Sollows Technical-Engineering Services https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html How to Check PCB and Enclosure Fit Before You Order Boards How to Choose Datums and Datum Order on a Drawing Why You Should Build SolidWorks Parts Around the Origin and Mate to Planes How to Reduce Fasteners and Loose Hardware in an Assembly How to Mistake-Proof an Assembly So Parts Fit Only One Way How to Keep SolidWorks Top-Down Assemblies Stable: Skeletons and External References Two SolidWorks PDM Habits Before You Edit: Get Latest Version and Where Used How to Fully Define a SolidWorks Sketch (and Why It Matters) Why Shared Drives Fail for CAD Files and What SolidWorks PDM Does Instead Why Tight Tolerances Cost Money and How to Choose the Right Ones Why Injection Molded Parts Need Uniform Walls and Draft How to Use SolidWorks Configurations and Design Tables for Part Families How SolidWorks PDM Workflows Keep Unreleased Files Off the Shop Floor Why You Should Name Key Features in the SolidWorks FeatureManager Tree How to Write Useful Check-In Comments in SolidWorks PDM How Chamfers and Lead-Ins Make Parts Easier to Assemble Why Profile of a Surface Beats ± Tolerances on Curved Shapes How to Design Cantilever Snap Fits That Don’t Break How to Design a Mechanism with a SolidWorks Layout Sketch Concentricity and Symmetry Were Removed from ASME Y14.5-2018: What to Use Instead How to Copy a SolidWorks Assembly Safely with Pack and Go Why Hole Locations Need Basic Dimensions When You Use Position Why Inside Corners on Milled Pockets Need a Radius How Position at MMC Gives Bonus Tolerance on Clearance Holes Flatness vs Parallelism: What’s the Difference in GD&T? Why a Size Tolerance Won’t Stop a Pin from Leaning Top-Down Tip: Save Virtual Parts Before Release Scan-to-CAD: Align to Functional Datums First Boundary Conditions: A Common Source of Misleading FEA Keep Copper Clear of Mounting Screw Heads Fill Title Blocks Automatically from the SolidWorks PDM Data Card Title Blocks and General Notes: What Every Production Drawing Needs How to Make Look-Alike Parts Impossible to Swap in Assembly Top-Down Tip: Line Up Bolted Joints with Hole Series Axisymmetric FEA: When and Why to Use It Tolerance Stack-Up Analysis: Why It Matters Before Release Ansys Element Types: Quadratic vs Linear and When to Use Each Ansys Element Selection Guide: Every Element Family and a Flowchart Designing for an Easy Assembly Sequence: One Direction and Room for the Tool Meet the Founder About Contact Us Services Product Support Welcome Product Testing Report Form How to Run a Bracket FEA You Can Trust: A Worked Example 5 Critical Mistakes To Avoid During Product Development Post a Job Job Dashboard