Articles by: Scott Durksen, CSWE
Methods for Opening and Inserting Models in SOLIDWORKS from the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform provides significant flexibility when working with data. The powerful search functionality with filters and tags makes it quick to find the model. Bookmark Editor helps organize projects making it easy to browse for components. More information can be found in our Managing…
Co-author: Emmanuel Kim, Technical Manager, Applications, TriMech You have made a serious investment purchasing SOLIDWORKS 2023 that will ultimately help your engineers, designers, and drafters to be more productive. While navigating through the challenging process of choosing their new CAD system, clients often overlook SOLIDWORKS…
Have you ever looked inside your SOLIDWORKS model without sectioning or hiding components? Maybe you have a building with many rooms or a large machine and want a quick peek inside. SOLIDWORKS walk-through functionality gives a first-person gaming feel. You can fly around, move through…
The SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager is a self-contained installer to assist with the download and installation of SOLIDWORKS products. Launching Setup.exe should open the Installation Manager window and immediately provide several options. If you experience a blank or empty window, the following solutions should assist. Solution…
Here is an overview of our current recommended SOLIDWORKS 2022 hardware / computer specs. The following gives details on specific hardware components. However the entire system should be designed and assembled for optimal performance. Custom machines can be a cheaper option, however selecting components individually and…
Sometimes you may need to completely uninstall SOLIDWORKS, including all Program Files and Registry Keys. Perhaps the computer will be used by someone else who doesn’t use SOLIDWORKS and you need to free up some hard drive space. This can also be required if the…
SOLIDWORKS Online Licensing was introduced with SOLIDWORKS 2018 as an alternative to Machine Activation licensing. Online Licensing provided a “named-user” structure where user accounts could be used to log in on launching SOLIDWORKS to obtain the license. Unfortunately due to low adoption of Online Licensing…
A SOLIDWORKS ID is your own account to access great content like the SOLIDWORKS Customer Portal, MySolidWorks, and SOLIDWORKS Forums. A valid email address must be used as a verification email is sent. Anyone can create an account and have guest access to limited content. …
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation software provides the ability to share the calculations of a project over a network connection to a SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Remote Solver. Resources are then freed up on the local computer to continue other work without reduced performance as the solver is…