DDi Tech Center

When working with drawing templates there are two files that have to be accounted for

Perhaps you define datums for your model or you select a common baseline for a set of ordinate dimensions.  Now you are halfway through the model and it turns out you need to pick a different baseline, what can you do?  Delete the entire dimension set and start dimensioning all over? 

Have you ever needed a symbol that was not in the annotation symbol library that you use all the time in your drawings notes?

As we begin to update our SolidWorks systems to 2009 and start to use new features like SpeedPak, there are some behaviors you should be aware of regarding your drawing files.

Many users have asked why their drawings always open up in Lightweight mode despite having their system settings adjusted to load everything. Why does SolidWorks do this?

In some drawings, the item balloons do not match the Bill of Materials, why? 

When finding strange behavior in SolidWorks, there is a process to verify if it is an actual Software issue.

There is an automated way to populate file properties across multiple files at once through the SolidWorks Task Scheduler.

How to manually populate file properties to existing files.

There are times when a virtual sharp is necessary to call out certain inspection dimensions.