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Happy 2011 from TriMech!
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NOTICES:
SolidWorks World 2011,
Register Here!
TriMech offices will be closed on Jan. 3
for the New Year holiday.
SERVICE PACKS:
• SolidWorks
2010 -SP4.0
• SolidWorks
2011 -SP1.0 |
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EVENTS
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January 11 | 2-3 PM
Photoview 360
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January 18 | 2-3 PM
DriveWorks - What's New
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January 25 | 2-3 PM
Enterprise PDM (product data management) Overview
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January 27 | 2-3 PM
Flow Simulation
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February 22 |
10AM-12PM
Atlanta, GA
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February 23 |
10AM-12PM
Charlotte, NC
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February 24 |
10AM-12PM
Raleigh, NC
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TRAINING |
| Charlotte, NC |
SolidWorks Simulation Essentials
January 25, 26, 27 | 8:30-4:30
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Atlanta, GA |
SolidWorks Advanced Assemblies Modeling
January 19, 20, 21 |
8:30-4:30
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| Durham, NC |
SolidWorks Essentials
Starts January 24 | 8:30-4:30
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Training PE Credits: SolidWorks training classes meet the Continuous training requirements for many professional certifications including the continuous education requirement for Professional Engineers (PE)
Email now to find out how TriMech can help you continue to grow Professionally. |
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TECH TIPS
& RESOURCES
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Fill out those Custom Properties:
Custom Properties are good for so many things. We use them to fill out Bills of Material
and drawing title blocks, but there are so many other aspects that are enhanced if these
are populated consistently. Here are some examples. Let’s say you have a property called
“Vendor.” You could use the Advanced Select command to help you select all components in
your assembly that were purchased from a particular vendor. Now, let’s imagine that you
have a “Cost” property. You could use Assembly Visualization to find which components in
the assembly cost the most.
So, since we agree that they’re important what are some easy ways to populate them? For
starters, you could set up a template that has them pre-filled with characters to indicate
the desired format. For example, a “Date” property could have a default value of “DD/MM/YYYY”
to help people remember what format to use. The next step up would be to use the Custom Property
tab on the Task Pane. Sure, it takes some setting up, but it can really be worthwhile. If you
are automating your designs, you can use DriveWorks to populate them. Naturally, Enterprise PDM
can read and write to these properties and display them on data cards. |
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Design for Automation:
So, if you plan to automate your designs with DriveWorks or maybe just configurations, there are
special considerations to help you plan for success. Some of the simple concepts are to make sure
that you don’t create parent/child relationships when you create new sketches and features. An easy
way to do this is to hide your existing solid body before you start a new sketch or feature. This
means that you’ll be reliant on planes or layout sketches for reference, which is a good thing for automation.
Be careful about using equations or derived sketches. They can add lots of power, but always create a
dependency which might get in the way. Instead, consider using Linked Values and put your equations in
DriveWorks or in a design table. Lastly, if you might want to swap out parts in an assembly (such as two
types of end-caps), model one part, then use File, Save As to create the other and change what is different.
This will keep all the internal ids the same for both parts. |
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See more TIPS >> |
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Find User Groups in your area >>
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PRODUCT NEWS
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Stratasys: Urbee
Goes Viral |
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Code-named, Urbee, it is
the first car ever to have its entire body 3D
printed by Stratasys FDM technology. from Kor
Ecologic
"... FDM technology from Stratasys has been
central to meeting that objective. FDM lets us
eliminate tooling, machining, and handwork, and
it brings incredible efficiency when a design
change is needed. If you can get to a pilot run
without any tooling, you have advantages."
— Jim Kor, president and chief technology
officer, Kor Ecologic
Read Full Article
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*Order Dimension printing supplies on-line, please email:
Dimension
Printer Supplies
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SolidWorks:
DraftSight™ is a professional-grade, open 2D CAD product for users who
want a better way to read, write and share DWG files. DraftSight is easy to use
and is available for professional CAD users, students and educators to download
and activate for free* at
DraftSight.com .
Your software. Your vision. Your community. *Standalone license. Activation
required. |
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ACCOUNT MANAGER - CONTACT
INFO
NC - Raleigh Office:
Matt Brouse,
919.806.8886
NC - Charlotte Office:
Meric Gambel,
Will Gregg,
704.503.6644
GA - Atlanta Office:
Mike Waller , 678.553.6260
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