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This guide walks through adding and activating AI Virtual Companions AURA, LEO, and MARIE to the desktop version of SOLIDWORKS. 

With any part in SOLIDWORKS, there are often several potential strategies and starting points to create the same end product. For sheet metal parts specifically, there are two primary approaches depending on the features involved: 1) design primarily with the end result in mind; 2) design with the starting materials in mind (as though manufacturing the physical product on your computer screen). In general, Edge Flange features favor the first approach, while Sketched Bends favor the second. This article discusses both modelling approaches and when to choose each.

This article examines mass properties in SOLIDWORKS sheet metal parts and discusses why they may differ between folded and flattened configurations.

This article explains how to create a 3D SOLIDWORKS model from a picture of a part. Users can take a photo of an existing object with their phone, create a 2D sketch of that object, and turn it into a 3D model that can then be modified and manufactured. This involves using the Sketch Picture tool and splines.
 

L'intelligence artificielle s'intègre rapidement au paysage des logiciels d'ingénierie, mais le terme « IA » peut désigner des technologies très différentes. SOLIDWORKS Pour les utilisateurs, les questions importantes portent sur les capacités réelles d'une fonctionnalité, son mode de mise en œuvre et la place qu'occupe encore le jugement technique.

In certain situations, it can be beneficial to override the mass of a part. For simple SOLIDWORKS parts with a single configuration, this process is straightforward: open Mass Properties, click Override Mass Properties, and then check Override Mass. But what if you have a part file with multiple configurations? You would need to do this with each configuration, manually overriding the mass and then manually inputting the new mass. 

Have you ever needed to show full components in a section view or remove some hatching in a drawing? If so, there are a few handy tricks to achieve this using the Section Scope feature in SOLIDWORKS.

The Jog feature in SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal allows you to create an offset bend in an existing sheet metal part by defining a bend line and specifying the jog dimensions. This can be useful when adding clearance for mating components, creating stepped profiles, or modifying a design to meet manufacturing requirements. In this article, we'll walk through how to use the Jog feature and explain the available options so you can quickly add jogs to your sheet metal designs.

This tutorial demonstrates a simple example of how to create a spring part that can be inserted into a SOLIDWORKS assembly that will expand and compress with the movement of other parts.