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SOLIDWORKS 2016

Tech tips for SOLIDWORKS 2016

How to find your SOLIDWORKS Installation Log files

Our Technical teams here at TriMech Solutions will often request the SOLIDWORKS installation log files from clients who are experiencing…

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SOLIDWORKS Save Bodies

Using the SOLIDWORKS Save Bodies command without creating multiple copies

Have you previously used the SOLIDWORKS Save Bodies command on a weldment feature only to find that all of the…

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Customized SOLIDWORKS Section Views using Parallel to Screen Planes

The SOLIDWORKS Section View is a great tool to investigate the details of complicated parts and assemblies. For instance you can…

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SOLIDWORKS Composer Animation Timeline Enhancements

SOLIDWORKS Composer like all other SOLIDWORKS products is constantly being improved from year to year.  One of the biggest enhancements…

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SOLIDWORKS Hole Table

Why you should be using a SOLIDWORKS Hole Table

A SOLIDWORKS hole table is an excellent way to convey hole information in a convenient and organized manner.  Columns can…

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How to Link SOLIDWORKS Flag Notes to Balloons or Notes in a Drawing

One of the great new features that has been introduced in SOLIDWORKS 2016 is “Flag Notes”. Flag notes are a…

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Hide a solid body

How to control the visibility of SOLIDWORKS Bodies with your mouse & keyboard

Last year during the launch of SOLIDWORKS 2016 we showed you the new component visibility toggle functionality to quickly hide and…

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How to bring back SOLIDWORKS Classic Icons & Colours

For those that have been forced to undertake a change to your SOLIDWORKS User Interface in 2016, there is good…

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SOLIDWORKS PDM Set Revision

Do you have a special workflow for migrated data? Does it look something like this: Or this: New Set Revision function…

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SOLIDWORKS 2016 UI

How to make the SOLIDWORKS 2016 Interface “look” like prior versions

No one said that change was easy…sometimes change is hard…and sometimes change is simply unexpected. It is in listening to customer…

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SOLIDWORKS 2016 Sweep in Two Directions

Sometimes it’s much easier to generate a profile sketch for a sweep feature somewhere along the path.  For example if the…

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SOLIDWORKS Live Events

The Impact of SOLIDWORKS Live Events

February was a very busy month for Javelin’s SOLIDWORKS experts across Canada. We successfully delivered 16 SOLIDWORKS Live Events in…

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Reverse Sketch Offsets SOLIDWORKS 2016

In previous SOLIDWORKS releases it was impossible to change the direction after using the Offset Sketch Entities tool. If you…

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SOLIDWORKS 2016 Sheet Scale Control in Status Bar

Starting with SOLIDWORKS 2016, working with drawings is a little easier.  In previous versions of SOLIDWORKS, the Status Bar showed…

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Constrained Sketch

It’s Easier to Manipulate Constrained Sketch Segments in SOLIDWORKS 2016

In this tech tip video, you’ll learn about the new enhancements to the Detach Segment on Drag tool in SOLIDWORKS…

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