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  1. The FlexLink New Product Conceptualizing Handbook™

    This handbook provides guidance on generating and selecting design concepts for new products. It begins by emphasizing the importance of understanding customer needs and using tools like the Kano Model and SWOT analys...
  2. User Interface SolidWorks

    S-button Commonly used -  Commands appear.  T here are different commands depending on sketch, part, assembly or  drawing-mode . S-button in Sketch S-button in Part Mouse Gesture Customizable in 4 modes Skecth, Part, Assembly...
  3. CEDOC

  4. The product shall be sold in the EU Market

      The process of CE marking 1. The CE directives (i.e. Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC) are provided in the link to EU commission. The development team shall evaluate what regulations that is applicable to its product. https://single-m...
  5. Drawing SolidWorks

    Magnetic Line -  A smooth way of structuring balloons. Draw a line which the balloons will snap to and be placed nicely along the line. AutoBalloon -  Automatically assigns  balloons to all components (but does not assign ballo...
  6. Sketch SolidWorks

    System Options For a faster way of inputting dimension "on the fly" use following settings in System Options Enable on screen numeric input on entity creation Create dimension only when value is entered Another helpful System Option setti...
  7. Solidworks department handbook

    This handbook should help all designers in the R&D department to work in a common way. If everybody follows the rules it makes it much easier to maintain our specifications. 1 Parts 1.1 How to start a part – first sketch You should think...
  8. First step : Questions to answer

  9. Advanced tips & tricks

    ​​Author: Max Bensryd How to create a good STL-file Notice that a print job that collides with the intended purge line position will be paused for you to remove the purge line before continuing the print. Creating .STL-files. ...
  10. Design Guidelines

    In this category you can find guidelines on how to make a FlexLink design.  Design for Assembly Design for Assembly (DFA). How to create ...