Sum Simple Equations

Posted on June 16th, 2008 in Dimensions, Models, Productivity, Sketches, SolidWorks by The SW Geek

This is for all those who proclaimed in high school algebra, “I will never use this…” We use equations every day, even if you don’t know it. My paycheck is ‘X‘ and my bills are ‘Y‘ , money for fun stuff is X-Y= -Z …D’oh!. SolidWorks has the ability to use equations that can be anywhere from very simple equations and variables, all the way up to very complex equations. Admittedly, I can not do the more complex equations, even though SolidWorks can handle it, but I do use equations almost everyday. Today I will show you some simple equations tricks that you may end up using daily as well.

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Linking Dimensions in Sketches

Posted on May 19th, 2008 in Dimensions, Sketches, SolidWorks by admin

When you are working on designs, there are times when it is necessary to link dimensions. Linking dimensions associates a word or word phrase to a number value that other dimensions in a model can then reference. This is an especially handy tool when you are dealing with complex models that have multiple features that may share the same value. When you update one of the values, all the features or dimension that are linked are then updated at once.

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