Training Product Manager 3D Engineering Solutions Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:46:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.gsc-3d.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-GSC-favicon-32x32.png Training Product Manager 32 32 Why take the Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Exam? https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/why-take-the-certified-solidworks-professional-exam/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:50:00 +0000 https://www.gsc-3d.com/?p=87125 Discover how to ace the Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional (CSWP) exam with our comprehensive prep class. Gain essential skills and expert guidance to pass all segments and earn your CSWP certification. Sign up now!

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]]> How to Use a Shared Material Library In SOLIDWORKS https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/how-to-use-a-shared-material-database-in-solidworks/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:25:00 +0000 https://gsc3d.wpengine.com/?p=3054 Wouldn't it be nice if everyone on your team could use the same material library? Follow these simple steps, and you'll have your own database used by your entire team.

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]]> Software OpenGL Settings in SOLIDWORKS https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/solidworks-settings-how-to-use-software-opengl/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 19:26:00 +0000 https://gsc3d.wpengine.com/?p=3060 Software OpenGL is a SOLIDWORKS setting that will tell SOLIDWORKS to emulate OpenGL on its own without using graphics card driver's OpenGL support. Learn why it exists.

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]]> SOLIDWORKS How-To: Using the Smart Dimension Tool When Sketching Arcs & Circles https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/solidworks-how-to-using-smart-dimension-tool-when-sketching-arcs-circles/ Fri, 27 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://gsc3d.wpengine.com/?p=9870 When you're sketching in SOLIDWORKS and want to create a dimension, and you don't want the dimension location to be a circle's center, use the circumference!

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]]> SOLIDWORKS How-To: Change a Component Color in a Drawing View https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/solidworks-change-a-component-color-in-a-drawing-view/ Thu, 12 May 2022 15:40:00 +0000 https://gsc3d.wpengine.com/?p=1121 Walk through this how-to on changing a component color in a drawing.

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]]> SOLIDWORKS How-To: Copy & Mate by CTRL-Drag & Drop https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/solidworks-how-to-copy-mate-by-ctrl-drag-drop/ Thu, 05 May 2022 15:12:00 +0000 https://gsc3d.wpengine.com/?p=9416 It's the little things that make a big difference. Learn this quick drag and drop trick to copy a component AND do SmartMates.

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]]> SOLIDWORKS How-To: Reorient an Imported Part https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/solidworks-how-to-reorient-an-imported-part/ Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://gsc3d.wpengine.com/?p=1084 See how you can easily fix orientations on imported parts through the Move / Copy body function.

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]]> Online SOLIDWORKS Courses Give You Quality Lessons & Lab Time https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/online-solidworks-courses-give-you-quality-lessons-lab-time/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:52:54 +0000 https://gsc3d.wpengine.com/?p=14025 Our online SOLIDWORKS Courses replicate the best-in-class training we normally deliver in person. After all, we're all working remotely too. With virtual discussion, on-screen help, and expert instructors, we've got you covered!

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]]> SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling: Partial Fillet https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/solidworks-advanced-part-modeling-partial-fillet/ Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:36:25 +0000 https://gsc3d.wpengine.com/?p=12834 During our Advanced Part Modeling Online class, we learn about a setting that controls how SOLIDWORKS solves fillets when filleting 2 edges that meet at a corner. However, there's a relatively new option since the 2020 release, to stop fillets and chamfers with the option of a partial edge.

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]]> Addition to Thicken Command in SOLIDWORKS 2020: Defining Thicken Direction https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/addition-thicken-command-solidworks-2020-defining-thicken-direction/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 14:48:14 +0000 https://gsc3d.wpengine.com/?p=11617 SOLIDWORKS 2020 adds a very nice option to a favorite surface-to-solid tool, Thicken. We can now specify a direction vector, which gives us more power!

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]]> SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip on Delete Face: Move a Face From a Surface Body https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/solidworks-tech-tip-delete-face-move-face-from-surface-body/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:30:00 +0000 https://gsc3d.wpengine.com/?p=10194 Learn how to easily delete a face from a solid or surface body when modeling in SOLIDWORKS.

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]]> SOLIDWORKS How-To: Autotransition & Create Geometry in CAD, Fast https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/solidworks-howto-autotransition-create-geometry-cad-fast/ Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:55:43 +0000 https://gsc3d.wpengine.com/?p=9958 Draw more shapes than you thought possible in CAD simply by using mouse movements and the "A" key where necessary!

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