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‘solidworks configurations’

How to Use a SpeedPak to Crank up Assembly Performance in SolidWorks

28 Apr, 2010 by Josh Mings in CAD
3D Human CAD Models

At the center of all that is possible within a SolidWorks assembly model sits the standard bearer of complicated surface geometry villainy… a component that won’t let the darn thing load.

Who knows what it is – CPU, OS, RAM, imported parts, geometry bunions or maybe a new user that patterned his name on every surface. Regardless, there are times when you need to load an assembly model, instead of watching it load and crash. There are a few things you can do. A SpeedPak is another.

SolidWorks SpeedPaks can alleviate the deep emotional abrasion of big-ass assembly modeling and make those assemblies perform more like you want them to. Here’s how to rock it.

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How to Egg Sack SolidWorks Part Configurations Like a Parasitic Alien

06 Oct, 2009 by Josh Mings in CAD

It’s a well-know fact that parasitic aliens love highly optimized part files in SolidWorks. It makes their job of attacking your nerve bundles to gain control over your salivary glands much, much easier.

And like parasitic aliens, configurations give you control over the parts that show up in your lovely ‘nerve bundles’ of SolidWorks Assemblies. So, we’re gonna show you how to plop that egg sack of configuration control into your workflow.

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Stop Poking the Screen. It’s Only a Configuration Publisher.

27 Aug, 2009 by Josh Mings in CAD

Not that configurations aren’t pokeable or that I’m trying to stop something you enjoy doing, but really, it’s just a Configuration Publisher. It just so happens that is new in SolidWorks 2010. Kinda new, anyway. Call it an upgrade of sorts.

It attempts to make the whole configuration creation a whole lot easier. What I’m wondering is if you’ll use it or go about the old way of creating configurations with those wonderfully formatted Design Tables you love. Take a look. See what you think. Will you use it?
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