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3DVIA in the news!
Recently I was interviewed by Beth Stackpole of Design News. The topic was about 3D Visualization and I did my best to explain why that term is no longer adequate, and that we are are doing in 3DVIA...
View ArticleTodCast #12:Nested Bom Basics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks1l3p-2rOo Have you ever wanted to nest your sub assemblies in numbered groups based on their parent assembly? Here are a few tips and tricks to help you do just that....
View ArticleTodCast #13:Basics of Scenarios
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkWgVltz-ZE Using scenarios can be a powerful tool in multi user environments. In addition, it can also be a way to simplifiy subassembly and assembly animations. Here...
View ArticleTodCast #14:Quick Tips Technical Illustration- Ghosted Lines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDi0ezBdG4Q If you’ve ever wanted to make a ghosted line illustration, here is a quick and easy way to do it.
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3DVIA Composer – V6R2013x Certification Exam
Recently, 3DVIA Composer team has released a new certification exam that has been updated to V6R2013x. This certification focuses on 3DVIA Composer and offers customers, partners, DS employees, and...
View ArticleTodCast #15 Filters are your Friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqrZkKXG9Yc Filters are your friends for time saving searches and isolating the actors you need. These filter tips and tricks should help make you more productive and...
View ArticleDell AMD 3DVIA Composer Demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP-eoEaS6RY What started out as demonstration of AMD’s FirePro graphics card performance with 3DVIA Composer turned into a full-blown partner demo with Dell and AMD. Here...
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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 #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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