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Solidworks Option File
Do you need the ability to control your Solidworks Network licenses? Then the Options file is the solution. The options file can control many variables. Some of the most requested include Reserving specific licenses for specific users Returning a license when…
Bianca
23 June 2021 -
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Silhouette Entities
SOLIDWORKS introduced the Silhouette Entities in 2020, it allows you to create multiple sketch entities by projecting the outline of the bodies in a part or components in an assembly onto a parallel sketch plane. To create silhouette entities: Create a…
Tianshuo Sun
29 April 2021 -
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Edit Registry on a Secondary Hard Drive
SOLIDWORKS settings are stored in registry files. You can find a lot information in the registry files about your current SOLIDWORKS installation. But what if the computer crashed while the hard drive survived and you need to recover your SOLIDWORKS serial…
Tianshuo Sun
21 April 2021
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Finding Duplicate File Names in PDM Pro/Std Vault Using a SQL query
There may be occasions where you need to check for duplicate file names in a PDM Pro/Std vault. This may be…
Peter
2 August 2017 -
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SOLIDWORKS 2017 – Your 3D Printing Partner
SOLIDWORKS 2017 – Your 3D Printing Partner SOLIDWORKS 2017 introduces the ability to examine your 3D printed parts to identify where…
Logan
13 July 2017 -
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SOLIDWORKS 2018 New Features to Get Excited About
At SOLIDWORKS World this February we got to see a sneak peek of new features coming with the 2018 release. Now…
Logan
5 July 2017 -
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Learning Solidworks Simulation
Learning SOLIDWORKS Simulation is not like learning SOLIDWORKS parts, assemblies and drawings. When modelling with SOLIDWORKS you can see your part and you…
Bianca
28 June 2017 -
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Stress Singularities, Concentrations and Hot Spots
You run your study and you find the maximum stress is 150MPa. The yield of the material is 300MPa so the…
Bianca
21 June 2017 -
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Simulation Errors and Unusually Long Solve Times
Are you getting strange errors on your Simulation files? Or are your studies taking an unusually long time to run? Have…
Bianca
14 June 2017 -
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Static Solver Guidelines
In the study properties of any static study there are 5 different solvers. This blog provides information about these solves and…
Bianca
8 June 2017 -
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What to Do if You Get a Blank SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager.
Did you request installation files from your VAR and get a blank installation manager when you try to install? This…
Gayan
31 May 2017 -
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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Cleaning Utility
The Simulation Cleaning Utility is a tool that gets installed with SOLIDWORKS, It is intended to allow you to delete Simulation…
Gayan
24 May 2017