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Saeed Mojarad (CSWE)
SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM Installation
By Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) on August 19, 2015
SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM (WPDM) software helps individuals and small workgroups manage projects and control their design revisions. The simple data vault of WPDM provides file security with little IT support, and its tight integration with SOLIDWORKS design software makes WPDM easy to learn. Advanced search,…
Enabling description in SOLIDWORKS ‘Save’ and ‘Save as’ dialog box
By Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) on August 7, 2015
After upgrading SOLIDWORKS or running a fresh installation you may notice that the field for Description in SOLIDWORKS Save and Save As dialog boxes has disappeared? This problem is caused by a library file called “sldpropertyhandler.dll” and to fix it you need to register this library…
Start sketching in SOLIDWORKS by selecting an edge
By Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) on July 21, 2015
This is one of those interesting sketching in SOLIDWORKS tricks that can be very useful and you may not be aware of. In a SOLIDWORKS Part simply select any Edge of any Solid Body and click Insert > Sketch. A sketch plane is created automatically, normal to…
MOD-DIAM is displayed instead of a diameter symbol in SOLIDWORKS
By Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) on June 4, 2015
On some occasions you may see strange syntax instead of the diameter symbol or other similar items, as shown in the figure below the text ‘<MOD-DIAM>’ has replaced what should be the diameter symbol. Why is this happening? Most of the time this happens after a SOLIDWORKS upgrade….
Create Custom Part from SOLIDWORKS Toolbox
By Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) on May 15, 2015
Have you ever wondered how SOLIDWORKS knows which part belongs to Toolbox and which one does not? Or did you ever want to take a Toolbox part and modify it to create a custom part? When you save a SOLIDWORKS Toolbox part as a copy,…
How to Improve Machine Performance when working with SOLIDWORKS Assemblies
By Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) on April 10, 2015
Is your SOLIDWORKS too slow when working with assemblies? If your answer is yes then this article may help you improve the performance of your machine when working with assemblies. “How do I stop SOLIDWORKS from crashing when I am working in assemblies?” This is…
Why the Server Administration tab is not shown when launching the SolidNetWork License (SNL) Manager?
By Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) on March 13, 2015
If one of your client machines serves as your server for SOLIDWORKS too, you may notice that you don’t have access to the Administration tab of the SNL Manager. This behavior occurs when SOLIDWORKS has been installed on the SNL server, after the SNL Manager…
SOLIDWORKS Composer Installation
By Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) on March 3, 2015
Did you just receive your SOLIDWORKS Composer serial number and want to install it on your computer? If so then this article is for you. Installation Prerequisites Before starting anything check the following prerequisites: Check the hardware and operating system’s compatibility: http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/9251_ENU_HTML.htm Notice that SolidWorks Composer…