Category Archives: SolidWorks

Family Style Display

Last July, the pastor of my church began talking to me about a new program he wanted to start called Family Style. The idea was for a daily devotion time shared by the whole family. Just 15 minutes a day to make a connection between the family and God through prayer and Bible reading would produce lasting benefits for individuals, their families and the church as a whole. I was excited about the idea because most churches I’ve attended have taken over the responsibility of the spiritual training of children […]

SolidWorks Weldments – The 3 Member Miter

I had an inquiry this morning regarding the Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) exam for Weldments.  The question was, “Am working thru the practice exam and cannot get the 3 miter corner to come out.  Any hints on how you did it?”  I went digging to find the files I used for the practice exam and found the original model with a nice 3 member miter in it.  After playing with it for a few minutes I finally rediscovered how it works.  The solution is not obvious so here is the trick […]

More New 80/20 Weldment Profiles

The last time I added 80/20’s new profiles to my library, I was so excited about the new smooth fractional profiles that I skipped the metric profiles altogether.  Looking back I’ve discovered the new metric profiles are truly unique as they’ve added curved sections (along with a few more LITE profiles).  The presumption is that people will make interesting frame assemblies with 30°, 45° and 60° angled corners in place of the standard 90° box frame design.  I love them and only wish they came in the fractional series as […]