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SW2016

SOLIDWORKS 2016 (#SW2016) tech tips and tutorials from the Javelin team

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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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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Unhide SOLIDWORKS components with a click

If you thought that hiding components from your graphics area using the TAB key was a slick trick – SOLIDWORKS…

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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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SOLIDWORKS Visualize in MySolidWorks

SOLIDWORKS Visualize Training now available on MySolidWorks

If you saw our earlier post about the new SOLIDWORKS Visualize product you will already know about the new rendering…

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SOLIDWORKS 2016 Curvature Continuous Edge Fillets – Constant or Variable Size

SOLIDWORKS 2016 now includes the option to set your edge fillets (constant or variable size) to be Curvature Continuous Edge…

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SOLIDWORKS 2016 Globally Replace Failed Mate References can be a Big Time Saver

Back in SOLIDWORKS 2014 there was a great enhancement for replacing sketch entities to avoid rebuild errors and update references…

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SOLIDWORKS Automatic Drawing Border Tool

The latest release now includes a SOLIDWORKS Automatic Drawing Border Tool for your Sheet Formats.  Previously these were just sketch entities…

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SOLIDWORKS 2016 PropertyManager Expandable Input Boxes

The new SOLIDWORKS 2016 User Interface overhaul also allowed developers to include small changes that can make a world of…

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2016 Bolts and Pins on the Same Part

SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2016 now supports the ability to apply Bolts and Pins that start and end on the same body….

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