Javelin / TriMech Author

Prasadh Annalingam, CSWE

Prasadh is a Certified SOLIDWORKS Expert and Technical Applications Analyst based in the Javelin Oakville head office.

SOLIDWORKS Drawing Note Error Message: Favorite with this name already exists in this document

SOLIDWORKS Error Message saying "Favorite with this name already exists"

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.

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How to Edit Sketch Patterns and/or Sketch Polygons

edit sketch patterns - pattern sketch relations

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…

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SOLIDWORKS Default Templates are Not Valid? Simply Create New Default Templates

solidworks default templates are not valid error message

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…

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Help, I’m Missing a Face – SOLIDWORKS Model Faces

solidworks model face file

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…

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Why can’t I Foreshorten my SOLIDWORKS Dimension?

SOLIDWORKS Foreshorten Dimension

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…

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How to Attach Annotations to an Existing SOLIDWORKS Drawing View

Attach SOLIDWORKS Annotations

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…

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Why do my SOLIDWORKS Drawings show “deg” instead of the degree symbol?

DEG vs Symbol

Have you ever come across a SOLIDWORKS Drawing where the letters “deg” are displayed instead of the degree symbol and just couldn’t change it? In this blog article we will learn how to control how the units are shown. (And before anyone asks…no, it’s not…

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Numeric Keypad Numbers Different than Alphanumeric Keys in SOLIDWORKS!?!

SOLIDWORKS Shortcut Keyboard

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…

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Mate Property Manager Interface Change in SOLIDWORKS 2021

SOLIDWORKS Mate PropertyManager

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…

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Why is my SOLIDWORKS Sketch Text Upside Down?

SOLIDWORKS Sketch Text Upside Down

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…

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SOLIDWORKS Advanced Width Mate – Taking It One Step Further!

Advanced Width Mate- Starting Point

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!…

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Sketch Text Convert Entities in SOLIDWORKS Workaround

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…

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Redo Support for Part Features in SOLIDWORKS 2021

SOLIDWORKS Redo

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…

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How to create 3D PDFs of SOLIDWORKS Parts and Assemblies

SOLIDWORKS 3D PDF- End Result

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…

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SOLIDWORKS Macro to toggle “Auto-rotate view normal to sketch plane on sketch creation and sketch edit”

SOLIDWORKS Auto-rotate view normal to sketch plane on sketch creation and sketch edit

The “Auto-rotate view normal to sketch plane on sketch creation and sketch edit” option, as it sounds, automatically rotates the view orientation to be normal to a sketch plane when it is created or edited. In this article I’ll show you how assign this option…

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