SOLIDWORKS 2016 Property Tab Builder [VIDEO]
The SOLIDWORKS 2016 Property Tab Builder is a great tool to easily add Custom Properties to your SOLIDWORKS part directly from the task pane. With SOLIDWORKS 2016 there has been some very cool...
View ArticleLink the SOLIDWORKS Save As dialog description field to a Custom Property
Here at Javelin we are witness to a wide variety of ways that customers manage their custom property data. Often, we also get to see which of those values become the most important details to a...
View ArticleHow to identify and label X & Y coordinate points in a SOLIDWORKS Drawing
In complicated drawings where there are many details to represent, you may want to label specific SOLIDWORKS coordinate points in your drawing views. If only a few labels are required then two...
View ArticleEdit your SOLIDWORKS Title Block on the fly!
The best practice for populating a SOLIDWORKS title block is to have the fields linked to model custom properties. So when your part or assembly model is dropped into the drawing the title block will...
View ArticleSOLIDWORKS 2017 Assembly Visualization Sort Assembly Components by Open Time
A new capability to sort SOLIDWORKS components in the assembly tree by the time it takes to open the component file has been added to SOLIDWORKS 2017. The file size of a SOLIDWORKS part file may not be...
View ArticleIs repetitive Custom Property insertion taking too long? Try the Property Tab...
I am always surprised when I discover that a long time SOLIDWORKS user does not know about the SOLIDWORKS Property Tab Builder. During training courses at Javelin, we always emphasize the importance of...
View ArticleHow to combine multiple Custom Properties in a SOLIDWORKS Bill of Materials
When going through the process of creating an assembly drawing, it is beneficial in most cases to make use of Custom Properties listed in individual Bill of Materials (BOM) columns. These could be a...
View ArticleSOLIDWORKS Multi-sheet Drawing Custom Properties Source
When a drawing annotation has a link to a Custom Property based on the ‘View specified in the sheet properties’, it references the Custom Property from a view on that sheet. Link Custom Property to...
View ArticleApply a Bounding Box to any Model using SOLIDWORKS 2018
Let’s take a look at a common scenario that crops up after a design is complete – the design of packaging! Item to be packaged While some designers may be savvy and experienced enough to embark on...
View ArticleSOLIDWORKS 2018 Linked Custom Properties in Derived Parts
Starting with SOLIDWORKS 2018 you now have much more precise control over Linked Custom Properties in derived parts. Previously, when creating a mirrored or derived part, it was possible to Transfer...
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