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Carleigh Amyot, CSWP
How to Only Use Borrowed Licenses with SOLIDWORKS
By Carleigh Amyot, CSWP on May 8, 2026
A SOLIDWORKS network allows distributed teams to share a pool of licenses and only take ownership when they use the software. This works great with everyone on the same network or connecting through a VPN, but for those without an internet connection, there needs to…
How to Show Mixed Units in a SOLIDWORKS Weldments Cut List
By Carleigh Amyot, CSWP on January 7, 2026
If you are designing multibody SOLIDWORKS parts with mixed units, both imperial and metric, you need a way to accurately display the information in a cut list. You can manually change some values by typing over them and breaking the link to the model, or…
How to Fit Textures to Parts in SOLIDWORKS Visualize
By Carleigh Amyot, CSWP on November 10, 2025
Many users transitioning to SOLIDWORKS Visualize from PhotoView 360 may recall a setting in PhotoView that allowed you to scale and manipulate how textures were projected onto objects and faces. Having the knowledge to fit textures to parts properly is crucial to producing high-quality SOLIDWORKS…
How to Use SOLIDWORKS Configurations in SOLIDWORKS Visualize
By Carleigh Amyot, CSWP on October 21, 2025
One major advantage of SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional is the ability to use SOLIDWORKS configurations and toggle between multiple configurations within the rendering software. This is extremely helpful to save time when setting up multiple renders of similar products or to just quickly create product images….
Import Motion Studies with SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional
By Carleigh Amyot, CSWP on October 10, 2025
Sometimes we set up motion studies or animations in SOLIDWORKS that would look incredible with the SOLIDWORKS Visualize rendering engine. Did you know that if you have a SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional license, you can import motion studies directly into SOLIDWORKS Visualize? It is a relatively…
How to Change Your Email for SOLIDWORKS Accounts
By Carleigh Amyot, CSWP on October 1, 2025
You might need to change your email for a number of reasons, whether it’s for a rebrand, a new role, or changing companies. No matter the reason, every once in a while, we all need to change our email addresses. These days, our emails can…
Choosing Between The SOLIDWORKS Visualize Render Engines
By Carleigh Amyot, CSWP on September 8, 2025
The final part of the SOLIDWORKS Visualize workflow is rendering out images or an animation. During the final export, you are given the choice to select a render engine, which could greatly change how your renders come out. In this article, we are going to…
Appearance Grouping in SOLIDWORKS Visualize
By Carleigh Amyot, CSWP on June 16, 2025
SOLIDWORKS Visualize is an incredible tool for sales and marketing opportunities to create renderings of products with realistic and intricate appearances. Sometimes, there are products such as cabinets that you may want to be able to render with multiple colors and finishes to showcase a…
How to Rename or Move SOLIDWORKS Files Correctly
By Carleigh Amyot, CSWP on March 10, 2025
Over time files can change and it becomes increasingly likely that you will need to rename or move SOLIDWORKS files. When moving SOLIDWORKS files it is important to do so without breaking any links or references to external parts and assemblies. If you were to…
SOLIDWORKS Visualize: Common Crashes
By Carleigh Amyot, CSWP on February 14, 2025
A SOLIDWORKS Visualize crash can be triggered by a number of behaviors but have two common causes: a corrupt local cache or an issue with the graphics card. These two are a great place to start investigating when dealing with frequent crashes. Setting a Dedicated…
NVIDIA is a well-known company that produces GPUs, including many certified for SOLIDWORKS. However, not all NVIDIA GPUs are certified for use with SOLIDWORKS. Both the Professional and Gaming lines offer powerful GPUs, with newer and stronger models released regularly, but that doesn’t mean they are interchangeable when it comes to SOLIDWORKS compatibility. So, how can you tell if an NVIDIA GPU is certified?
How to Override Decimals and Fractions in SOLIDWORKS Drawing Dimensions
By Carleigh Amyot, CSWP on October 28, 2024
SOLIDWORKS Drawings allow you to set document standards that determine if dimensions are read as fractions or decimals. Have you ever had a drawing in decimals, but really needed one dimension to be shown as a fraction?