When working in SOLIDWORKS Electrical, you will often need Programmable Logic Control (PLC) for automation. This guide explains the process for adding PLC Drawing configurations to Electrical projects.
When working in SOLIDWORKS Electrical, placing symbols and defining part info is common practice. However, there are times when a symbol always has the same info, and having to re-enter it every time the symbol is placed is time-consuming and redundant. This article explains how to save this data to a symbol for easy access and placement.
When working in SOLIDWORKS Electrical, changing user data fields to more relevant property names can be a helpful step for companies when reporting. Doing so helps to eliminate the need for a "cheat sheet" to keep track of which user data field corresponds to which property. Each component classification gets its own user data fields and can be modified as needed. This guide will go over the steps to do so.
In SOLIDWORKS Electrical, certain items are shared across the program, while others, like Wire Styles, are specific to the project they were made in. This can cause extra work if you frequently use the same wire styles across some or all of your projects. However, there is a way around this. By creating your commonly used wire styles and saving them in a custom template, you can avoid recreating styles and instead have them readily available for any future projects. In this guide, we go over the steps to create the wire styles and the custom template.
SOLIDWORKS Composer is a great tool for making technical documentation for your product designs, from work instructions to technical specifications. However, there may be instances during a project when changes need to be made to the CAD design. Once the mechanical design is updated, what should you do? Start the technical document from scratch using the new model and hope it won’t need further updates?
In SOLIDWORKS, a sketch is typically your starting point for any design. You begin by adding sketch entities and defining them using two methods: Dimensions and Relations. In this guide, we will cover all SOLIDWORKS Sketch Relations, including what they look like, what is required to make them, and how they interact with your sketch entities.
The GoEngineer Customer Portal is a great tool for managing your users, training, assets, and other resources that GoEngineer has to offer. Two of the strongest assets available are the ability to manage users and then assign/access training from either your success plan or the classes you have purchased. This article is a guide for users with Professional admin-level access (typically CAD admin or IT) to utilize these assets fully. Let's start with how to add users to the customer portal.
This article covers the SOLIDWORKS Electrical Save Environment command and two very important reasons why you should use it. The Save Environment command is located in the File tab and is used to save your SOLIDWORKS Electrical settings, projects, and libraries. This command allows you to save all or specific settings, configuration, and library information to a file (similar to a ZIP file) for backup purposes and/or transferring your settings to another computer.