Author: Bill
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Tips and Tricks
How to Export Your DriveWorks Variables to Excel
I was asked recently: “Can we export the list of DriveWorks variables, complete with rules, into an Excel table? This is…
Bill
16 July 2019 -
Tips and Tricks
Working With Driveworks Production and Development Groups
OK, so you’ve developed your new DriveWorks system. It’s up and running and being used. Your colleagues are not only happy…
Bill
23 January 2019 -
Tips and Tricks
How to Automatically Select a Project After Logging Into a Group in Driveworks Live
Recently I’ve had a few customers come to me and ask: “I have multiple projects in my DriveWorks system. My users…
Bill
15 January 2019 -
Tips and Tricks
Applying a Cut to a Curved Surface
Recently a customer asked for advice on creating some complex gear shapes. The technique I showed him helped him achieve what…
Bill
30 November 2016 -
Tips and Tricks
Pipe Routes – Change formed bends to elbows and vice versa
In SOLIDWORKS pipe routes it’s possible to change formed bends to elbows and vice versa. This is achieved using the little…
Bill
17 November 2016 -
Tips and Tricks
SOLIDWORKS 2017 Sketch Enhancement – Shaded sketch contours
There is an enhancement to sketching in SOLIDWORKS 2017 I’d like to bring to your attention. It may seem a fairly…
Bill
10 November 2016 -
Tips and Tricks
PDF Creation in SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 SP4 and later
If you have just installed or upgraded to SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 SP4 you may discover that you suddenly can’t print or…
Bill
4 November 2016 -
Tips and Tricks
How to Create a Custom Hatch Pattern in SolidWorks Electrical
The hatch patterns provided with SolidWorks Electrical are defined in a “.pat” file. It depends on the template used to create…
Bill
1 June 2016 -
Tips and Tricks
Supercharge Your DriveWorks Rules Filter
In any reasonable size DriveWorks project it doesn’t take long before you have a lot of rules to work with. Finding…
Bill
27 May 2016
