The Mouse Gesture is a way of combining pointing device movements and clicks which DraftSight recognizes as a specific command. Mouse gestures can provide quick access to common functions of a program. They can also …

In this week’s tip, let’s explore how someone can update Toolbox properties in bulk. Thanks to Eric  van Essen from Javelin for giving me the idea for this tip!
1.      First, open your …

Here is a little tip on how to split parts in half or quarts (or more) very quickly. I discovered this not too long ago and I find it very useful.

Launch the …

In this Flow example, I have an inlet pipe diameter 2 times larger than its corresponding outlet pipe diameter with a turbulent flow rate.  Below is a descriptive picture of this pipe with …

For shell bodies in Simulation, you can color the surfaces by either material or  thickness after the mesh is created by creating a mesh plot (right-click on the  Mesh icon after a mesh …

SLPM is the unit that a gas flow meter reads, but even though it appears to be a volume flow rate, it is in fact a mass flow rate. It is nonsense to report …

In this week’s tip, let’s explore how someone can update Toolbox properties in bulk. Thanks to Eric van Essen from Javelin for giving me the idea for this tip!
1. …

Ever wish that you could easily read numbers off a plot, well there is a freeware solution out there for just this reason: Plot Digitizer. I really like the Zoom feature so that …

This blog post is the fifth in a series of technical tips about the SolidWorks User Interface. Call the series “Everything you wanted to know about —–, but were afraid to ask”. The first few …

There are many different ways to manipulate the model view in SolidWorks. This blog post will attempt to put most (all?) of the methods into one document for reference and describe a bit of history …