Can I see your courses on my Apple or Android mobile device? Why, yes!

Question: I use a Mac / iPad/ iPhone / Android tablet / Android phone. Can I see your tutorials?

Answer: Why, yes!

While the downloaded courses and the discs can be used on a Windows operating system, you can see our courses via our online library at www.solidworks-lab.com, The only software prerequisite for viewing this course online is the free Adobe Flash Player, available for download at Adobe.com. There are all sorts of apps for viewing Flash now, so you won't have any trouble. If you don't have a solution already in place, one option for iOS and Android devices is the Puffin Browser. This has a free trial, and only costs $3 actually. It is a browser that is optimized for Flash on android tablets and iPads.

Here is the link to the Puffin Browser: http://www.puffinbrowser.com/download/.

For Android, you can also use Firefox + Flash 11. Here is a link for Flash 11 for Android: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html.

Here is a link for Firefox for Android: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/ or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox

I hope this helps!
Kind regards, Rosanna D, Video-tutorials.net

Inventor question - how to move a face around an axis or point?

Question:
In Autodesk Inventor can you please tell me how I can move faces by rotating
them about an axis and/or a specific point? Every other solid modeling
software I have used this is easy to do. I can't figure this out, nor can I
find any instructions for it. I would really appreciate it if you could put
me in the know.

Answer:
In the modeling use the Move Face tool (Modify Panel); you select the face,
and the triad appears. You can adjust/rotate using the various triad axes,
or use the additional control options in the Move dialog window (Direction &
Distance, Points & Plane).  For the assembly environment, use the various
tools on the Position tab to rotate parts about an axis, point etc.

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SolidWorks 2014 Utilities - new YouTube playlist

Our first SolidWorks 2014 course is out; part of the update to our library, and the last course to update, actually! SolidWorks Utilities, which houses a great toolset for analysis and comparison of your models. Here is the youtube playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx-VY2mDlK2HquqcPQIa0DidJh-XI5FtZ

And here's the link to the course on our website:
http://www.video-tutorials.net/vtn/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66&products_id=232


Thanks!
Rosanna D, VTN
www.video-tutorials.net

What's new in SolidWorks 2014

Hi everyone,
I'm getting some requests in email about what's new in SolidWorks 2014, and whether our SolidWorks 2013 courseware still applies. So, yes, our courseware still applies. We'll be publishing a "what's new" video course shortly. But in the meantime, just to let you know, the new release has some tool improvements that I outline below, but no major cosmetic or functionality changes. Here's a quick summary of what's new:

Improved spline tools - Style spline function allows simple creation of complex splines. More simple method to control spline curvature. 

Improved fillet tools - Conic Fillet makes for smoother fillet transitions.

 Improved sketch tools - new replace sketch entity tool, fixed length dimension for 2d splines. You can set the sketch and sketch picture scale when adding your first dimension. You can now place a path length dimension for multiple sketch entities such as belts, chains, and cables.

 Improved assembly tools - new in-context Quick Mate toolbar; include/exclude components from section view, use the Hole Wizard to create slots, new Slot Mate, add rotation in Explode Steps so parts will rotate automatically.

 eDrawings - better photorealistic representation with Augmented Reality; iOS and Android support, export electrical schematics to eDrawing.

Sheet Metal - new Gusset feature for creating stiffening ribs, better corner treatments, Lofted Bend improvements to support press-brake manufacturing.

 Simulation - linkage to Toolbox for fasteners' definitions; thermal properties and PCB definition from electrical components in Flow Simulation; use data from SolidWorks Plastics (in-mold residual stress and temperature).

Electrical - Single button publishing to eDrawings, one click check-in/out to PDM, enhanced wire/cable/harness development capabilities with optimized routing.

Enterprise PDM - customize user interface with company-specific data, improved cache management, enable Vault in Word, Excel and Powerpoint interfaces.

 Estimating / Reporting - new options to control cost estimation methods, new estimate type, better Excel integration

 

Check out our SolidWorks video library!

Thanks,

Rosanna D, www.video-tutorials.net

 

SolidWorks 2014 is out! Expo dates & place confirmed, too

Hey, just a quick update to let you know that SolidWorks 2014 is now out, and the dates and place for the annual expo are set.  SolidWorks World 2014 will be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California on January 26-29, 2014. Should be a great time!
Thanks!
Rosanna D, www.video-tutorials.net

New SolidWorks tutorials in PDF - by popular request!

Hi,
We have had numerous requests for some documentation for beginners to SolidWorks; we're going to publish a series of solidworks pdfs / html files so you can read, print, keep, review at your leisure!

The first is now published:
http://solidworks.video-tutorials.net/10012013_solidworks_tutorials_pdfs.html

Thanks!
Rosanna
VTN
www.video-tutorials.net