Wednesday, October 29, 2008

How to add a Custom Property in Drawing mode

In SolidWorks drawing mode, Occasionally, users need to add a custom column. For example, you can add a material column to your Bill of Materials. Now, it is quite the procedure to do so. The column does not appear automatically. you need to specify a material for the part in question. Then, you need to enable the custom property so that the BOM can see that entry in the custom field back in drawing mode.


Tuesday, October 21, 2008

CATIA V5 - How to Constrain in Assembly

This a simple demo of how to apply constraints in Assembly design. Note that the Manipulation tool is used to verify the constraints relationships.


Monday, October 20, 2008

CATIA V5 - Apply transparent image to Surfaces

This demo shows how to use transparent image background in CATIA V5. The trick is to import the Photoshop (PSD) file and apply transparency at the image level before importing it into CATIA.

Friday, October 17, 2008

CATIA V5 - How to create an Exploded View

This is a demo that shows how to produce an exploded view in assembly design then bring it into the drafting workbench.