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Earlier this year, Stratasys released the much-anticipated H350, the first powder-bed fusion system to use SAF (selective absorption fusion) technology. The H350 is a production powerhouse, built for demanding industries that require strong, production quality, end-use parts. With most industries springing back into production after over a year-long pandemic lull, companies producing parts (especially those in the automotive and consumer goods industries) are needing to meet demands quickly, efficiently, and accurately.
Nikola Tesla invented many things. One of his little-known inventions is the Tesla valve, a one-way valve without any moving parts. SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation is the perfect software to demonstrate how a Tesla Valve works because it can easily calculate the laminar and turbulent flows and show the results of the flow field through the entire device without anything obstructing the flow through the device.
SOLIDWORKS 2022 features many new user-driven enhancements to accelerate the product development process. In this software sneak peek, we look at what's new in SOLIDWORKS 2022 Assemblies and Drawings. For a detailed demonstration and to see everything that’s new in SOLIDWORSK 2022, join us at our 3D CAD conference virtually or in a city near you.
When dimensioning a part in a SOLIDWORKS Drawing, the standard method is to select the Annotations tab and use the Smart Dimension tool. This method gives us the gray dimension we are commonly used to. However, if we used fully defined sketches creating the part, these dimensions already exist. The Insert Model Items tool allows us to bring those existing dimensions into our SOLIDWORKS Drawings. This guide will go over how to use this tool and the options available to bring in your desired dimensions.
From time to time, SOLIDWORKS users may need to apply a scale to a part. Scaling can be done at any point in the tree but may negatively affect downstream features and sketches and doesn’t change the upstream features and sketches, so the sooner the better. A Design Table can also be used to keep it all parametric and may be a better option. In this guide, we cover both methods of scaling a part in SOLIDWORKS and visualize the differences.
SOLIDWORKS Manage can pull information from sources other than PDM. We’ll explore importing records from an SQL database from one table and updating the information from another. To start the process, create a link to an additional database. To do this, open the System Administration in SOLIDWORKS Manage and go to Data Sources.
If your SOLIDWORKS serial number has expired, (no longer under subscription service) you will not be able to use Check for Updates inside SOLIDWORKS to download the latest service pack. You will also find there is a lock on the download section in the Customer Portal. This is because SOLIDWORKS requires an active subscription to download the software from their servers.
There are lots of different GPU (Graphics Processing Units) options available for SOLIDWORKS CAD and SOLIDWORKS Visualize rendering software. Three notable options are from NVIDIA's new RTX series (formerly known as Quadro - a name change that helps differentiate gaming GPUs from workstation GPUs) the RTX A6000, RTX A5000, and RTX A4000.
In SOLIDWORKS, the Path Mate is useful when trying to constrain a selected point on an assembly component to a path. It offers control over the pitch, yaw, and roll of the component as it treks through the path. In SOLIDWORKS, Path Mate is located in the Mate (Assembly toolbar) > Advanced tab > Path Mate. When using Path Mate, the first mate selection is for the component vertex; this is the point in the component that will pierce and travel along the path.