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When working in SOLIDWORKS Electrical, changing user data fields to more relevant property names can be a helpful step for companies when reporting. Doing so helps to eliminate the need for a "cheat sheet" to keep track of which user data field corresponds to which property. Each component classification gets its own user data fields and can be modified as needed. This guide will go over the steps to do so.

STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product Data) is an open data format standard used in the CAD/CAM/CAE industry, that allows for the exchange of 3D model geometric (surface and wireframes) and product manufacturing information (PMI) between OEMs and suppliers. In this blog, we will take a closer look at the 3D model data exchange capabilities of the CATIA Extended STEP Interface (SXT) license for CATIA V5 or 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA. SXT is an add-on or shareable license.

In this tutorial, I will cover a useful variation of permissions assignments in SOLIDWORKS PDM that allows flexibility of group membership as a function of folder structure. Specifically, the following two folder permissions: Assign File Permissions and Assign Group Membership. 

As SOLIDWORKS users, we know that simulation isn’t just for high-stakes engineering; it’s also a powerful tool for answering everyday questions. Remember the age-old debate about whether driving with your pickup’s tailgate up or down is better for fuel economy? It’s a well-known topic that’s sparked speculation and even caught the attention of MythBusters years ago. Now, we’re putting it to the test again, but this time, using SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation to model the aerodynamics of a pickup truck in four different tailgate configurations.

Losing access to your SOLIDWORKS PDM Admin account can be frustrating. Whether you’re dealing with a forgotten password or inheriting a vault with unknown credentials, regaining admin access quickly is essential. This SOLIDWORKS quick tip will guide you through the steps to reset a lost PDM Admin password and help you regain control of your data management environment.

It’s not uncommon for parts to have many holes of different sizes and positions. Getting all of the dimensions and callouts onto a drawing can quickly turn into a cluttered mess of confusing numbers and symbols. This is where Hole Tables come in handy. Inserting a Hole Table in SOLIDWORKS will organize all this information automatically, in a clean table-based format that is easy to read and understand.

Learn how to restore SOLIDWORKS thumbnails in Windows so that your thumbnails show the parts or assemblies themselves instead of that pesky icon.

SOLIDWORKS Visualize supports high-resolution 4k displays. So, why isn’t your model showing in high resolution? Because of a simple Viewport setting—and it isn’t a setting in Windows. The Viewport is the preview of your project that you see when you’re working on it. By default, it’s set pretty small. This is to increase performance and load times, and it doesn’t affect your final export. It’s just there so you can see what you’re working on, and you can customize the size to your liking.

Standards. Every company has them to set an expected level of quality. In SOLIDWORKS, we create our models and drawings to ANSI, ISO, or other standards. Files are translated through standardized formats, which is easy to accomplish as these standards are maintained by governing bodies and are integrated.