Make Your Move to Windows 7

Windows® 7 from Microsoft gives you an improved operating environment for working with your SolidWorks product…

Tips on using the SolidWorks Fill Pattern feature

Here’s a feature that you might not use too much (or even know about).  The “Fill…

How to Use the Bolt Connector in SolidWorks

If you analyze assemblies of parts that are joined by bolts or screws, you probably know…

Customising SolidWorks Spell Checker

SolidWorks has a spell checker?  Yup!  It’s called Spelling Check and can be invoked on most…

SolidWorks: Assembly Visualization – the search for the missing file properties

Releasing your drawings to the machine shop with missing information makes a machinist angrier than a…

Demystifying the Color Settings in SolidWorks Parts and Assemblies

Applying colors to parts and assemblies in SolidWorks is not a difficult task, but one must…

SolidWorks: Using Curvature Combs to Inspect Curvature

One of my favorite ways to inspect curvature is to use curvature combs. These are graphical…

How to improve the display quality of a circle in DraftSight

DraftSight is a free 2D CAD package available from Solid Applications. When using DraftSight to view…

Tip: Using SolidWorks Alternate Position Views

SolidWorks has many great drawing creation productivity tools, one of which is Alternate Position Views. This…

Tip: SolidWorks 2D Symbol Library

Does SolidWorks have a 2D symbols library? Yes, SolidWorks provide users with a library of symbols, but they…

SolidWorks Support Anywhere – 24/7 Support Services

With SolidWorks Support Anywhere, you can have access to technical support 24 hours a day, 7…