SOLIDWORKS – Multiple Parts In a Single Drawing
The standard method for documenting your design is to create a drawing file for the assembly, and several other drawing files for each individual component. Alternatively, it may be ideal […]
Accurately Reverse Engineering an Assembly
Reverse engineering an assembly accurately at the part level and determining how the parts fit together can be challenging. I ran into a simple example of this while recreating a […]
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Database Files
This blog is not the most glorious topic, but an important one nonetheless. Anyone who has ever run a Flow Simulation has probably seen the slew of files that the […]
Stratasys F123 Series Tip Wipe Assemblies
It is important to keep the tip wipe assemblies in your Stratasys F Series printer working properly. If the tip wipe assemblies are not cleaning the tips properly, bad print […]
Moving SOLIDWORKS Network License Manager to New Server
When moving your SOLIDWORKS License Manager to a new or temporary server, there are several steps you can take to make your life easier and minimize or even eliminate any […]
Why are my BOM ID’s changing?
Not long ago I was helping a customer with a SOLIDWORKS Composer support question. The customer was working on creating a Bill of Materials and various items were changing from […]
New Feature of Vxelements 6.3
New to CREAFORM’s Vxelements 6.3 is the ability to perform an automatic pre-alignment between your scan and CAD model for inspection. One of the most powerful things about inspection software […]
Customer Story: WallX
Creative problem-solving is at the heart of what it means to be an entrepreneur. That’s what Greg Dempsey sought to do when he came up with WallX: solve a problem. […]
Control If and How Child Components Appear in a BOM
Maybe you downloaded the SOLIDWORKS assembly files for something that you intend to purchase for your design. The component files are all there (which is nice in case you need […]
SOLIDWORKS Plastics – Cooling Analysis Basics
If you are in the business of designing plastic parts, you are probably well aware of the multistep injection molding process. SOLIDWORKS Plastics can simulate this process. Three different offerings […]