Building a Stapler - Anvil Spring

Posted on September 12th, 2008 in Configurations, Design Tutorial, Models, SolidWorks, Stapler by The SW Geek

Today on this very happy Friday, we are going to continue building our virtual stapler with the Anvil Spring. Over the past couple of weeks we built the Anvil and Anvil Rivet, now we will make a configured spring without a design table. The spring we make today will have three configurations: Default, As Assembled and Compressed each represent the three states of the spring, with the Default configuration representing the Free State. So let’s get started with all the fun.

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Add Features to the Design Library

Posted on August 25th, 2008 in Customize, Design Library, Productivity, SolidWorks by The SW Geek

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 the benefits of using the Design Library. In the past we explored such topics as creating a notes library, adding forming tools and adding components to the library with Mate references. If you missed any of these post you can go here to find them all: http://www.theswgeek.com/tag/design-library/. Today we are going to cover adding your most commonly used features to the design library to speed up your design process.

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Configuring Features and Dimensions

Posted on May 28th, 2008 in Assemblies, Configurations, Dimensions, SolidWorks, User Interface by The SW Geek

A couple of weeks ago I introduced the Configure Component command in assemblies. In case you missed it, the Configure Component command extends the ability to control the display of components in assemblies in one interface. In one window you can configure a component to be suppressed or unsuppressed in different assembly configurations or you can select which part configuration will be used in each assembly configuration. It is a great time saver that I hope you have found useful. Now I am back to introduce you to the Configure Feature and Configure Dimension commands.

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