Author: Matthew Lorono
Source: SolidWorks Legion
Table containing wire gages (0000 thru 50) and specifications for each size. Included is a table that gives a particular set of size recommendations (unverified) based on cable length.
Presentation: SolidWorks World 2012 advanced customization
Author: Matthew Lorono
Source: SolidWorks Legion
This PowerPoint presentation was presented at SolidWorks World 2012. It provides overview exposure to a variety of customizable areas within SolidWorks: Tags, Mouse Gestures, Shortcut Bars, Search Commands, Sheet Metal Gage Tables, Hole Wizard holes, Hole Callout Format File, and Symbols.
Line Styles: Random Appearance
Author: Matthew Lorono
Source: SolidWorks Legion
Three line styles for SolidWorks that have a random appearance. To use this file (after downloading and unzipping):
1.Open a document in SolidWorks, such as a drawing template.
2.Goto Tools pulldown>Options…>Document Properties>Line Style. This brings up the Load Line Sytle(s) dialog.
3.Click on Load button.
4.Click on the … button. This brings up the Open dialog.
5.Navigate to location of the “RandomLine.sldlin” file and open. This returns back to the Load Line Style(s) dialog.
6.Highlight all of the line styles (SHIFT is necessary to multi-selection in this window).
7.Click on OK.
For this document, you will now have access to these new line styles.
SolidWorks Help is being updated frequently based on user feedback
SolidWorks Help is being updated on a regular basis. The primary source for the frequent updates is user feedback through the Feedback on this topic link that you can find at the top of each help topic of the Web Help. SolidWorks appreciates user this feedback. For more information on some recent updates, please check out this posting on the SolidWorks Forums:
Recent Enhancements to SolidWorks 2013 SP2 Help in Response to User Feedback
What’s New in SolidWorks 2013: New capabilities of Exploded Views
Multiple exploded views per configuration
In assemblies and multibody parts, the ability to create multiple exploded views for each configuration is now available. As before, each exploded view appears under the specific configuration in the Feature Tree at the Configurations tab. Now, multiple exploded views can appear as a list under each configuration . This means you now longer need that the old workflow of having to maintain separate configurations for separate exploded views, even when the configurations are otherwise identical.
This functionality is also now supported in eDrawings.
Copying exploded views
Additional power has been added to exploded views and configurations where you can use normal windows Copy-and-Paste functions (CTRL-C/CTRL-V) to copy and paste exploded views between configurations! To do this, highlight an exploded view in one configuration and hit CTRL-C. Go to another configuration in the same assembly, and hit CTRL-V. Easy!
3DVision’s Super Sonic Ping Pong Balls
3DVision Technologies has created a Simulation study of a supersonic ping pong ball. This is almost a how-to guide, including how to apply a Motion study to a static object. Their disclaimer at the end is great, “Disclaimer: No ping pong balls were destroyed as a result of writing this!”