SolidWorks Tips

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SolidWorks Tips tricks

• Presented By Jeff Parker for Yakima SolidWorks
  User Group Oct. 22, 2009

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SolidWorks Tips Tricks

• Agenda

• 600 620      Food Networking
• 620 715       Tips Tricks Presentation
  Jeff Parker
• User Interface
• Parts
• Assemblies
• Drawings
• Bonus Motion Simulation Example
• 715 725        Break
• 725 745        Q A
• 745 800        Wrap up Prize give away

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SolidWorks Tips Tricks

• User Interface

• Name Features (Set the option to require you to
  name on creation)
• Use Folders to group like features or components
• Mouse Gestures (New 2010 Feature)
• Use triad to change view
• Magnifying Glass to aid in selection (Use Alt key
  to section within magnifying glass.

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SolidWorks Tips Tricks

• Parts

• Locking Sketch Dimensions
• Ctrl-Drag Sketch Items to Copy
• Mouse Pausing to Change Tool and Attachments
• Dimensioning Arcs
• Quick Spring using Revolve
• Ways to project text onto a surface
• Using the Trim/Extend Tool in Weldments

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SolidWorks Tips Tricks

• Assemblies

• Multiple ways to add parts to assemblies
• Alt-Click for quick mates
• Ctrl-Click to copy components
• Use filter to search for parts within assembly
  tree
• Using view mates to help understand and repair
  mates
• Adding Motion to assemblies

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SolidWorks Tips Tricks

• Drawings

• Embed annotations in notes
• Align dimensions with Soft Snapping, Alt key
  overrides
• Min/Max dimension using the Shift Key
• Alt to drag view, Shift to drag all
• Align Breaks with Parent option
• Using Drawing Annotation views
• CtrlDrag Dimension into Detail view
• Open part from BOM

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SolidWorks Tips Tricks

• Questions