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Reuse Letters from Deleted Views [VIDEO]
You may have seen this before, create a detail or section view and it is automatically named View A, great. Except oops that wasn’t the view I wanted so I delete View A and start again … except now...
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Magnetic Lines [VIDEO]
SolidWorks has learned a pretty neat new trick from the Composer: balloons can now be attached to Magnetic Lines in SolidWorks 2012, giving designers more control over the alignment and spacing of...
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Colour Options in SolidWorks Drawings [VIDEO]
A SolidWorks drawing has several colour options that can be customized. Most of these can be located under Tools > Options > System Options tab > Colors. There are the standard listings for...
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Displaying Mass using Different Units on a SolidWorks Drawing [VIDEO]
When dimensioning models in a SolidWorks drawing it’s very simple to switch the dimensions from inches to millimeters to meters by changing the drawing files unit system. Regardless of the unit system...
View ArticleSolidWorks Tutorial: Step by Step Guide to Drawing Templates and Sheet...
Many people get confused when it comes to creating custom Drawing Templates and Sheet Formats in SolidWorks. It’s not as straight forward as Part and Assembly templates due to the fact that each sheet...
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Creating Multiple Leaders from a SOLIDWORKS Annotation [VIDEO]
Sometimes you may need to assign multiple leaders from a single annotation. There are several different ways of creating multiple leaders depending on what type of annotation you are using. Creating...
View ArticleRotate SOLIDWORKS Drawing View to Align an Edge to Horizontal [VIDEO]
Ideally when you are creating a part in SOLIDWORKS, you want to setup your sketches and features in such a way that the part is oriented as it would be when used in the assembly or how it would be...
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Why do my SOLIDWORKS Drawing dimensions move after I placed them? [VIDEO]
When detailing a drawing, a common complaint for users first starting out with SolidWorks is that dimensions will seemingly arbitrarily jump around after they’ve been placed. It isn’t that your...
View ArticleBend Lines Not Shown: Some Common Explanations [VIDEO]
A common SOLIDWORKS question we receive on the support desk is “where are my bend lines?” or “why are my bend lines not shown?” This can happen for a variety of reasons as I will explain in this video:...
View ArticleSOLIDWORKS Drawing Break View [VIDEO]
With the new Part and Assembly BREAK VIEW functionality available in SOLIDWORKS MBD 2015, the drawing is where it can all come together. Similar to an exploded view, SOLIDWORKS Drawing Break View can...
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How to update SOLIDWORKS Annotations linked to the wrong Model [VIDEO]
In a SOLIDWORKS drawing that references multiple models, annotations sometimes get linked to the wrong part or assembly. In the example shown below, the title block is linked to the top-level assembly...
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SOLIDWORKS 2016 Sheet Scale Control in Status Bar
Starting with SOLIDWORKS 2016, working with drawings is a little easier. In previous versions of SOLIDWORKS, the Status Bar showed the current sheet scale in Drawings, now in 2016 the sheet scale can...
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Magnetic Lines [VIDEO]
SolidWorks has learned a pretty neat new trick from the Composer: balloons can now be attached to Magnetic Lines in SolidWorks 2012, giving designers more control over the alignment and spacing of...
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Custom Views For Drawings [VIDEO]
Whenever you go to make a drawing of a part or assembly you have created in SolidWorks, you are presented with a set of predetermined views to chose from, front, top, isometric etc. But what if the...
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Reuse Letters from Deleted Views [VIDEO]
You may have seen this before, create a detail or section view and it is automatically named View A, great. Except oops that wasn’t the view I wanted so I delete View A and start again … except now...
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Order Item Balloons Sequentially [VIDEO]
Do worries about non-sequential drawing balloons keep you up at night? No? Well you still might like a new enhancement that was introduced in SolidWorks 2012 that allows you order the item numbers...
View ArticleLinking Sheet Format References in Drawing Templates [VIDEO]
As you may know, a Drawing Template stores all of the Document Properties settings that you need. It also contains a Sheet Format file containing your border and title block information. For more...
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Order Item Balloons Sequentially
Do worries about non-sequential drawing balloons keep you up at night? No? Well you still might like a new enhancement that was introduced in SolidWorks 2012 that allows you order the item numbers...
View ArticleLinking Sheet Format References in Drawing Templates [VIDEO]
As you may know, a Drawing Template stores all of the Document Properties settings that you need. It also contains a Sheet Format file containing your border and title block information. For more...
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Custom Views For Drawings [VIDEO]
Whenever you go to make a drawing of a part or assembly you have created in SolidWorks, you are presented with a set of predetermined views to chose from, front, top, isometric etc. But what if the...
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