On Friday, I went over the procedure for creating the forming tool for the stapler anvil. Today, as a special Sunday post, I will go over the rest of the anvil. The anvil will be made as a sheet metal component so we can use the forming tool that was created on Friday. If you [...]

Here we are at the beginning of another beautiful Friday morning and of course you know what that means…this weeks modeling tutorial.  Last month when I started the stapler project, I thought it would be fun to model up the stapler sitting on my desk. I never expected it to attract the attention it has [...]

Now that we added a feature to the Design Library, we can now add it to a new part. Adding features from the Design Library are as easy as drag-and-drop, so easy even an AutoCAD user can do it ( I Kid).  There are two types of features you will drop into a part; features [...]

Here we are at the beginning of another fine week in the blogosphere. I hope each and every one of you had a great weekend. I also hope you got some rest because I have tons of tips and tricks to throw your way this week. Today we will start with our continuing exploration of [...]

Last week I started covering Section 2 of ASME Y14.5-1994, General Tolerancing and Related Principles, with the post Standards Wednesday – General Tolerancing Pt1. This week we will continue to explore this section of the ASME Y14.5 with Section 2.3, Tolerance Expression; Section 2.4, Interpretation of Limits and Section 2.5, Single Limits. Section 2 is [...]

In Design Faster with Design Library and Mate References Pt1, I described the process for creating components with Mate References to be used in the Design Library. The Design Library is a great place to store assembly components you use most often in order to streamline the assembly process for new assemblies. This example will [...]

Last week, I spoke briefly about the benefits of using the Design library in Why Do I Need to Use the Design Library? . As promised, this week I will show you my favorite way of using the Design Library. Adding frequently used components, with Mate References, to the Design Library allows you to build [...]

Prior to starting The SolidWorks Geek, I created a community for other SolidWorks Geeks. Since Working  on The SolidWorks Geek blog, I have not been actively promoting the community. Now that needs to change… SolidWorks Geeks is a community based site that I hope will grow and provide an area for other SolidWorks users to [...]

Another Wednesday is upon us and it’s time for another installment of Standards Wednesday. This week we get to jump in right into Section 2 of ASME Y14.5, General Tolerancing and Related Principles. If you are new to Standards Wednesday, let me explain it to you. Every week I take a different part of an [...]

Today’s post is a perfect example of a reader’s question having a direct affect on the content of the site. Earlier last week, I had a brief email exchange with a reader regarding the merits of the Design Library. The Design Library is a subset of folders, available in the Design Library tab in the [...]