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Did you know that generating a DXF file from the flat pattern of your SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal part can be achieved in just a few seconds? Let’s walk through it using an example of a battery tray designed for a radio-controlled car.

When attempting to access one of the SOLIDWORKS ‘Xpress’ products (e.g., SimulationXpress, FloXpress, DriveWorksXpress, or DFMXpress), you might encounter the message "The code you have entered is not valid for your serial number, SOLIDWORKS version, or the selected Xpress product." Here's how to fix it. 

If you've ever been to a theater or a Broadway show, you might have noticed how the lighting, scenery, and backdrops change in sync with the performance. To achieve this precise coordination, lighting engineers and prop setters define each lighting, prop, and backdrop queue for the entire performance. By organizing the elements in a DraftSight drawing into layers, your designs can flow smoothly, just like scenes in a play. To do this, we'll use the Layers Manager and the Layer States Manager.

Stratasys recently launched its newest addition to its professional line of medical-grade printers - the J5 Digital Anatomy. While the current J5 MediJet offers incredibly detailed full-color anatomical models, the new J5 DAP extends possibilities with the ability to use Digital Anatomy materials.

The Advanced Mate options are handy for arranging your SOLIDWORKS assembly as they would appear in the real world. In this quick tip, we explore options to set up a limit angle mate between two parts when there aren’t two parallel faces to select.

Each node in a model meshed for a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) study has six degrees of freedom or DOF. Three are translational and three are rotational. In order to stabilize the model, the nodes’ DOF must be constrained.

Stratasys medical-grade 3D printers and sophisticated materials provide solutions for surgeons, to expedite innovation, improve clinical outcomes, and help advance medical manufacturing.

Quality issues that go unresolved throughout the production process can significantly impact a company's bottom line. Therefore, it's important to implement effective quality control processes and tools to reduce what can be a significant cost.

This tutorial demonstrates how to use AutoStack in a DraftSight drawing to stack text that represents fractions and tolerances in leaders, smart leaders, and notes. AutoStack is great for converting numeric characters that are divided by a pound (#), slash (/), or carat (^) to text representing fractions and tolerances.