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Ahoy Matey! Multiple Mate Mode in Assemblies
There are many shortcuts and options in SOLIDWORKS that help users mate components together to create assemblies quickly and easily. This blog describes one such example – Multiple Mate Mode. This...
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Hawk Ridge in the Community – 3D Engineering at Kate Smith Elementary
What an exciting Career Day at Kate Smith Elementary in Sparks, Nevada! Kate Smith Elementary had a STEM focused career day to help inspire the kids to explore the path of 3D Engineering! I spoke to...
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Tech Tip – Mirrored Sheet Metal Parts in SOLIDWORKS
When designing sheet metal parts, it’s very common to have an asymmetric part that requires an exact opposite hand (mirrored) version. SOLIDWORKS has always had a great part mirroring function that...
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Understanding Open Pocket and Boss Features in CAMWorks 2.5 Axis
CAMWorks provides two different methods of creating a “Part Perimeter” feature to remove material from the outside of your part. These methods are the “Open Pocket” and “Boss” types. Part Perimeter...
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Guest Blog – What Challenges with CAD Tools Drive a Change
What Challenges with CAD Tools Drive a Change By Barbara Schmitz April 19, 2016 There’s no question that the challenges of developing products today have increased dramatically over the past decade....
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Hawk Ridge in the Community – 3D Printing at Design 2 Part Tradeshow
It was a beautiful Wednesday morning in Santa Clara when I stepped into the convention center. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. For those of you who haven’t been to the convention...
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Feeling a Draft – Part 1 – Introduction to Draft Analysis
Hey everyone, welcome to my first article in a series on Draft Analysis. In this series, I’m going to go over the basics of this tool that is helpful to anyone working on cast or molded parts. This...
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Feeling a Draft – Part 2 – Exploring Options in Draft Analysis
Hey everyone, welcome to my second article in a series on Draft Analysis. In this series, I’m going over the basics of a tool that is helpful to anyone working on cast or molded parts. This second...
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Hawk Ridge in the Community – Ladies’ Night at Yakima
On Tuesday I was able to take the journey from Reno to Yakima. As I was flying into Yakima, I noticed it actually looks a lot like Reno, Nevada. I had to laugh a bit – when I got my rental car that was...
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Using a Grid System for Weldments
Spend much time with weldment designs in SOLIDWORKS and you will find yourself making quite a few 3D sketches or offsetting planes to repeat sketches spaced out a certain distance. Let’s take a side...
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SOLIDWORKS Electrical PDM Professional Integration
With today’s unified work environments, we have to think about all aspects of the design process. One common question that comes up is what type of integration SOLIDWORKS Electrical has into SOLIDWORKS...
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Linking Inspection Project Properties to Document Custom Properties
Using the SOLIDWORKS Inspection Add-In has many advantages for quickly creating inspection documentation. Inspection leverages the power of SOLIDWORKS drawings to create ballooned inspection drawings...
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Key Enhancements to the Move Face Command
We all know that when working with a native SOLIDWORKS model, design changes can be easily made by editing the individual features. But what if you’re working with imported 3D geometry such as...
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Hawk Ridge in the Community: Hawk Ridge Hosts Injection Molding Mixers!
Damon Tordini (Product Manager – Plastics & Flow Simulation – Hawk Ridge Systems) and Jeff Osman (Territory Technical Sr. Manager for SOLIDWORKS out of North Carolina) have been making their rounds...
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SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip – eDrawings
eDrawings on the desktop has a whole new look since 2015, closely following the eDrawings for Android and iOS user interface made for touch screen mobile devices. Tablets running Windows and many...
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Maintain Appearances When Applying Materials in SOLIDWORKS
So you just finished an awesome design that took you quite a bit of time to model, and you are feeling pretty proud of it. You immediately begin to apply some appearances to the part to really bring it...
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Hawk Ridge in the Community – Rocket Fuel STEM Class
Hawk Ridge Systems has partnered with Rocket Fuel Gives Back once more to present you with the STEM summer classes! On Wednesday, Holly and I were able to head out to Redwood City so Holly could help...
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Customizing Composer Player User Interface
Have you ever used Composer Player before, and had to turn on the Render Toolbar, or the Navigate Toolbar over and over? Prior to SOLIDWORKS Composer Player 2015, any custom toolbars that were turned...
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SOLIDWORKS Deform It – Part 1 – Introduction
Hi everybody! Welcome to my 3-part series on a tool to add complex distortions to your solid or surface parts. What’s the name of this you ask? It’s called the Deform tool. SOLIDWORKS has quite a few...
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HRS Community – Las Vegas Rock CAMWorks Case Study
CASE STUDY: Las Vegas Rock Las Vegas Rock holds 6 Pinnacle awards for their precise elaborate designs in marble. They extract metaquartzite stone from just outside Goodsprings, NV to utilize it for a...
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