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Dynamic Mirror

Jeff Mirisola — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:18:54 +0000

Do you know about the Dynamic Mirror tool in SolidWorks? No? Well, stick around and I’ll show you. The Dynamic Mirror tool is a sketch tool that allows you to dynamically mirror (duh) as you’re sketching. To use it, you first have to find it as it’s won’t be on your sketch toolbar, or ‘S’ …

SimulationXpress – You can do it!

Jeff Mirisola — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:44:33 +0000

By a show of hands, how many of you have tried SimulationXpress, or any of the ‘Xpress’ products available in SolidWorks? Sure, they’re meant to be like gateway drugs, tempting and teasing you into purchasing the full-blown product, but that doesn’t mean that they’re bad for you. SimulationXpress is a decent, first-pass, analysis tool. It’ll …

Tips & Tricks, the sequel

Jeff Mirisola — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:00:09 +0000

Back in June, I posted a quick SolidWorks T & T post that seemed to be well received, so I figured I’d post another one. ‘Ctrl’+8 will change view to Normal to. Hitting it again will flip to the opposite side. F5 turns your filter toolbar on/off. F6 clears enabled filters. To created geometry without …

SolidWorks Crashes and Slowdowns, Part 4

Jeff Mirisola — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:08:10 +0000

This week, let’s talk about your PC. There are things you can do, and should do, to help keep your PC running smoothly. Hopefully, a lot of this will be old news for many of you. Keep your hard drive clean. Clean out your temp directories and defrag monthly. I like to use ccleaner to …

Sheetmetal Tip – Creating cuts in bends

Jeff Mirisola — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:37:06 +0000

I’ve seen this come up a lot in various SolidWorks forums, so I figured I’d go ahead and post a little something about it. When you need to insert a cut on a bend in sheetmetal, you need to use the Fold and Unfold commands, not the Flatten command. If you use the Flatten command, …

Administrative Images

Jeff Mirisola — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:13:42 +0000

Do you have multiple seats of SolidWorks? Are you maintaining them individually? Silly Admin, create an image! It doesn’t matter if they’re network licenses or not, maintaining them through an administrative image is the way to go. We only have four seats of SolidWorks, but I maintain my three seats of Office Premium (the fourth …