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Disclaimer – Though this article was not reviewed by SolidWorks, nor its parent company Dassault Systemes nor any other entity, the author of this article is an employee of Dassault Systemes and is internally familiar with eDrawings Pro for iPad. As such, this article should not be understood as being from an uninvolved and neutral third party.
From the SolidWorks Blog:
While SolidWorks has had the ability to add dimensions while sketching for some time, SolidWorks 2013 makes it a whole lot more intuitive. Now, when you enter dimension values while sketching, SolidWorks will automatically add it to the geometry.
From SolidWorks Blog:
In SolidWorks 2013, The Auto Route tool includes an option to create a route based on existing geometry. To route along geometry, specify a start point, one or more planar faces, and an endpoint in the Auto Route PropertyManager. Routing automatically creates a route from the start point to the end point that runs parallel to the faces. You can specify the distance between the route and each planar face.
From the SolidWorks Blog,
SolidWorks 2013 won’t be officially unveiled until September 10, but over the next few weeks, we’ll be giving you sneak peeks at a few of the new features we’ll be shipping this fall. And here’s the first.
In SolidWorks 2013, center of mass is a selectable entity in drawings, and you can reference it to create dimensions. In a drawing, you can create reference dimensions between center of mass points and geometric entities, such as points and edges.
Every once in awhile in drafting, you just need an arrow, with no text, attachments or any other extras. Maybe you need to specify air flow, grain direction, inspection queue, assembly instructions, or one of a hundred other reasons. How do you make just an arrow in SolidWorks? Answer: Multi-jog Leader annotation tool.
Mutli-jog Leader is an oft overlooked tool that pretty much lets you make whatever arrow configuration you like using the same leader style of notes.
To make a simple leader with no text, start the Multi-jog Leader and select your first point. One arrow will point to the location where you clicked. The other end of the leader will follow the mouse cursor. Choose a second location and double-click to complete your leader. This will add another arrow directly opposite your first arrow.
Get rid of one of the arrows by RMB clicking on the tip of the undesired arrow and choosing the arrowless option.
Here’s what you end up with.
You can adjust the other end to be bigger (by RMB clicking on it and selecting Size…). In the case of the example below, I’m using the arrow to represent fluid direction of a flow body.
There is a number of good articles that have popped up recently in the SolidWorks blogospere. Here is a selected set of particularly interesting finds:
Enjoy!
