SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip: Move Components

How do you move components? Did you know there there are a few more options beyond…

May the CAD be with you: it always is on 3D ContentCentral!

Whether you need some power converters or assemblies to take down an Imperial space station, 3D…

What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2016 (and 2015, 2014 and 2013): Leader attachment and alignment

Over the years, SOLIDWORKS has made substantial quality improvements to annotations in drawings.  One of the areas…

SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip: Intro to Surfacing

How do you create organic and stylized surfaces? Are you aware that SOLIDWORKS has an entire…

Before you build it: See CAD models available in the 3D ContentCentral User Library

Having trouble finding CAD models of purchased components on the manufacturer’s website? Stop! Don’t create a…

Spotlight on Features: Striving towards more intelligent feature patterns

In SOLIDWORKS 2015 we have added a new and more intelligent way to create linear patterns.…

More Than 300,000 CAD Models at Your Fingertips on 3D ContentCentral

3D ContentCentral is the place where an active community of over 1.3 million engineers and CAD…

Introducing the New SOLIDWORKS 2016 Ecosystem

As we launch SOLIDWORKS 2016, not only are we launching best-in-class CAD (SOLIDWORKS Standard, Professional and…

SOLIDWORKS 2015, 3D scanning, and 3D printing: the perfect combination

You check your watch, and you have only five minutes until your favorite television show starts!…

Spotlight on Features: Why one of the assembly drawing view component does not update when I change configurations?

You create an assembly with some configured parts, in this assembly you also create some parts…

Spotlight on Features: Sheet Metal Bend and Gauge table working rules (Part II)

In the February blog we looked at the sheet metal bend and gauge table working rules…

The fastest way to split symmetrical parts

Here is a quick tip on how to go about splitting symmetrical parts very, very quickly.…