If the HDR image above looks a little weird to you, it’s because it isn’t really meant to be viewed as a 2D image. When working with Realview turned on in SolidWorks or Photoview added in, you may have noticed the environmental reflections you can see coming off your model, like the picture below.… Read more...
Usually Photoview 360 is relatively good about setting the floor correctly. Once in a while the floor offset needs to be changed to fix a cut off model, like the one in the picture above. The issue in this case is SolidWorks isn’t finding the right point to set the floor, so it has to be adjusted manually.… Read more...
When you click on a non planar face using the reference geometryplane option, you can create a tangent plane. This tangent plane will be placed arbitrarily until a second reference is selected. By using a sketch point, these planes can be easily positioned in the desired orientation.… Read more...
Perhaps you want a larger version of your part, or that imported model you brought in has the wrong units. Whatever the reason, the scale feature, in SolidWorks, is a quick and easy way to resize a part.
SolidWorks didn’t want to make it too easy though, so it hid the tool in the insert menu rather than putting it on the features tab.… Read more...
If you’ve worked with Weldments, in SolidWorks, before, you’ve probably utilized the weldment cut list in a drawing to keep track of structural members. If you haven’t, the Weldment cut list functions as a Bill of Materials for parts that utilize structural members.… Read more...
From time to time, you’ll likely come across an image of something you want to create a 3D model of. With SolidWorks, you can use the sketch picture tool to import an image to build from. This Kebo bottle opener by Rush Product Design Studio makes for a great example, and we’ll use it in this weeks tutorial from SolidWize.… Read more...