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SolidWorks 2010 No Experience Required Book By Alex Ruiz- Product Review

2010-08-17T23:35:00.005+05:30

SolidWorks 2010: No Experience Required [Paperback] By Alex Ruiz

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The only continuous, step-by-step tutorial for SolidWorks
SolidWorks is a 3D CAD manufacturing software package that has been used to design everything from aerospace robotics to bicycles. This book teaches beginners to use SolidWorks through a step-by-step tutorial, letting you build, document, and present a project while you learn.
Tools and functionality are explained in the context of professional, real-world tasks and workflows. You will learn the essential functions and gain the skills to use the software at once.

SolidWorks is a popular design software for manufacturing, and this book introduces it in the context of actually creating an object
Begins with an overview of SolidWorks conventions and the interface
Explains how to create models and drawings, create a revolved part and subassembly, and model parts within a subassembly
Explores modification capabilities and drawing and Bill of Materials templates
Moves on to top-level assembly models and drawings, Toolbox components and the Design Library, mates, export and printing capabilities, and creating renderings
Includes a glossary, a foreword from the SolidWorks product manager, and downloadable tutorial files

SolidWorks 2010: No Experience Required quickly turns beginners into confident users of SolidWorks.

From the Back Cover

SolidWorks 2010: No Experience Required is the perfect hands-on, step-by-step introduction to this very popular 3D CAD software. Through a continuous, easy-to-follow tutorial, you'll learn SolidWorks by planning and developing a desk lamp, from modeling to drawing to creating the Bill of Materials. Follow the tutorial sequentially or jump in at any chapter by downloading the drawing files from www.sybex.com/go/solidworks2010ner. Either way, you'll get a thorough grounding in SolidWorks and see real progress as you quickly master tasks and create a final, presentation-worthy rendering of your design.

Create your first part, the lamp base, and use Instant3D to improve productivity
Add dimensions, tolerances, and a detailed view—and produce your first drawing
See how to create a revolved part with threading as you make the lamp's shaft
Model a plastic washer and learn how to create an assembly from a part
Examine Bills of Materials (BOMs), build one, and add item balloons
Design a lampshade, add components from the Design Library, and create an exploded view
Put it all together and produce a top-level assembly drawing
Apply materials and environment and create a stunning rendering

Create 2D drawings that tell the whole story

Make stunning photo-realistic renderings of your designs

Build excellent real-world assemblies

Get your Kindle Edition Here

Solidworks For Dummies in Amazon Kindle Edition- Worth to read

2008-07-14T16:22:00.012+05:30

Excellent Book For Solidworks Freshers -A good Companion to Complete CSWP Also

Product Description:

Whether it’s your first venture into 3D technical drawing software or you’re switching to SolidWorks from something else, you’re probably excited about what this CAD program has to offer. Chances are, you figure it’s going to take awhile to get the hang of it before you can begin cranking out those perfectly precise 3D designs. SolidWorks For Dummies, 2nd Edition, can help you dramatically shorten that get-acquainted period!

SolidWorks For Dummies, 2nd Edition will help you get up and running quickly on the leading 3D technical drawing software. You’ll see how to set up SolidWorks to create the type of drawings your industry requires and how to take full advantage of its legendary 3D features. You’ll

Discover how to:

Work with virtual prototypes
Understand the user interface
Use templates and sketch, assemble, and create drawings
Automate the drawing process
Review drawings and collaborate with other team members
Define and edit sketches
Create dimensions and annotations
Print or plot your drawings
Leverage existing designs

Sample files on the bonus CD-ROM show you how to apply the latest version of SolidWorks and accomplish specific tasks. Even if you’re brand-new to CAD software, SolidWorks For Dummies, 2nd Edition will have you feeling like a pro in no time. You’ll find you’ve entered a whole new dimension. From the Back CoverSet up SolidWorks to work for your industry

See how to create outstanding designs with SolidWorks' 3D features
Here's how to get a solid foundation in SolidWorks and have fun doing it.Whether it's your first venture into 3D technical drawing software or you're switching to SolidWorks from something else, you'll get the scoop on using templates, putting parts together, creating and automating drawings, collaborating, and turning out great designs.

We can read this book in Kindle Edition Also.Click the Image for More Info.

Free Copy of SolidWorks 2009

2009-04-06T21:49:00.007+05:30

Solidworks Engineering Stimulus Package

Can you believe it? SolidWorks has just launched the Engineering Stimulus Package offering a free 90 day copy of SolidWorks only to US and Canadian residents.

The free copy of SolidWorks is basically the same thing as the Student Design Kit.

So, like the Student Design Kit, you will have a watermark on all of the files you create.

To me that doesn’t sound like too much of a restriction for getting $3,000 worth of software for free.What do you think?

Click here to get your free Copy of SolidWorks

A Commands Guide Tutorial for SolidWorks 2010- David Planchard & Marie Planchard

2009-11-22T20:48:00.010+05:30

A Commands Guide Tutorial for SolidWorks 2010- David C.Planchard & Marie P.Planchard

Editorial Reviews

Product Description:-

The Commands Guide Tutorial for SolidWorks 2010 is a comprehensive reference book written to assist beginner to intermediate users of SolidWorks. SolidWorks is an immense software package, and no one book can cover all topics for all users. The book provides a centralized reference location to address many of the System and Document properties, FeatureManagers, PropertyManagers, ConfigurationManagers and RenderManagers along with 2D and 3D Sketch tools, Sketch entities, 3D Feature tools, Motion Study, SustainabilityXpress, DFMXpress, SimulationXpress, Sheet Metal, PhotoView 360 and more.

Chapter 1 provides a basic overview of the concepts and terminology used throughout this book using SolidWorks 2010 software. If you are completely new to SolidWorks, you should read Chapter 1 in detail and complete Lesson 1, Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 in the SolidWorks Tutorials.

If you are familiar with an earlier release of SolidWorks, you still might want to skim Chapter 1 to become acquainted with some of the commands, menus and features that you have not used; or you can simply jump to any section in any chapter.

Each chapter (17 total) provides detailed PropertyManager information on key topics with individual stand alone short tutorials to reinforce and demonstrate the functionality and ease of the SolidWorks tool or feature. All models for the 230 plus tutorials are located on the enclosed CD with their solution (initial and final). Learn by doing, not just by reading!

Formulate the skills to create, modify and edit sketches and solid features. Learn the techniques to reuse features, parts and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, copied components, design tables, configurations and more.

The book is designed to compliment the Online Tutorials and Online Help contained in SolidWorks 2010. The goal is to illustrate how multiple design situations and systematic steps combine to produce successful designs.

The authors developed the tutorials by combining their own industry experience with the knowledge of engineers, department managers, vendors and manufacturers. These professionals are directly involved with SolidWorks everyday. Their responsibilities go far beyond the creation of just a 3D model.

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Quick Start
2. SolidWorks System Options
3. SolidWorks Document Properties
4. Design Intent, Sketching and Sketch Entities
5. Sketch Tools, Geometric Relations and Dimensions/Relations tools
6. Extruded Boss/Base, Extruded Cut, Fillet and Cosmetic Features
7. Revolved, Simple Hole, Hole Wizard and Dome Features
8. Shell, Draft and Rib Features
9. Pattern and Mirror Features
10. Swept, Loft, Wrap and Flex Features
11. Bottom-Up Assembly Modeling and more
12. Top-Down Assembly Modeling and more
13. 2D Drawings and eDrawings
14. Sheet Metal
15. PhotoView 360
16. SolidWorks Design Library, Explorer, Toolbox and Measure tool
17. SimulationXpress & SustainabilityXpress

About the Author
David Planchard is the Founder of D&M Education LLC. Before starting D&M Education, he spent over 27 years in industry and academia holding various engineering, marketing, and teaching positions and degrees. He holds five U.S. patents and one International patent. He has published and authored numerous papers on Machine Design, Product Design, Mechanics of Materials, and Solid Modeling. He is a member of the New England Pro/Users Group, New England SolidWorks Users Group, and the Cisco Regional Academy Users Group. David holds a BSME, MSM and a Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) Certification. David is a SolidWorks Solution Partner and an Adjunct at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Marie Planchard is the Director of World Education Markets at SolidWorks Corporation. Before she joined SolidWorks, Marie spent over 10 years as an engineering professor at Mass Bay College in Wellesley Hills, MA. She has 14 plus years of industry software experience and held a variety of management and engineering positions. Marie holds a BSME, MSME and a Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) Certification. She is an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

SolidWorks Add-in to Upload Directly to Shapeways

2010-07-01T06:33:00.005+05:30

SolidWorks users can now upload their files directly to Shapeways thanks to a proprietary add-in developed by Design Solutions and Shapeways, making it easier than ever for SolidWorks users to turn their 3D designs into physical objects.

SolidWorks users simply need to download the free BETA add-in from Design Solutions:
1) Install the Shapeways add-in,
2) Open a model in SolidWorks,
3) Login to Shapeways, and
4) Save to Shapeways.
This will automatically convert the model to STL format (as defined by the user settings in SolidWorks) and upload it to "My Designs" in your Shapeways account. The tool will also prompt users to enter any tags, provide a description and select whether the model is for sale or display only.(you will need to agree to Shapeways terms and conditions on the Shapeways site once it is uploaded). As mentioned this is the BETA version which should be replaced with the second iteration in 6-8 weeks so please do provide us with any feedback you have in this time so we can improve the add-in so we can use this to improve functionality.

Step 1. Download and the add-in from Design Solutions for either 32 or 64 bit and run the installer. You will need to make SolidWorks is NOT running and then run the reg.MS-DOS Batch File in the Shapeways Folder now installed in your Program Files.

Step 2. Now you can boot up SolidWorks select Tools>Add-Ins then scroll down and select Shapeways for SolidWorks. If you tick both the Active Add-Ins ans Start Up then this add-in will be ready to go every time you fire up SolidWorks.

Step 3. Open or create a SolidWorks Part file (I will discuss a workaround for assemblies later) making sure it is a solid body part as surfaces will not be uploaded. If there is a combination of surfaces and solids in your part, only the solids will be uploaded, if there are only surfaces you will not be able to upload.

You will be asked to log in to your Shapeways account using your user name and password. (You should only need to do this once per SolidWorks session, If you don't have a Shapeways account, go to register with Shapeways). From there you will be prompted with the Save Dialog where you can enter File Name, Description and Tags, along with whether the model is 'only for viewing' (not for sale).

You will get an upload successful dialog box followed by the usual emails from Shapeways confirming your upload then either informing you it is ready to print, or the dreaded 'there is a problem'...

Step 4. Once you have uploaded all of your SolidWorks files you can then log into Shapeways to see them in My Designs, here you will need only to confirm that the design is your work, and that Shapeways is granted license to print the model as per usual Shapeways terms and conditions.

EASY.... A few side points to consider:

IF you want to upload a SolidWorks Assembly simply Save As a Part File specifying All Components (exterior components may work with the loss of data and exterior faces did not work at all for me) then use the Shapeways Add-In to upload it.

The Shapeways Add-in applies the users STL settings to generate the file uploaded so if you need to decrease your poly count adjust there as usual.

The STL file is NOT saved anywhere on your computer, if this is an issue for some reason you will have to do this manually.

Please do give us feedback on the functionality, if you come across any issues, we will be looking to update it in six to eight weeks. Also this has not yet been tested in any student edition where I doubt that it will work (but very happily proved wrong).

Courtesy:Duann From shapeworks

Draftsight from 3ds - A better way to read, write and share DWG files

2010-07-02T08:13:00.014+05:30

DraftSight is a professional-grade, open 2D CAD product for users who want a better way to read, write and share DWG files. DraftSight is easy to use and is available for professional CAD users, students and educators to download and activate for free.

Based on advanced architecture, DraftSight has a small footprint, should take less that a few minutes to download, and runs on multiple operating systems, including Windows XP®, Windows Vista® and Windows® 7.

Download free software and start working with your DWG files. Then start sharing, connecting and interacting with the 3DSwYm DraftSight™ community members.

DraftSight Features

DraftSight™ was built with CAD users in mind and includes:

User Environment & Features
* Cartesian coordinate system
* Layers & layer manager
* Background masks for notes
* Command line input
* ViewPort locking
* Property manager
* Dynamic pan & zoom
* Polygonal ViewPorts
* Traditional toolbars and menus
* Wheel-mouse pan & zoom
* Freeze, lock or turn off layers per ViewPort
* Blocks & reference files
* View proxy objects
* Command aliases
* Menu files
* CTB and STB print style tables
* SHX and TTF fonts
* LineStyle files
* Hatch pattern files
* Templates

Interoperability
* Read and write support for DWG/DXF files*
* Save DWG/DXF files back to previous versions*
* Print to file (.plt, .jpg, .pdf, .png, & .svg)
* Attach image files (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tif, & .tiff)
* Attach external reference drawings
* Create binary or ASCII DXF files*
* Save as .wmf, .jpeg, .pdf, .png, .sld, .svg, .tif, & .stl file formats
* Publish to eDrawings or Drawings Now
* Multi-page PDF creation

Productivity Enhancers
* Consolidated options dialog
* Home palette
* Quick print
* Enhanced, easy to read, command prompts
* Smart calculator
* Context sensitive help
Setup and Administration
* Support for Windows®, Mac & Linux operating systems
* Customizable interface: command aliases, double-click actions, menus, right-click menus, shortcut keys, toolbars, etc.
* Quick and free to download
* Fast “one-click” installation
* Multi-language character set support including Unicode fonts

Entities
* Arcs, circles, & lines
* Points & rings
* Solid & gradient Fill
* Notes & SimpleNotes
* Hyperlinks
* Dimensions: Arc length, radius, diameter, baseline, linear, ordinate, etc.
* Tables
* ViewPorts
* Blocks and BlockAttributes
* Masks & region
* Ellipses & elliptical arcs
* ISO, ANSI & Traditional Hatch patterns
* Tolerances, Leaders & CenterMarks
* RichLines, PolyLines, 3D PolyLines, & Splines

Drafting Tools
* Snap & Grid
* Double-click editing
* Select entities using filters, SmartSelect, or by window, crossing window, crossline, polygonal window, etc.
* Chamfer & Fillet
* Undo/Redo
* Tracking guides & Polar guides
* EntityGrips, EntitySnaps, Entity
* Get area, distance, or coordinates information
* InfiniteLines, Rays & Reference Points

Drawing Setup Tools
* Customizable coordinate system
* Points format
* Multiple layout
* RichLine styles
* Text Styles
* Dimension styles
* Layer manager
* Unit system
* Named page layouts
* Table styles

Edit Tools
* Move, scale & rotate
* Edit blocks in-place or isolate for edit
* Modify Hatch and fill pattern, origin, etc
* Stretch & change length
* Mirror, copy, offset and pattern copy
* Open reference drawings from within the base drawing
* Edit note properties: direction, justification, line spacing, text height, TextStyle, etc.
* Trim & extend
* Split & weld
* Clip references and images

Registration Now Open for SolidWorks World 2011

2010-07-27T07:39:00.010+05:30

SolidWorks World 2011-San Antonio, Texas, USA

Registration Now Open!

Join us for SolidWorks World 2011 being held January 23-26, 2011 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Be sure to register early and save with our Early Bird rates. Save $200 off a full conference registration when you register by the first Early Bird deadline, October 29, 2010.

Visit www.solidworks.com/swworld for up-to-date information about SolidWorks World 2011.

Interested in presenting at SolidWorks World 2011? Submit a presentation for consideration today!

We look forward to seeing you in San Antonio.
- The SolidWorks World Planning Committee.

Solidworks Innovation Day 2009-Solidworks 2010 Launch Event

2009-09-12T12:14:00.012+05:30

SolidWorks Innovation Day 2009 - Solidworks 2010 Launch Event in Chennai,Tamilnadu,India

Solidworks 2010-Faster,Smarter,Rock Solid

Solidworks is glad to invite you all to attend Solidworks Innovation Day 2009.

Built on 14 years of give and take with the now one million-strong SolidWorks community, SolidWorks software provides designers, engineers, and other creative professionals with all of the tools they need to design great products.

1.Design creation, validation, documentation, management, and environmental impact analysis as a single streamlined process.

2.A simple design experience from the first sketch line to the finished 3D model.

3.The ability to work smarter and faster with power packed into every feature.

4.Rock-solid reliability in every phase of your work.

5.Strong bonds with the growing SolidWorks community.

At This Event Learn about the new solidworks 2010 product line and how it can boost your Design Productivity.Work Smarter and Faster and improve your success.This event is designed for new and current users of solidworks Products.

Date: Wednesday 16th September 2009.

Venue: Hotel GRT Grand Thyagaraya Road, T.Nagar, Chennai 600083

Time: 9:30 AM-13:00 PM

For all the other outstation CAD users check the appropriate dates and register for Solidworks Innovation Day 2009.

Register Now

For enquiries please contact our Sponser at +91 9003079303 or email to admin@solidworksguru.com

3DQuickForm Add-in for solidworks from 3Dquicktools

2009-05-04T21:12:00.006+05:30

3DQuickForm is a powerful SolidWorks© add-in application for inverse forming simulation. High speed, accuracy, and full associativity with SolidWorks© data are taken into consideration to make 3DQuickForm a production design tool for die designers. Users can either import different types of CAD data or build the die geometries in SolidWorks© environment for the forming studies. It helps OEM manufacturers, material suppliers, and die manufacturers to deliver precision tooling in the shortest time and with minimum physical try-outs.

The built-in mesher is automatic and allows user adjustment to meet needs in different situations. Tool designers may fully concentrate on the die design processes and virtual try-outs. Simulations are run in project driven manner and support multiple projects; thus streamlining design feasibility study, process simulation, and optimization. Simulation results are displayed to show initial blank shape, different material thickness, and stress/strain distribution. Customizable material database allows designers to test their design with different materials. Fully integrated with SolidWorks©, 3DQuickForm is easy to use and rich in functions.

Features of 3DQuickForm

Full range of CAD interfaces to read both imported 3D data or native data
Special modeling tools for cleaning data
Powerful modeling functions
Fast & accurate blank shape generation
Short learning curve
Get blank contours of parts which cannot be folded/unstamped in traditional ways
Fully integrated with SolidWorks to allow strip design in fully associative process
Better communication results in less engineering changes
Quickly compare multiple solutions for a stamped component
Handle complex blank shapes and forming features
Based on ESI technologies in metal forming
Facilitate the material usage calculation in quotation phase
Support fixed edges/faces
Graphical plots of thinning and thickening of materials, stress/strain, etc.
Report generation
Customizable material database
Complete integration with 3DQuickPress providing the blank shapes for die design process

3DQuickForm Professional

All features in 3DQuickForm
Part unfolded to non-planar initial blank
Symmetrical Boundary Conditions
Support Flanging

If you need to purchase this Solidworks Add-in in india kindly contact admin@solidworksguru.com.

For more info Please visit http://www.3dquicktools.com/ .

Presentation studio in solidworks 2009

2009-04-05T13:17:00.011+05:30

How to create a presentation in pdf after modelling is done?

We've created the perfect model... Now present it to the world! Generate dynamic 3D PDFs with just a couple of clicks using Presentation Studio.

PDF is the standard method for sharing documents. Add in 3D capabilities, and now you've got documents really worth sharing.

With Presentation Studio you can create a Design Brief, Price Sheet, Technical Summary, Feature Review, or Product Specification in minutes. But unlike ordinarly PDFs, an embedded 3D model conveys your design in a way 2D just can't. The PDF can then be read on any computer with Adobe Acrobat 8 or above.

After downloading and installing the add-in, it will need to be activated in SolidWorks. Select the "Add-ins..." entry under the Tools menu, bringing up the Add-in Manager. Find the Presentation Studio entry and make sure both of its checkboxes are checked.

Now that add-in is loaded, there will be a new Presentation tab containing the Layout command. This will launch the Presentation Studio Layout Property Manager.

Download 32bit Presentation Studio

Download 64bit Presentation Studio

Sample presentation made in presentation studio in solidworks 2009 Download here

Note: Now works with 64bit SolidWorks 2009. It requires SolidWorks 2009 SP03 or higher.

Whats new 2009 Video Demos from Solidworks

2008-09-10T12:15:00.007+05:30

Experience SolidWorks 2009

What does innovative design mean to you? Is it the Model T Ford®
or SpaceShipOne? The Bell® Telephone or the iPhone®? Or is it simply
the next product you develop?

Time-to-market. Manufacturability. Right-first-time design.SolidWorks 2009 can get you there. By simplifying, automating, and accelerating some of CAD's most complex processes, SolidWorks 2009 frees engineers to innovate without constraints. Capturing true design intent is just a few mouse clicks away.

The latest SolidWorks release is jam packed with over 250 new features,including improved large assembly and drawing performance, SpeedPak,and Simulation Advisor. Watch this video to see just some of the new functionality included in SolidWorks 2009.

SolidWorks helps you design better products. If that's your end game,

click here to experience solidworks 2009 what's new.

Elecworks Addin for solidworks

2009-01-29T20:53:00.005+05:30

Elecworks for Solidworks:
The Elecworks 3D Cabinet module for SolidWorks is a unique application which allows the design of Cabinet within SolidWorks using data in real-time from the scheme project, and will enable most convenient placement and clash detection.

Trace Software, for 20 years an innovator in CAD software development for the electrical engineering and the automation market, the maker of TraceParts, announces elecworks designed to cover the electrical and automation needs of the SolidWorks engineering offices. elecworks increases collaboration between electrical and mechanical teams and allows them to create automation and electrical installation projects better designed with faster documentation generation.

Trace Software will demonstrate elecworks at the SolidWorks World 2009 Conference. Attendees will discover a new generation software tool which allows users to work on all areas of a digital installation in real time, based on a single database with multiple views: cable synoptic, schematics, equipment management, input/output tables, etc., including a full SolidWorks 3D Cabinet module.

"elecworks is the result of an unprecedented technological development. Through the SolidWorks Solution Partner program, we developed elecworks to provide SolidWorks designers with the tools to use and share electrical and automation information on the 3D mock-up. elecworks has been designed to run in many languages, our goal is to make it the electrical CAD worldwide de-facto standard. elecworks is definitely the right choice for the companies using SolidWorks as their design tool," said Etienne Mullie, CEO of Trace Software.

elecworks and its 3D Cabinet module for SolidWorks will be sold worldwide through the SolidWorks dealer network.

elecworks^TM is a powerful new generation software tool, that enables electrical designers and automation experts to create automation and electrical installation projects. Through Windows standard interfaces, engineers can produce better installation designs and supporting documentation faster.

elecworks^TM allows project data to be entered right from the preliminary research stages. A huge part of the project planning can be achieved even before completing fully-fledged schematic diagrams, thanks to the processing tools like Cable Synoptic or Components Management.

elecworks^TM has been originally developed to do electrical CAD, it is dedicated to the design engineers professional use. So, to create schematic diagrams you use electrical lines and the symbols, when inserted or deleted, ensure the continuity of the lines. The I/O table is dynamically linked to the project equipments.

There is no learning curve, using elecworks^TM is straightforward. You just drag and drop or use the smart tools designed to automate the schematic generation process. Smart Help and contextual menus will help the user whatever the command. elecworks^TM allows users to create not only small projects but also lets an entire team to collaborate on large scale projects.

About Trace Software

Trace Software provides design and management software solutions since 1989 for the industrial automation and power distribution markets. Partner to SolidWorks and Autodesk, Trace Software is present worldwide and market its product range through its subsidiaries and distribution channel. Its subsidiary TraceParts is a world expert in 3D engineering content and develops and markets software solutions for CAD parts libraries, electronic catalogs and product configurations.

More information available at: http://www.elecworks.com/ and http://www.trace-software.com

Solidjott-Solidworks help Add-in when you need it where you need it

2008-12-21T23:20:00.010+05:30

Solidjott -Help Addin for solidworks 2009

A couple of weeks ago SolidJott Launched an Addin for solidworks aiming to get your questions and issues answered fast, online.

Today They announced that it’s available inside SolidWorks 2009.

It is an direct access to the collective brainpower of SolidWorks users worldwide.It’s absolutely free and available for download here (796kb .zip).

It’s quick. It’s convenient. You can type a short question about an issue you’re having, submit it and everyone else immediately sees it.We can then communicate with some of the top experts in SolidWorks community right within SolidWorks.We can comment and rate other people questions also.

It’s a lightweight add-in that allows you to interact with SolidWorks users without leave your work or your issues.

Future developments of solidjott Add-in will include a button to send a screen capture to the post and a button to ‘pack and go’ the file(s) we are working on currently and send to post to make things even easier in describing problems or solutions.

For more Info Check out this Video.

Solidworks 2009 Enhancements- How to convert imported solid into sheetmetal?

2008-10-03T07:54:00.016+05:30

Convert imported part with uniform thickness into sheet metal

SolidWorks gave us some excellent tools to flatten imported sheet metal part files. The tool called “Insert Bends” automates this process. After identifying the fixed face, SolidWorks adds sheet metal information such as Bend Allowance, Auto Relief, as well as Rip Parameters. This works great as long as you have a part with uniform wall thickness. If you find yourself with a part who’s thickness varies (as is the case often in bends), then here is a trick to try out.

- Right click on a face as shown below and pick “Select Tangency.” This should highlight all of the faces on one side of your part. Now use the surfacing tool “Offset Surface,” setting the offset value to zero. This creates a surface that is wrapped on the top or bottom of your part.

- Locate the Folder titled “Solid Bodies” near the top of your Feature Manager. Expand this folder, select the body that is listed and choose “Delete” (from right click or keyboard). Now you are left with only the surface body that you have created.

- Select the surface body and use the “Thicken” (Insert/Boss Base/Thicken) feature to create a solid by thickening the selected surface in the direction and value that you select. This process ensures that you now have a uniform wall thickness.

- Now you are ready to flatten the part as usual with the “Insert Bends".

But in Solidworks 2009 We can directly use ''convert to sheet metal'' tool to convert the imported solid with uniform thickness into sheet metal.It is an hazzle free process compared to insert bends in solidworks 2008.If any forming tool is used in that imported part it will not be converted into sheet metal properly.

For more info Watch the video here.

Solidworks Innovation Day 2008

2008-10-17T12:39:00.009+05:30

SolidWorks Innovation Day 2008

Solidworks is glad to invite you all to attend Solidworks Innovation Day 2008.

1. See the Unseen

2. Witness GenNext Design Technology

3. Inspire the Future

Seize the SolidWorks Advantage!

1. Handle large, complex assemblies with ease.

2.Sample 250 brand new features that produce better products.

3.Get designs right the first time, every time, with the new Simulation Advisor.

4.Learn why more designers and engineers use SolidWorks than any other 3D CAD software.

And more...

Date:6th November 2008.

Venue:Accord Metropolitan,Chennai

Time:8:30 AM-6:00 PM

For all the other outstation CAD users check the appropriate dates and register for Solidworks Innovation Day 2008.

Register Now

For enquiries please contact us at +91 044 4214 6631 or email : innovationday2008.chennai@shobiziems.com

Create Mold for solidworks Models - IMold Add-in for solidworks

2008-11-21T19:40:00.011+05:30

IMOLD for SolidWorks leverages breakthrough technology and the SolidWorks environment to provide designers with the most powerful mold design product available today.

With IMOLD, mold designers can easily produce preliminary and production design with staggering speed, and preview functionality assures you get it right the first time.

With tools for features like automatic parting line generation, core/cavity surface splitting, and side core analysis, IMOLD offers a level of functionality not realized by other mold design systems.

Another common practice for mold designers is to create custom-design sliders, lifters as well as other special components to the mold design. Often these parts are reusable, perhaps with difference sizes.

IMOLD is UNIQUE in the way it allows users to create these components into the design and add them to the IMOLD database, propagating these databases with different sizes. These self-created custom components are then like any IMOLD standard library components and can be used again.

This capability is important especially to mold designers and mold makers as it allows them to retain their competitive advantage, as well as introduce the concept of semi-designed & semi-manufactured components to the mold job to cut manufacturing time and cost.

Advantages of Imold Add-in for Solidworks:

1.The only COMPLETE mold design solution for SolidWorks users
2.Ideal tool for 2D designers UPGRADING to 3D mold design
3.POWERFUL,FASTand EASY to use
4.Proven TECHNOLOGY,with more than 100 customers in the world
5.SOLIDWORKS CERTIFIED GOLD Product
6.Unmatched SUPPORT
7.Also available in non-English language versions.

IMOLD Drawings

IMOLD Drawings creates the Core/Cavity views of the mold design in just a few clicks. The parts belonging to the cavity side and the core side are automatically identified and placed in the correct view.

The Sectioning utility makes creating section views a snap. Instead of drawing a section line, pick the points through which the section line has to pass through and the section view is created.

In the latest version of IMOLD, IMOLD Drawings also provide automatic creation of all the part drawings of the components in the design for you and the mold designer's version of hole table.

Features/Functions include:

Create mold layout drawings automatically for injection, ejection or entire mold
Create individual part drawings for all parts in the mold
- Title block information automatically added in
- Hole charts
- Customizable hole table

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Solidworks 2009 Bible From Matt Lambard

2008-11-10T22:59:00.011+05:30

Solidworks 2009 Bible

by Matt Lombard

Synopsis:

SolidWorks Bible is a comprehensive reference-tutorial that covers the basics, but then quickly ramps up to more advanced level topics. Every feature is thoroughly covered yet written in a way that makes learning this robust program seem non-threatening and uncomplicated. In a market full of books for beginners this is the one book that goes into extensive detail, not just on how the software works, but in many cases why it works the way it does. The author is well known in the SolidWorks community and uses SolidWorks on a daily basis as his main design tool in his contracting and consulting work. Many topics covered in SolidWorks Bible are not found in any other publication or even documentation directly from SolidWorks. A valuable CD contains example parts and assemblies, before and after files for tutorials as well as the entire book in searchable PDF format.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780470258255

Author: Lombard, Matt

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Subject: CAD-CAM - General

Edition Description: Wiley

Series: Bible

Publication Date: December 2008

Binding: Paperback

Language:English

Pages:1152

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Solidworks 2009 preview - Convert to Sheet metal feature

2008-09-09T23:00:00.008+05:30

Convert to Sheet Metal

We can convert the solid or surface body into a sheet metal part using the convert to sheet metal command.The Solid body can also be imported sheet metal body.

After converting solid to sheet metal component we can apply all sheet metal features to it.
It works with forming tools also.

Use the convert to sheet metal command with :

Solid and surface bodies that have

No shells or fillet
Either a shell or fillet
Both a shell and fillets
Imported bodies that are already in the form of sheet metal part.

Imported part must have constant thickness.Sheet metal parts created using forming tools may not convert correctly.

An excellent video Demo which depicts how to convert a solid body into sheet metal Watch it here.

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Solidworks 2009 Enhancements - Bill of Materials (BOM) in an Assembly and Part Document

2008-08-24T13:29:00.009+05:30

Parts and Assemblies have seen SEVERAL enhancements in Solidworks 2009.

One of the most notable Enhancement is the ability to create Bills of Materials (BOM) in an Assembly file as well as Multibody Part Document also.It works with Weldment parts also.

All the capabilities that we have in Drawing BOMs are also there in Assembly BOMs.

When We create a drawing We have the choice to use the existing BOM created in Assembly or Part document in the Drawing.

We can have the ability to restructure the assembly components in the BOM Table without affecting the assembly structure.We can dissolve the sub assemblies and weldments with the use of Part/Assembly BOM.

We can export this Part/assembly BOM's to

Template (.sldbomtbt)
Excel (.xls)
Text (.txt)
Drawing Interchange format (.dxf)
Drawing Format (.dwg)
Edrawings(.edrw)
Portable Document Format (.pdf)

We have the ability to edit the Part/Assembly BOM in seperate window .BOM Table which we created in part/Assembly will appear in Tables Folder in Feature Manager Tree.The name of configuration to which a BOM applies appears beside the BOM feature.

Solidworks Part Document Configuration Ripper

2008-09-04T22:21:00.011+05:30

How to insert each Configuration of part document into separate file using Configuration Ripper ?

Suppose we have a solidworks part with five configurations. we would like to insert each configuration into its own part file, while still preserving its history.Is it possible to rip all the configurations seperately in solidworks?

Yes we can.

There are two ways to rip the configuration of solidworks part document to my knowledge.

1.Copy the file 5 times and delete the configurations that are not used in each one.
2.Other one is by using running macros

First method is timing consuming process. If we are having more configurations then it is tedious to copy the part document and delete the configurations

Second method by running macros to rip all the configurations is very easy to do withiin matter of seconds we can rip all the configs of solidworks pat document.

Download One such Configuration ripper I used mostly in my projects.

How to use this Config Ripper ?

1.Open solidworks.
2.Tools>Macro>Run>ConfigRipper.swp
3.Browse the location of Solidworks part document which configurations need to be ripped.

Solidworks 2009 Preview - Speed Pak Configuration for Large Assembly Performance

2008-09-03T21:48:00.013+05:30

Speed Pak Configuration for Assemblies:

Speedpak, Solidworks new large assembly performance enhancement, is the one and only shining star of the 2009 version.

Speedpak creates a simplified representation of an assembly without losing references. If you work with very large and complex assemblies, using SpeedPak can significantly improve performance while working with assembly and its drawing.

With this,we can create a simplified configuration in an assembly that only fully loads the faces or bodies that you want it to. The concept is that you allow only mating features to be loaded into memory, allowing for much faster top-level assembly performance.

When we would like to insert complex large assembly into a higher level assembly we have to use speek Pak to improve the performance of large assembly.

Speed pak is a subset of parts and faces of an assembly which we create in the configuration manager.Because of only a subset of parts and faces is used,memory usage is greatly reduced,which can increase performance of many operations.

For more info about Speed Pak configuration click on the image above to watch a sample movie which demonstrate how to create speed pak for large assemblies.

How to Min/Max the arc and Circle Dimensions?

2007-08-12T12:49:00.001+05:30

How to dimension an arc and circle?

We can dimension the arc and circle by three ways using,

1) Center Distance

2) Minimum Distance

3) Maximum Distance

The Dimensions conditions are described below.

Center-Center: The default in solidworks when an arc is selected. Here the dimensions are attached to the center points of the arc.

Minimum Distance:The dimensional point is to the closest point on the arc on the same diameter of the center as the other end of the dimension. Linear dimension does not cross arc centerpoint.

Maximum Distance: Dimensional point is to the farthest point on the arc on the opposite side as the other end of the dimension. In this Case linear dimension crosses the arc centerpoint.

Selecting an arc as part of a linear dimension causes the dimension to default to the center arc condition.

However, if the Shift key is held down as the arc is selected for a linear dimension, the arc condition will be minimum or maximum, whichever is closest to the side being selected.

Further, the arc conditions of a dimension can be changed after the dimensions is created.

Right-click on the dimension, select Properties, and change the arc condition by selecting the new option near the bottom of the dialog box.

Note that there can be two arc conditions to control if the linear dimension is between two arcs.

Online 2D/3D CAD Parts Library

2007-08-15T07:57:00.001+05:30

Do you want to download standard Mechanical components in CAD Format?

Here We can download all the part libraries like Gears, Bearings, Mechanical Hardware, Tolling Components, Metal Shapes, Locating Components, Motor Accessories, Plastic Extruded Shape without any hassle.

A complete set of ISO,DIN,JIS, ANSI,ASME ,AS steel shapes are involved in this website.

We can get all the 2D and 3D CAD parts for SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor, SolidEdge, IGES, .SAT, DXF Formats

Download Standard Parts

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To load the solidworks Drawing File without sending the model or assembly

2007-08-19T16:41:00.001+05:30

How to load the drawing without sending the model ?

To create a detached solidworks drawing:

After Completing the Drawing Click Save on the Standard toolbar (for a new drawing) or File, Save As (for drawing that has been saved previously).

In the Save As dialog box, select Detached Drawing (*.slddrw) for Save as type.Specify the file name, then click Save.

If we want to reload the model with that particular part or assembly we can reload the model later also.

To Reload the Model with the Solidworks drawing File:

Open the drawing file with "Load model" button checked as shown in the pic.That's it.

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How To Create Chain Pattern In Solidworks

2008-06-06T07:21:00.010+05:30

Chain Pattern can be executed in so many ways one such a way is by using Curve Driven Pattern.

The Curve Driven Pattern tool allows you to create patterns along a planar or 3D curve. To define the pattern, we can use any sketch segment, or the edge of a face (solid or surface), that lies along the plane. You can base your pattern on an open curve, or on a closed curve, such as a circle.