Alin’s SW2013 Pick of the Day – Bounding Boxes (1)
This functionality has been long time requested by SolidWorks users like you, as a quick way to determine the smallest box you can package your model in. Watch this video and tell the good news...
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How to Use SolidWorks Task Scheduler to Modify Custom Properties
Let’s say I was recently given a project to work on and it was very similar to an old project. After reading an article on Javelin’s blog about Pack and Go, I decided I was going to use this handy tool...
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Who Printed This Drawing? And When? And Where is it Stored?
With computers, file management is comparatively easy to real life. Windows can tell you with the timestamp how old a file is, which makes finding the newer file easy. All the files are stored in...
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Showing or Switching Units in a BOM [VIDEO]
In an ideal world, we would have just one system of measurements. However, we do not live in an ideal world. SolidWorks does its best to compensate by doing conversions automatically and effortlessly...
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SolidWorks: Adding Custom Properties Using the BOM
If you’ve ever dealt with legacy parts or imported parts, then you have probably experienced adding Custom Properties manually. In fact, when you’re adding Custom Properties to a series of parts, then...
View ArticleLink Sketched Text to a File Property [VIDEO]
The ability to Link a custom property to an instance of Sketched Text within a drawing is a feature we have had since this capability was introduced in the 2010 release of SolidWorks. The video below...
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Creating Configuration Specific Properties in Toolbox Parts [VIDEO]
When configuring the SolidWorks Toolbox, you can enter “Description” and “Comment” values for each fastener’s size. These values are populated to configuration specific custom properties in the...
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SOLIDWORKS Multi-Line Custom Properties [VIDEO]
There are some occasions where you may need a single Custom Property value to have multiple lines. The Custom Property dialog only has one line and hitting enter will just evaluate the value for a...
View ArticleSOLIDWORKS 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...
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Link 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...
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EPDM – Using “Link to content” to Define custom file properties in Excel
With ECO’s/ECN’s, consistency of data input can be ensured by populating the ECO’s/ECN’s with Variables (Custom Properties) entered through Data Cards. These ECO’s/ECN’s are often in the form of a Word...
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How 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...
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Edit 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...
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SOLIDWORKS 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...
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Is 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...
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How 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...
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SOLIDWORKS 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...
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Apply 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...
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SOLIDWORKS 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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