by Bill Genc | Apr 6, 2018 | Creating a Tool Library, Tool Definition, Tutorials
Step 1 – Creating a Tool Library Within the first video of this series, we are going to start learning how to create a custom tool library. You can import several files at a time with conversion. TopSolid will translate all of the imported files automatically...
by Bill Genc | Sep 14, 2017 | Interface
As your project continues, history trees often become extremely long. Sometimes, in the manipulation of a project tree, you need to reorder things from the beginning of the project, back towards the end of project’s time, or vice versa. A simple right click in...
by Bill Genc | Sep 12, 2017 | Interface
Have you ever been frustrated trying to find a specific component within a complex assembly design? You of course know that your part is in the design, but it is sometimes difficult to precisely locate it on the screen. A new command in TopSolid 7 called highlight...
by Bill Genc | Sep 7, 2017 | Interface
Design for manufacturing is a key concern of every engineering organization and TopSolid 7 plays a critical role in achieving this end. This post and the corresponding embedded video demonstrates the value of the TopSolid 7 3d piping command. Within the video...
by Bill Genc | Aug 30, 2017 | Interface
New in TopSolid 2017 is the ability to show even more information within any of the managers. There’s a new button called show references. With show references active, when you expand into a specific history element you see all the additional elements being referenced...
by Bill Genc | Aug 28, 2017 | Interface
Parametric design, a key principle of engineering design, relies on the relationships between design elements being used effectively to manipulate and inform the design of complex geometries and structures. However, effectively maintaining these relationships while...
