLIDWORKS instead of the traditional “bottom-up” method to design the overall assembly.

We decided to focus on a blade style putter design hitting a ten-foot putt. Why ten feet? Statistically, the average golfer will have 8 putts from the 9-11 to foot window in a round of golf. So, let’s say you shoot 90 and you want to shoot lower scores. You make all eight of the putts mentioned and your score drops from 90 to 82. The other thing we factored in is that as the putt length decreased, that golfers tried to hold the face of the putter square to the target line of the putt.

With the release of SOLIDWORKS 2019, a new option called ‘Include specified components’ has been added for saving an assembly as a part. Formerly, when saving an assembly as a part, the only options available were to Include all components, Exterior components, or Exterior faces. This new option now allows the user to specify which components are included in, or excluded from, the SLDPRT.

Thank you for returning to my Kinetic art project series. Today’s blog article is focused on creating a worm gear. If you missed Part 1 and 2, you will find the links at the bottom of this post.

Thank you for returning to my Kinetic art project series. This blog is focused on the SOLIDWORKS Toolbox. You can catch Part 1, Kinetic Art Project