In this tutorial video, we have an open sketch containing a single block. The “3 Point Bracket” block is something we’ll want to be able to use in future designs, so we’re going to save the block to a ...

Solid modelers, as the name implies, are good at "solid" modeling. Components such as timing belts and cables that have to be "flexible" during a motion actually change their shape during the motion.

In this episode of Matt’s Minute, I show how to use blocks in SolidWorks sketches to simulate mechanisms. Sometimes full-on 3D is too much for simple conceptual work. In cases where what you really ...