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If you are looking to export a SOLIDWORKS drawing to DXF/DWG, it’s not necessarily just a case of saving as DXF/DWG. There are more considerations to be taken such as version, scale and layers. There are various things that can be controlled when going to Options within the save as dialogue.
When you open an assembly or drawing in SOLIDWORKS, you are not just opening a single file, you are opening all the referenced files too. So if you open an assembly, SOLIDWORKS opens the assembly, as well as all the sub-assemblies and part files within it.
We have found that some customers have been a little confused by line thicknesses. Specifically the line thickness displayed in SOLIDWORKS versus the line thickness that is printed. Below is a guide that explains the process.
This blog post came from a customer asking me a question about the colours on his drawings and in particular the use of this button on the Line Format toolbar.
Design automation in DriveWorks allows you to automate the creation of configurable products quickly and easily.
Alongside the automotive industry, aerospace and defence industries have been the driving forces behind 3D printing’s revolutionary growth…
The humble circuit board; green, rectangular and used to power the myriad gadgets we rely on in daily life.
When working in sheet metal, you need to be able take a folded sheet, flatten it, and have an accurate size flat pattern. In SOLIDWORKS this is achieved by selecting the relevant bend allowance options in the Sheet Metal tool. We show you how it works…
Cambridge Industrial Design (CID) recently moved a few doors down from our office on Vision Park, Histon, near Cambridge, so it was a great opportunity to meet and discuss the impact of SOLIDWORKS within industrial design.
If you apply a material to a component – and then section that component – the default cross hatch for that material is applied to it. If you have no material applied, a default cross hatch is applied. Read on to find out how it works.
Everyone is talking about drones. Privacy advocates are concerned that drones will become an extension of “Big Brother.” Governments are reviewing drone legislation. Amazon, most famously, is looking into drones for deliveries.
The Technical Support team at Innova Systems have been voted best in Northern Europe for Customer satisfaction. Read on to find out why SOLIDWORKS have given us this coveted award for the second time…
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