Category: SolidWorks 2014
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But wait, there’s more! – SolidWorks 2014 #solidworks
From my very first look at SolidWorks 2014 what has impressed me most (and continues to do so) has been the “day to day”reduction of mouse clicks and reduced mouse movement. Much of this has been achieved by being able to access many more features via the Context Toolbar. I said early on that…
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Volumetric Mass Properties (and an excuse to use Style Spline and Conic Fillet) – SolidWorks 2014 #solidworks
SolidWorks 2014 see’s the introduction of volumetric measurement to Mass Properties. So whilst enjoying a post dinner “Merlot” (which I just so happen to have the bottle on hand) I thought I would see if I could accurately fill the bottle to the correct volume! The bottle itself is just a Sketch with a Revolved Boss…
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Accurate Environment Lighting – What does it do! – SolidWorks 2014 #solidworks #photoview360
There is an interesting little enhancement in PhotoView 360 with SolidWorks 2014. It only has a paragraph (or 2) in the “What’s New” and it’s only a check box to tick. Accurate Environment Lighting! The description in the “What’s New” has a slightly ambiguous statement and a fairly definite statement. The slightly ambiguous statement is…
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Recent Documents …. and a Things of Interest! – SolidWorks 2014 #solidworks
I can’t say that I have ever used the “Recent Documents” all that much in the past. When the Recent Documents graphical interface was first introduced in SolidWorks 2008 it’s access was via File>Browse Recent Document or by the default Keyboard shortcut – R One of the reasons for not using Recent Documents…
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It’s the Little Things … SolidWorks 2014 #solidworks
Over the past couple of weeks we have started seeing some “sneak previews” of the SolidWorks 2014 released over at the my.solidworks website. Today we have seen the launch of SolidWork 2014 and with it the official website. Over on the website Dassault Systemes SolidWorks have a series of videos which highlight some of…
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