SOLIDWORKS Electrical makes designing complex electrical systems simple and straightforward. SOLIDWORKS Electrical has an intuitive and easy-to-use interface that automates complex tasks such as contact cross-referencing and terminal drawings. It accelerates product development by simultaneously minimizing the repetitive tasks associated with developing electrical schematics.
SOLIDWORKS, Electrical Design, Tech Tips
Efficient Schematic Design - Propagate Data in SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic
July 26, 2018
If there’s one thing that we all want more of it’s time. This is true in life and also in SOLIDWORKS. For now, the only way we can get more time is to learn how to better use the time we have. In terms of SOLIDWORKS that means becoming more efficient. In this Video Tech Tip, we show you 5 ways you can use the Control Key to help you save time.
Dimensions are as integral to a SOLIDWORKS sketch as the geometry itself. Circles and lines need to have a location and a size. Using smart dimensions in SOLIDWORKS makes adding dimensions quick and easy. It’s just intuitive. In this Video Tech Tip, I'll show you some easy ways to deal with Arcs within SOLIDWORKS:
Trim Entities in SOLIDWORKS is a command that should be used by all SOLIDWORKS users. Out of all the sketch tools in SOLIDWORKS, Trim has to be one of the most versatile. But it’s versatility isn’t very straight forward. In fact, the countless secrets of the Trim tool have been known only to expert users of SOLIDWORKS, until now. In this Video Tech Tip, I'll share with you the secrets of the Trim tool in SOLDIWORKS.
When you want to increase your assembly performance or your SOLIDWORKS efficiency, you need to look at using configurations. Configurations are a great way to represent different versions of a design within a single part file. Think of it as a way to manage variations in your part geometry.
Once the design table is created, it can often be useful to show this in a drawing. In this video tech tip, we will show you how this is possible, and some techniques for displaying your configured parts in a drawing.
Having an optimized design is one of the most important things to nearly every SOLIDWORKS designer. Typically, this means the most lightweight design that still gets the job done. In this Video Tech Tip, we walk through the process of how to use Topology Optimization to come up with the most optimal shape.
With SOLIDWORKS PCB, unprecedented levels of collaboration are possible between mechanical CAD and electrical CAD. These two historically separate teams can now work seamlessly on the same models in real time in their own respective software.
With zebra stripes, you can get a detailed look at your SOLIDWORKS geometry. Through the lens of zebra stripes, you can really understand the shape and quality of your model surfaces. In this Video Tech Tip, we take look at some examples of how the Zebra Stripes tool in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD shows you small changes that can be hard to see in a standard display.
Three Routing Tips in Less Than Three Minutes
May 31, 2018
The Routing add-in is included with SOLIDWORKS Premium and allows users to not only create piping and tubing routes, but electrical routes as well. The process is largely automated and producing piping drawings with detailed BOMs (including pipe lengths), is a simple process. In today’s video, I hope to show you three simple routing tips that show some of the power and functionality that is built into SOLIDWORKS routing:
Parallel Approvals in SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional
May 24, 2018
Workflow transitions can accommodate product development processes that require multiple team members to approve documents. For example, a department may need a team lead and a member of the management team to both approve a change before the file can be promoted. In this Video Tech Tip, we look at parallel approvals inside a SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional vault.