Tag Archives: Configurations

DDi CADcast 2013 What’s New: Configurations

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Maurice Cherian

This DDi CADcast covers the new features and enhancements to the configuration functionality in SolidWorks 2013.

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DDi CADcast: SolidWorks Configuration Publisher

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Maurice Cherian

In this DDi CADcast we dive into the Configuration Publisher tool provided with SolidWorks.  This easy to use tool allows user to creates an intuitive custom interface to intelligently select and build the right configuration based on user specified parameters.

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Mastering Custom Properties

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Michael Nolte

This webcast covers many techniques to manage, automate, and most importantly master using custom file properties in SolidWorks.
- Custom file properties (part or assembly level and configuration specific)
- Property Tab Builder
- Linked properties on drawings
- Dynamic Properties that update with dimension changes
- Title Block Tables
- SolidWorks Task Scheduler
- Enterprise PDM and 3DVIA Composer

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SW2012 What’s New: Assemblies, Configs, & Equations

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Michael Nolte

This webcast covers some of the new features and enhancements to SolidWorks 2012. Topics include:

- Assembly Features
- Large Assembly Design Review
- Configurations
- Equation Manager

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Create menu driven configurations & reduce file size with Configuration Publisher

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Bill Mitchell

SolidWorks introduced the Configuration Publisher in SolidWorks 2010. This utility allows users to create Design Table driven configurations that create the configurations on-demand. The lack of pre-existing configurations reduces the file size until a configuration is generated through user-designed menus.

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