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Every once in a while, we can see this issue occur when a user is trying to activate SOLIDWORKS. This can occur when attempting to activate SOLIDWORKS if the SOLIDWORKS License Service is either not running or installed properly on the machine. Guide to Verify and Manage FlexNet and SOLIDWORKS Licensing Services To ensure that […]

The Two-Resistor Component model provides a simplified intuitive method to represent the thermal behavior of small electronics packages like integrated circuits (IC’s) in the context of larger electronic systems. The model is based on the fairly well accepted Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC) standard which provides increased accuracy over the classic single-resistor model, and […]

3DEXPERIENCE Integration is an option for those using 3DEXPERIENCE on Cloud for SOLIDWORKS CAD data management. Over time, companies have been provided more options to cater the experience in the Platform to their own liking. One of the more critical options for awareness is called 3DEXPERIENCE Integration, which allows for better metadata specification (part number, […]

Greetings, SOLIDWORKS Composer user! As we learn from working with SOLIDWORKS Composer, entities such as actors, cameras, the Digger, etc. can have many properties whose values can be different from one view to the next. It could be the color or opacity of a geometry actor, a link on a button, or any number of other properties.  A Composer document can […]

SOLIDWORKS Fillets Tips and Tricks for applying fillets, how to evaluate fillets as you work, troubleshoot fillets, and workaround some issues that can occur using the fillet command. While applying SOLIDWORKS Fillets to our models is a pretty common occurrence, we don’t always leverage the tools we have to their full extent. A major benefit […]

The Delete Face feature is a surprisingly powerful and robust SOLIDWORKS feature that can cleanly remove many types of unwanted geometry like leftover modeling artifacts, bosses, ribs, filets, and thru holes. Not only can it remove the geometry, it can also patch and trim the remaining faces up as if the unwanted geometry never existed. […]

What is Classification Manager? Classification Manager is a new role available for SOLIDWORKS customers in the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. The role allows users to easily classify their business objects. Before understanding the power of an extra role (license) of Classification Manager, let’s cover the basics of what is included in the typical roles in 3DEXPERIENCE. In […]

Is your SOLIDWORKS drawing taking an excessively long time to save?  As in, seemingly forever and ever?  This article might have both the explanation and the fix. Introduced in SOLIDWORKS 2020 is the ability to open drawings in Detailing Mode (File > Open > select the drawing > Mode > Detailing > Open) for high […]

One of the most fundamental and useful skills when using SOLIDWORKS. is being able to easily orient ourselves around the model using the SOLIDWORKS Graphics Window. Most people are familiar with holding the middle-mouse button to rotate around but that isn’t always the most precise way to navigate. Sometimes we just want to spin ourselves […]

For some time now, showing units in BOMs has been a limitation of SOLIDWORKS. While there have been workarounds to accomplish this, they were not perfect. There have been a number of enhancement requests for this functionality, and I’m excited to share they have been implemented in SOLIDWORKS 2024! Text type Custom File Properties can […]