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Learn how to disable the ability to revise a model from the drawing level and to keep the drawing dimensions at the drawing level only. You will need Administrator access with read/write permissions to the Windows registry and with Windows registry knowledge of what is being changed.

In the release of SOLIDWORKS 2016, there was an addition to Drawings that allows the designer to modify the border of a default template called the Automatic Border Tool. Learn the different ways it allows you to customize every aspect of the Sheet Format of a drawing.

This example of a 3-point bending test serves to show how SOLIDWORKS Simulation requires considerations to provide model stability and methods to provide that stability. In this setup, two rectangular bodies are created as supports with fixtures applied to their bottom faces and a single point load applied in the center of the top of the bar. A 'No Penetration' contact is applied between the bar and the two supports such that the force pushes the bar into the supports and is bent. 

 

CAMWorks ships with a number of standard postprocessors for milling and turning. These posts are intended to get a user started with a range of commonly available machines. A post processor is in essence a translator: it takes a toolpath from SOLIDWORKS CAM and converts it into a language that can be understood by a particular machine tool control.

Learn how to access the SOLIDWORKS feature that allows you the ability to quickly replace all file locations at once. This is helpful in case your file locations are incorrect and you'd like to point all of them to the correct location.

With the release of SW 2018, a section in the Symbol Library has been created for “Draft”. Learn how to access these symbols in this article and get the correct callouts for your molded part drawings.

Applying colors in SOLIDWORKS is an easy thing to do, but not having a full understanding of the different levels in which colors can be applied can lead to much confusion. Colors can be applied to a face, feature, body, and at the overall part level. To apply color in SOLIDWORKS, right-click on any face of a part and chose the Appearances icon.

 

It does not matter whether your SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation analysis is complex or simple, if you make it a habit to follow the five quick and easy steps outlined in this document, you will possibly save yourself hours of headache downstream after you have already spent hours setting up your Flow Simulation Study.

 

 

These are the most frequently asked questions about SOLIDWORKS Plastics. Question: Is SOLIDWORKS Plastics included in SOLIDWORKS Premium? Answer: No, SOLIDWORKS Plastics is a separate product. It runs as an add-in on top of SOLIDWORKS Standard, Professional, or Premium. Question: Is there an “Xpress” version of SOLIDWORKS Plastics? Answer: There is no “Xpress” or light version of SOLIDWORKS Plastics. For a demonstration of SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional or Premium, please contact your local SOLIDWORKS reseller.