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SOLIDWORKS 2022 Installation Guide Part 5 – SOLIDWORKS PCB

November 29, 2021 by Fred Zobel

SOLIDWORKS PCB has 3 parts. SOLIDWORKS PCB is the Application used to design PCBs. SOLIDWORKS PCB Services is the ‘bridge’ that connects PCB to SOLIDWORKS and allows users to be set up. SOLIDWORKS PCB Add-in is the SOLIDWORKS Add-in that allows you to work with the data within SOLIDWORKS. This is automatically installed provided you’re running 2016 SP3 or newer. If installing a new instance, you can choose the Individual option: If adding SOLIDWORKS PCB to an existing installation you will choose the ‘Modify the […]

SOLIDWORKS 2022 What’s New – SOLIDWORKS CAM

September 30, 2021 by Don Glaske

There are quite a few CAM updates with SOLIDWORKS 2022. Let’s take a look. Assembly Support for Turn – SOLIDWORKS CAM Pro 2022 SOLIDWORKS CAM Professional has always supported programming in SOLIDWORKS assembly mode for milling. Now in SOLIDWORKS CAM Professional 2022, programming a turn part in assembly mode inside SOLIDWORKS for a 2 axis lathe is now supported. An example is shown below for a part being programmed in a SOLIDWORKS assembly for 2 Axis turning. NOTE: The new […]

Import and Export Tool Data In SOLIDWORKS CAM and CAMWorks

September 6, 2021 by Don Glaske

In SOLIDWORKS CAM and CAMWorks you have the ability to import and export tool data from your Technology Database (TechDB) with the use of Excel. One example, you can easily export your existing tool data from your TechDB into an excel file format for mass editing. Once you have made the desired edits to your tool data while in Excel. You can then import the Excel.csv file format back in to your TechDB. Default locations for the TechDB for SOLIDWORKS […]

CATI InFlow Merger Update

September 2, 2021 by Rod Levin

CATI and InFlow have been working side by side for the last 20 years. They work together day in and day out in the same offices across the United States. Together, CATI and InFlow have grown to become the Nation’s go to resource for product development solutions. Last week, we announced our decision to merge the InFlow Technology brand into CATI. This change is in name only. Our commitment to PDM and PLM remains high. We believe that these solutions are key growth drivers for many of our clients as well as our own. In […]

Five Playlists On The CATI YouTube Channel You Need to Check Out!

July 30, 2021 by Brandon Nelms

The Computer Aided Technology blog is an amazing repository of in-depth, insightful, and inspiring technical content. There’s a wealth of content on nearly any software topic you can think of for SOLIDWORKS, Simulation, Composer, Visualize, Inspection, and more. During our training classes we try to make sure our customers are aware of this great resource, but sometimes we need to remind ourselves to highlight another great resource for technical content: our CATI YouTube page. Our YouTube page has tons of […]

DraftSight Network License Timeout

July 14, 2021 by Kris Dubuque

As a DraftSight Enterprise or Enterprise Plus customer, you are aware that the software uses a network license model. This gives customers flexibility to share licenses between multiple part-time users. As user starts up DraftSight, a license is reserved from the server to complete the work, they shut down DraftSight, and the license is automatically released for another user. This works great until someone forgets they have an application open and continue to consume a license although they are not […]

Patterns: Changing Instance size with the Vary Sketch Option in SOLIDWORKS

April 16, 2021 by Jay Pinheiro

SOLIDWORKS has always had many ways to create dynamic, powerful pattern features. Buried in the options since almost the beginning of time, and sometimes forgotten, has been a “Vary Sketch” option. Let’s explore this option a bit to show you some interesting ways to use it. For a little bit of background, for the Vary Sketch to work it does require that the Pattern feature use a dimension from the seed feature sketch as a direction reference. That dimension is […]

How to Quickly Create a 3D Sketch From a Solid Body in SOLIDWORKS

March 18, 2021 by Sara Hollett

3D sketching can be very challenging to do quickly. Whether you struggle with dimensioning, over-defining, or not sketching on the correct plane, I have a simple trick for you to try. I am going to show you a way to speed up the 3D sketching process and still work with-in the comfortable realm of 2D sketching. Here is how I took a single sketch entity and quickly made a 3D sketch of a decahedron. First, I placed a single line […]

Creating and Adding a Macro Button in SOLIDWORKS

March 11, 2021 by Jordan Puentes

Macros in SOLIDWORKS are a great way to save time from having to perform repetitive tasks. A single macro can range anywhere from performing a few simple tasks to complex programs that will change depending on user input. This guide will walk you through how to get started creating macros and how to assign your macro to a button on your user interface for easy access. CREATING A NEW BLANK MACRO To create a new blank macro in SOLIDWORKS, go […]

Disappearing Pop Up Menu in SOLIDWORKS? Re-Click Control!

March 8, 2021 by Laura Nickerson

To increase our productivity in SOLIDWORKS, we use those handy pop-up menus to: A single click can launch a pop-up menu, or, Control-select multiple items and releasing Control launches the pop-up menu. Inevitably, we move the mouse and that handy pop-up menu disappears. Rather than starting over… Instead, move your mouse back to the same general area of the lost pop-up menu and press/release the Control key again. This will re-display that elusive pop-up menu. Here is a short video […]

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