Customizing the sheet format for a SolidWorks drawing file is a relatively simple process, but it can be a little tricky figuring out the process of accessing the editable sheet format. Not only can you add custom sections, but you can also add any images pertaining to your product or trademark information. The video below… Read more »
Posts By: Rohit Mitra
SolidWorks Assemblies: Mechanical Mates
The standard mates in SolidWorks are great for fixing a part in place or simple sliding motion. If you want any sort of mechanical motion, you have to use the advanced mates or mechanical mates. The mechanical mates allow you to create the relationships listed in the picture below. The mechanical mates work in the… Read more »
SolidWorks Sheet Metal: A Functional Mirrored Body
It is technically impossible to mirror the sheet metal version of the part above, in the manner shown. SolidWorks sheet metal bodies are limited to being mirrored about a face on the sheet metal body or being mirrored into a new part, without feature history, by a plane. This can present some challenges when you… Read more »
Don’t be a Degenerate, Boundary Surface is for Four Sided Surfaces
The surface above represents a degenerate surface, which “occurs when one or more sides of the parametric quadrilateral surface used for meshing collapse to a singularity.” Source: Ansys Workbench In SolidWorks this happens when trying to apply a boundary surface to a boundary that is not four sided. The result is that SolidWorks forces the curvature into the… Read more »
SolidWorks Quick Tip: Delete Hole
The Delete Hole command is specific to surfaces within SolidWorks and is especially useful with surfaces that have been imported. It allows you to select a hole that lies on a surface, which doesn’t have to be round, and use the delete key to remove out the hole. It is similar to using delete and… Read more »
Combining Parts in SolidWorks
Combining parts within SolidWorks is a fairly simple process. Two methods are to save your assembly as a part file or to use the insert part command to combine parts into one file. The first, saving an assembly as a part, replaces the parts with surfaces that represent the bodies within an assembly, eliminating any… Read more »