SolidWorks Timesaving Tip #4: Mate References
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Mate references specify one or more entities of a component to use for automatic mating. When you drag a component with a mate reference into an assembly, SolidWorks tries to find other combination of the …

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Shortcut Tip: 3 sketch planes in one click

Submitted by Clement Donzel on Tuesday, 24 March 2009View Comments

In SolidWorks, you may press L for keyboard shortcut to sketch a line. You can do so without selecting any sketch plan. Try this, click File, New, OK. Press L and there you go, 3 sketch planes pop up for your selection.

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