Javelin / TriMech Author
Prasadh Annalingam, CSWE
SOLIDWORKS Drawing Note Error Message: Favorite with this name already exists in this document
What happens when we add a SOLIDWORKS Drawing Note to our SOLIDWORKS Design Library? This article will be discussing the steps at a basic level.
SOLIDWORKS is known for being able to go back and edit just about anything you create. When there are limitations to the program, we can create an Enhancement Request. However, most of the time we just don’t know how something can be done. This was…
Are your SOLIDWORKS Default Templates not valid? Missing? Not set correctly? Do you see the following message? Before we attempt to make new templates, we must first see if it is simply a file location issue. Hush, SOLIDWORKS user, don’t say a word, TriMech’s gonna…
Nope, this isn’t a scary story…BUT who wants to be faceless? If you are like me, you have come across SOLIDWORKS model faces missing and started to freak out. Don’t worry, the face may be hidden…not missing! This is a SOLIDWORKS functionality. Similar to using…
I recently had a reoccurring problem when creating drawings in SOLIDWORKS. I would constantly lose the Foreshorten option. Yes, you read that correctly! See below for a typical Display Options menu where the Foreshorten dimension option is missing. Something to note is that the Foreshorten…
Do you ever find yourself looking at SOLIDWORKS drawings where annotations are NOT linked to views, but should be? It is simply there on the paper sheet … floating … without a drawing view ‘home’… doesn’t move when you move any drawing views… Why would…
That’s right! If you have a keyboard that has number keys on the side, it is important to note that they are a bit different than the numbers at the top of your keyboard. To be exact, they are different when it comes to the…
The Standard, Advanced, and Mechanical mate categories found in the Mate Property Manager have now moved into tabs at the top of the Property Manager in SOLIDWORKS 2021! SOLIDWORKS 2021 Property Manager: SOLIDWORKS 2021 User Interface has the Mate type categories as tabs and the…
Have you noticed that sometimes your SOLIDWORKS Sketch Text is upright going left to right but sometimes the text is upside down and is reversed right to left? This is not a bug or a mistake in the program but rather an intended behaviour. The…
SOLIDWORKS Advanced Width Mate is very useful in centering one component (identified as tab) between two planar faces. If you are new to Advanced Width Mates, please take a look at SOLIDWORKS Width Mates and Constraints in the Width Mate. Taking it one step further!…
If you are reading this article then you have most likely tried to use Convert Entities on SOLIDWORKS Sketch text and was not able to?! Although we cannot use Convert Entities on Sketch text (at least for now…SPR shown at end of article) we can…
For anyone who has used the Redo ability in SOLIDWORKS prior to 2021 and loved it…one thing may have come to mind…UPGRADE, UPGRADE, UPGRADE! For everyone that loved the ability (including myself), we wanted more! In SOLIDWORKS 2021, yes you guessed it, the command has…
Sometimes we want to be able to send 3D information to individuals who may not have SOLIDWORKS access such as managers, customers, vendors, etc. How can we send them 3D information? In SOLIDWORKS we have the ability to save a model as an eDrawings file…