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TodCast #22 Mirror geometry and animations

I literally just got off a web-ex with a customer that wanted to mirror a procedure to make let’s say a left hand/right version. I never did one of these before and thought I’d try it. When I figured...

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zSpace and Dassault Systemes Transform 3D Training and Learning

zSpace and Dassault Systemes Transform 3D Training and Learning (via MarketWired) SOURCE: zSpace, Inc. September 10, 2013 09:39 ET The New 3DVIA Composer zSpace Experience Combines Innovative 3D...

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Fundamentals of Creating Great Technical Communication

Discover how to shorten production, minimize overhead and surpass your competition by creating modern assembly instructions with 3DVIA Composer. Share with us how 3DVIA Composer has helped you in your...

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Moving multiple parts with “Local Transform”

Composer has many useful functions to help your authoring processes faster and more enjoyable. The first function I would like to introduce is “Select Instances” that can select all the same geometry...

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Building a configurator application

There have been many requests for an instruction on how to build a configurator application. Actually, it’s not so difficult to build such an application if you have good understandings of views in...

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Copy Keys

For most of you this is a refresher on one of the capabilities within 3DVIA Composer Authoring. When animating repetitive tasks it is helpful to utilize the “Copy Selected Tracks of the Selected...

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TodCast #23 Animation Organization Techniques

You may have noticed I’ve been gone for a bit. I’ve taken a new role as a SolidWorks Composer TTM.  This episode I’ve decided to revisit using Selection sets and Filters to help organize and edit your...

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TodCast #24 R2014x Latest Features

Take a peek at the latest features in R2014x Composer.  If you have not tried it yet, you can download a free trial at...

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TodCast #25 Fluid Tips Using Layers and 3rd Party Compositing

In the past I’ve shown some fluid techniques with http://www.3dmojo.com/2008/05/15/3dvia-your-ipod-70-simulating-fluid-flow-in-a-tube/ This episode shows some nice tips if you are going to use 3rd...

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Calling all Heros

It’s time to show off your Composer skills. In talking with users at trade shows and customer sites many of you have developed really cool tips and tricks of your own to help speed up your production...

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Easily Use Your Drawing Frames for Technical Illustrations Just with 3DVIA...

When creating technical illustrations with 3DVIA Composer a frequently asked question is how to show a drawing frame with title block in the generated vector outputs. With the Model Browser it’s easy...

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Create Mobile Presentations Using 3DVIA Spotlights & Your 3DVIA Composer Content

Today I’d like to show you how you can present your 3DVIA Composer content combined with images, videos, documents and other supporting materials in a mobile setting using your iPad or iPhone and a...

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AEC Needs Better Work Instructions, too

3DVIA Composer gets lots of use in different kinds of manufacturing organizations, but the basic value of having clear and concise work instructions can benefit other industries.  For instance, In the...

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Detail View of a Detail View

Your illustration customer has a very specific style for their Detail View bubbles. Here are some techniques to match those styles. Lets get creative! Tim

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Update Views with Selected Actors

This is my favorite feature in Composer! I use it every single time I am in the product, it saves massive amounts of time when modifying and updating my views. Let me know if you agree! Enjoy! Garth

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Workaround for Silhouette mode issues

The Silhouette rendering mode of Composer is a great way to present 3D models as if they were 2D drawings, which is beneficial for people who are in transition from 2D to 3D. However, there are some...

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Cardiovascular Systems Inc. and SolidWorks Composer

Cardiovascular Systems Inc. and SolidWorks Composer (via http://blogs.solidworks.3mwdev.com) Vascular disease has become a major health problem for more than 17 million people. Cardiovascular Systems,...

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TodCast#19 Highlighting and Hotspots

Recently a customer told me he wanted to be able to turn off all selection and highlighting including the red bounding box but still see only specific objects  clearly .so I showed him how to do it....

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Details….Details….

This post is a bit different from most as it relates directly to a recent experience in putting together a swing set for my children over the weekend.  This project started out with much excitement and...

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Bio and Tough Mudder Excursion

Hello, my name is Tod, author of the “world renowned” TodCast’s on the blog. You may have seen me on the Forum as user Goatshrink. Long story but let’s just say it was once a massacre of my last name...

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Extra….Extra…Read All About it!

For those in the community who are also designers, Dassault Systemes has a new contest entitled “MOVEin3D – A 3D Print Oriented Design Contest.”  You can win an iPad mini!!  All you have to do is...

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Designing for Precision on the Shop Floor at Wamore, Inc.

Designing for Precision on the Shop Floor at Wamore, Inc. (via http://blogs.solidworks.3mwdev.com) Apparently, before the idea of a “precision air drop” was invented, there was only the standard “air...

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TodCast #20 Custom Rendering

Don’t forget about Custom Rendering.  Win friends, influence people, look like a big time illustrator, whatever reason you can think of, custom rendering in 3DVIA Composer is easy and a powerful way...

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SolidWorks Composer: Automating the Creation of Controls Assembly Instructions

SolidWorks Composer: Automating the Creation of Controls Assembly Instructions (via http://blogs.solidworks.3mwdev.com) Leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the heavy duty truck and o?...

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Tips & Tricks on Large Data Handling

       In the last post (“Benefits of Fully shattered conversions”) we discovered that Composer FullyShattered mode was basically the best way to handle large data assemblies. Let’s discover here some...

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TodCast #21 Specify angles and correct measurements

Recently I got a question of how to specify a specific angle on a polyline and get accurate measurements of angles. Here are a couple of tips and suggestions to do that. Also, of you have not checked...

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TodCast #26 3DVIA becomes CATIA Composer

You probably noticed some changes when you got to 3DMOJO. New logo and colors, whats up? You might say, “but I’m not a CATIA user.”  Not to worry, its all good 3DVIA Composer is now called CATIA...

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TodCast #27 CATIA Composer Moto Demo

Hello, Here is just a few possible use cases for CATIA Composer showing some nice examples in Sales and Marketing, Quality Assessment, Customer Support and Services, Manuals and Technical...

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TodCast #28 Customer Video Sample #1

This is the first customer video from one of our 3Dmojo users, Azhar Qazi.  Azar is a Mechanical Engineer  from India working for Precihole Machine Tools. He works in design and development of Air...

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TodCast #29 Use Styles for Consistency

Styles are a very powerful and probably an under-utilized feature that can really help make your Composer experiences more consistent. In one example from the forum, a user was adding spaces to text...

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