Dimension Other PropertyManager

Select Font height to set the size of the tolerance font as a fixed height, regardless of the dimension where the tolerance is displayed

Thickness Analysis

... regions or design flaws Aid in the design of casting and injection moldings and machine fixtures

Graphics Area

When you add a load, fixture, or other control, the software adds symbols to the model...To hide all loads, fixtures, or...connections in one operation, right-click External Loads , Fixtures , or Connections , respectively, and select Hide All

Graphics Area

When you add a load, fixture, or other control, the software adds symbols to the model...To hide all loads, fixtures, or...connections in one operation, right-click External Loads , Fixtures , or Connections , respectively, and select Hide All

Appearances Mapping PropertyManager

... texture along the axis of a cylinder. Fixed aspect ratio Scales the image uniformly as you change ...

Bearing Displacements Due to Stiffness

Consider a shaft with two bearing fixtures applied on cylindrical faces with stiffness: KR (radial) and KA (axial...

Modeling Shell Problems

The loads and fixtures are automatically transferred to the mid-surface...To apply a fixture or a load or mesh control to a shell edge, select the...Apply load or fixture to the edges and/or vertices of the surfaces

Fixing Renaming Errors

Fixing Renaming Errors...Using SOLIDWORKS Explorer, you can fix renaming errors...To fix these renaming errors, do the following

Fixing Renaming Errors

Fixing Renaming Errors...Using SOLIDWORKS Explorer, you can fix renaming errors...To fix these renaming errors, do the following

Contact Analysis

... studies. The Connections icon appears above the Fixtures icon in the Simulation study tree. Any ...

Contact Analysis

... studies. The Connections icon appears above the Fixtures icon in the Simulation study tree. Any ...

Simulation Study Tree

For example, each structural study has a Fixtures, External Loads, and Connections subfolder...definitions appear in the External Loads folder, restraint definitions appear in the Fixtures folder, and contact definitions appear in the...You can organize fixtures, loads, and connectors into folders

Simulation Advisor

include loads, fixtures, connectors, and contacts...Fixtures...Access the Fixtures section of the Interactions Advisor

Splitting a Face (Split Tab)

In the Fixture or an External Loads PropertyManager, select the Split tab...In the Fixture or an External Loads PropertyManager, select the Split tab...In the Fixture or an External Loads PropertyManager, select the Split tab

Swept Flange PropertyManager

When selected, propagates the sketch in the Cylindrical/Conical Edge field to the flat pattern feature as a fixed entity

Internal Values

... as an Internal Value. To mark a load/fixture value as an internal value: Select the value from the...

Flick and Multi-Touch Actions

Fix two fingers close together, such as the index and middle finger, and move them in unison in the same direction...Fix two fingers a distance apart, and move them in unison in the same direction

Apply-Edit Beam PropertyManager

For example, if you define a beam end as a Hinge and apply a Fixed restraint to the associated joint...

Welcome to SOLIDWORKS Simulation Help

For assistance during analysis studies: Click Study > Fixtures > External Loads > Connections or Study > Fixtures > External Loads > Results and

Welcome to SOLIDWORKS Simulation Help

For assistance during analysis studies: Click Study > Fixtures > External Loads > Connections or Study > Fixtures > External Loads > Results and

Self-Alignment for Bearing

The images show two deformed shapes of a shaft with a bearing fixture...The bearing fixture assumes the housing to be rigid and immovable whereas the bearing connector assumes the housing to be flexible

Topology Options

Select to exclude from optimization the faces where fixtures are applied...fixtures...The faces where loads and fixtures are applied are preserved during optimization

Editing Analysis Library Features

... same techniques that you would use to edit any load, fixture, or connection. To add or remove an ...

Using a Time Curve from an Existing Library

In a Load/fixture PropertyManager of a transient thermal or nonlinear study, under Variation with time, click Curve then click Edit

Drag and Drop Functionality

You can drag and drop (or copy and paste) materials, loads, fixtures, connections, mesh control, and results...study, but you cannot drag and drop External Loads or Fixtures folders or items from a thermal study to a structural study (static, frequency, or...Fixtures folder or items in the Fixtures folder