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In SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional, lists on data cards allow control of data, so it is the same among files and is easily searchable. Dynamically-controlled card lists allow the choices on one list to be determined by the selection on another list. This article demonstrates how to set up Dynamically-controlled card lists in SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional.
SOLIDWORKS assemblies let you choose from four categories of mates: Standard, Advanced, Analysis, and Mechanical. Mechanical Mates allow us to create a Rack and Pinion Mate that creates a standard rack and pinion relationship between—you guessed it—a rack gear and a pinion (or spur) gear.
In order to meet the rise in demand and better accommodate patient needs, dental labs have been shifting away from traditional manufacturing methods, toward cutting-edge additive manufacturing technologies. In this article, we’ll explore two dental 3D printing technologies offered from Stratasys (PolyJet and P3) and how they operate on the J5 DentaJet and Stratasys Origin One Dental respectively.
Thousands of customers, from startups and innovation laboratories to manufacturers and engineering services, have adopted the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform to securely connect stakeholders with their data (and each other) in a product lifecycle ecosystem. Even companies with existing IT departments are looking for alternatives to the high total cost of ownership in setting up their data management system with the ongoing maintenance, upgrades, and administration of the hardware and software required.
Within SOLIDWORKS Simulation, a motion analysis can be created to allow ease-of-use in using motors to drive moving components. This application also allows users to plot results that are very similar to today’s hand calculations. This guide demonstrates how to use SOLIDWORKS Motion and how to set up a simple motor analysis. We'll compare our study to hand calculations to show the similarities between SOLIDWORKS and the real world.
Mates are constraints that hold components together in SOLIDWORKS assemblies. Like Relations in sketches, they are geometric conditions relating one entity to another. Each Mate requires you to select two (or more) faces, edges, or vertices on separate Parts to build a constraint holding those parts together.
Exporting curved surfaces in SOLIDWORKS used to be a somewhat difficult process, often requiring additional software. In 2015, the Surface Flatten tool was introduced in SOLIDWORKS Premium. The Surface Flatten tool makes it very easy to take an existing curved surface and create a 2D file that can be used in machining applications.
Leading up to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, the US men and women competing in the Luge event have spent the past few years improving their equipment and sled speed with the help of additive manufacturing. Teams around the world are getting faster (already reaching speeds over 90mph), and when you’re being timed to the thousandth of a second, you want every advantage you can get.
The mixing of fluids is a phenomenon that needs to be accurately modeled in order to understand the behavior of the different fluids involved, as well as understanding the rate that the mixing happens. SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation allows the use of non-newtonian fluids, gases, real gases, and liquids. For fluid mixing, all of the fluids being mixed must be in the same state.