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In 2019 SOLIDWORKS introduced Structure Systems for Weldments. Structure systems are used to quickly model a structure using weldment profiles and sketch geometry. When using Structure systems, you start with Primary members and then use Secondary Members to connect the Primary members. The changes made in SOLIDWORKS 2020 Structure Systems pertain to the Primary members, Point Length Members.

One of our favorite SOLIDWORKS capabilities is to pattern components in assemblies. This function gives us the ability to quickly populate assemblies with multiple parts in sequence. We can do this without having to insert and mate each individual instance. It’s a real time-saver for designers. And, it enables us to build complete assemblies much quicker.

If you haven’t discovered it yet, SOLIDWORKS has a great feature that can greatly increase the performance when evaluating large assemblies. It’s SOLIDWORKS Large Assembly Design Review Mode.

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a feature included on Windows machines beginning with Windows XP Service Pack 2. This feature monitors memory (Processes and Services) to stop malicious code from running. DEP does this by shutting down a program that isn’t running properly in memory. For the most part, the best practice is not to make changes to DEP, however sometimes this can cause an issue when running your SOLIDWORKS program. This document will show you how to disable this feature.

For my senior design capstone class, my team worked on the advanced navigation for the Portable Accessible Docking System (PADS), which is part of the Technology Recreation Access Independence Lifestyle Sports (TRAILS) program whose goal is the revolution of rehabilitation of tetraplegics (those with partial or total loss of use of all four limbs and torso).

There are many occasions that will require engraving on curved surfaces and if you haven’t done it before it can be a bit confusing. We will go step by step on the process of creating a Curve Project feature.

Sketches are the foundation of any model in SOLIDWORKS. Oftentimes, you may need to copy or reuse an existing sketch for another feature. As with anything, there are multiple ways to copy a sketch in SOLIDWORKS. Let's go through a standard "copy/paste", convert entities, an creating a derived sketch.

Have you ever imported or exported a STEP file assembly and you are missing some of the components? If so, you have come to the right place for the steps to follow to fix the issue.

In part 4 of the Kinetic Art series, Brandon takes you through the steps he took to model a fin. Enjoy and be sure to catch up on part 1-3 of this series.