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New in SolidWorks 2013 – Enhanced Section View Interface – Adding offsets

What’s New in SolidWorks 2013: Section View Assist Part 2 – Shortcutting cutting line creation

Section View Assist automatically comes up when you start the Section View tool without preselecting a sketch.  Section View Assist allows you to create very complex section views very quickly.  It also allows you to make the simplist section views faster than before, without the need to draw sketches on your drawing view.   Included in the more »

Mike Puckett reveals how to link your Linkedin account with SolidWorks Certification Center

Check out the new look to the SolidWorks Certification Center, and learn how to link it to your Linkedin account. Connect With SolidWorks Certified Users Online  

What’s New in SolidWorks 2013: Section View Assist – Part 1

SolidWorks 2012 and prior had two separate tools to create section views in drawings, Section View and Aligned Section View.  Although these were very capable tools, there was two different workflows to create cutting lines for section views based on which tool was chosen.  The two types of section views where not interchangeable.  Both used sketches more »

Save Assy As Part

Author: Deepak Gupta Source: Boxer’s SolidWorks Blog Macro to save assembly to save as part (exterior faces), updated for current SolidWorks versions (2013 and up). Precondition: Any active assembly with minimum one part. Postcondition: Assembly is saved as part. Save_Assy_As_Part.zip

Presentation: Making Custom Symbols in SolidWorks

Author:  Matthew Lorono Source: SolidWorks Legion Learn how to make custom symbols for SolidWorks annotations and dimensions.   This presentation covers the basics on categories, symbol tags, structure of the GTOL.SYM file, and building symbols using rectangular coordinates.   The example in this presentation is the Third Angle Projection symbol. Download Making Custom Symbols in SolidWorks.pptx more »