Custom SOLIDWORKS Display Options
Engineers can have a weird sense of humor… I was recently working with one of my colleagues in SOLIDWORKS when he opened up a new drawing template. What I saw […]
How to Request a License for the SOLIDWORKS Document Manager API
If you are unfamiliar, the Document Manager API’s will provide many useful functions for accessing SOLIDWORKS files without having to open them in SOLIDWORKS. This makes running your applications very […]
Borrowing a DraftSight Enterprise License for Non-SOLIDWORKS Users
DraftSight Enterprise and Enterprise Plus licenses are network licenses. DraftSight users pull a license from a pool of licenses on a server. DraftSight users (Clients) can also borrow licenses for […]
SOLIDWORKS Electrical: How to Flip the Horizontal Terminal Strip Drawing
When inserting terminal strip symbols in the schematic, the red arrow designates which side is pin 1. In the final terminal strip drawing that gets produced, if you have it […]
Why am I asked to “Convert C2 data …” when I open a file in SOLIDWORKS 2021?
As I was deciding what topic I should use for my new blog, I started opening up some old files from What’s New presentations in the hopes that inspiration would […]
Give Cyclic Symmetry a Spin in SOLIDWORKS Simulation
If I told you that it was possible to make your analysis solve faster, would you be interested? You absolutely should be! Faster solve times allow you to analyze more […]
How to create a program to tread mill profile hole with SOLIDWORKS/CAMWORKS
Recently I’ve had several Technical Support questions asking how he would set up this program. Here are the steps to create a program to tread mill profile hole with SOLIDWORKS/CAMWORKS: […]
Troubleshooting Methods for Import Diagnostic Failures
We’ve all been there before. You receive a neutral file from a customer and – upon opening it – several surfaces have failed to translate. No worries, you say, I […]
SOLIDWORKS: Interference Detection
If there was a way to build a top-level assembly where every component and sub-assembly went together perfectly you would want to know about that, right? Well, the tool to […]
How to Modify Section Hatching in SOLIDWORKS Drawings
When you create a section view in a SOLIDWORKS drawing, the faces through which you are cutting will be displayed differently than the faces beyond the section plane. This is […]
SOLDIWORKS 2022 Beta is coming!
SOLIDWORKS just announced that the Beta version of SOLIDWORKS 2022 is scheduled to go live near the end of June. Like in previous years, SOLIDWORKS will have a Beta program […]
Project Configuration Attribute Tab in SOLIDWORKS Electrical
Within SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic under the Project tab<Configurations<Project, you will find the Attribute tab. The functionality under this tab allows you to globally, across your entire project, change Custom attributes, […]
SOLIDWORKS Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
Need to use SOLIDWORKS from home or work remote? Our guide provides insights to get you access with either a Standalone or SolidNetWork license:
Guide to Using SOLIDWORKS From Home (or anywhere for that matter)
If you find yourself in a situation where you need to work remotely, you may have questions on how to access your work license of SOLIDWORKS from home. Depending on […]
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