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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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SOLIDWORKS Electrical Interface Customization
Learn how to get more productivity out of your SOLIDWORKS Electrical interface.
Logan
6 September 2016 -
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5 reasons why PDM Standard is better than Workgroup PDM
With the upcoming release of SOLIDWORKS 2017 and it being the last version which will include Workgroup PDM, its worth taking…
Andrew
17 August 2016 -
Tips and Tricks
How to Solve Non-linear studies faster and reduce the result file size
If you are running a multi step simulation studies like non-linear, linear dynamic, drop test, etc.… this is a good tip to…
Marketing
22 July 2016 -
Tips and Tricks
How to wrap a text on a curved surface
Have you ever wanted to place a logo or text on a curved surface? Did you try using Wrap tool and…
Marketing
15 July 2016 -
Tips and Tricks
SOLIDWORKS Crashing??!! Check your video driver…
Crashing in SOLIDWORKS is mostly put down to the wrong video driver installed on your system. SOLIDWORKS relies heavily on the…
Micah
29 June 2016 -
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Achieving that Chrome look in your rendering
Today I though we’d look at another hot topic on Support; “How do I achieve that nice shiny chrome appearance in…
Micah
22 June 2016 -
Tips and Tricks
Adding a Camera and Camera view in SOLIDWORKS Animation
Often I’m asked on Support; “how do I add a camera to a model and then record an animation looking though…
Micah
15 June 2016 -
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How to expand or collapse all items in the FeatureManager® design tree.
Often it’s handy to expand all the collapsed items in the feature tree in SOLIDWORKS. For instance; when you need to…
Micah
8 June 2016 -
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How to Create a Custom Hatch Pattern in SolidWorks Electrical
The hatch patterns provided with SolidWorks Electrical are defined in a “.pat” file. It depends on the template used to create…
Bill
1 June 2016
