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Scott Durksen, CSWE
SOLIDWORKS Certified NVIDIA Graphics Card Drivers – Branch Family Support
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on December 26, 2019
SOLIDWORKS requires a certified graphics card and driver for optimal performance and stability. Our SOLIDWORKS Certified Graphics Drivers blog post provides detailed information recommended SOLIDWORKS graphics cards and drivers. SOLIDWORKS is also transitioning to support “Branch Family” of NVIDIA drivers to make it easier to…
SOLIDWORKS 2020 Torsion Continuity Relation (G3)
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on December 19, 2019
SOLIDWORKS 2020 adds an additional sketch relation to provide torsion continuity (G3) between splines and any other sketch entity in a 2D Sketch. The torsion relation applies to splines and one of these sketch entities: Spline Arc Conic or elliptical arc Model edges that are…
How to Search for Materials in SOLIDWORKS 2020
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on November 28, 2019
The Material dialog now includes a Search bar in SOLIDWORKS 2020. While it’s a subtle change, this can save you time when defining different materials in your model or SOLIDWORKS Simulation study. The search functionality will include results from the default SOLIDWORKS material databases as…
SOLIDWORKS 2020 Enhanced Graphics for Improved Performance
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on November 25, 2019
SOLIDWORKS 2019 introduced an option for ‘Enhanced graphics performance’. This adds significant improvement during pan, zoom or rotate in the part or assembly environment. It takes advantage of modern OpenGL 4.5 and hardware acceleration for higher detail and frame rate. The performance scales up with…
SOLIDWORKS 2020 Custom Scales for Drawing Sheets and Views
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on November 22, 2019
SOLIDWORKS 2020 makes it easier to assign custom drawing scales for both the overall sheet properties and individual drawing views. Now you can type in the custom scale size directly into the User Defined dialog. Setting Custom Scales for Drawing Sheets In SOLIDWORKS 2019, the…
SOLIDWORKS Standalone License Deactivation and Activation
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on November 1, 2019
SOLIDWORKS Standalone licenses (serial numbers beginning with 9000…) are locked to a specific computer and hardware ID. At some point you may need to transfer the license off the current computer to allow for activation on another computer. This can occur in a few scenarios….
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2020 Mixed Draft and High Quality Mesh
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on October 14, 2019
Draft Quality elements provide faster solve times as each tetrahedral element only contain 4 nodes, one at each vertex. Switching over to High Quality mesh elements is required for accurate stress results, which adds midpoint nodes putting the node count for a tetrahedral element up…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2020 Network License Selection
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on October 13, 2019
SOLIDWORKS Simulation is available with various levels of licensing, providing access to specific study types: SOLIDWORKS Premium license gives you access to Linear Static and Motion studies SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard license includes Linear Static, Motion and Fatigue SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional license includes everything in Simulation…
SOLIDWORKS 2020 Update frequently asked questions
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on October 10, 2019
Get your SOLIDWORKS 2020 Update installation and configuration frequently asked questions answered by reading this tech tip article.
SOLIDWORKS 2020 Hardware Recommendations
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on October 10, 2019
Here is an overview of our current recommended SOLIDWORKS 2020 hardware / computer specs. Looking for SOLIDWORKS 2021 recommendations, we have that too » The following gives details on specific hardware components. However the entire system should be designed and assembled for optimal performance. Custom…
SOLIDWORKS 2020 Assembly Performance Improvements for Older Version Files
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on October 3, 2019
SOLIDWORKS 2020 assembly performance has been improved when working with older version files. Previously, components not upgraded to the latest release caused longer open and save times. This was more noticeable when referenced components had multiple configurations. In SOLIDWORKS 2019 and earlier, only the “master”…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2020 Collapse Tree Folders
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on September 24, 2019
SOLIDWORKS Simulation study trees can become long and harder to navigate when you start into more complex studies. While adding new contacts/loads/fixtures and defining materials/shells/etc, the folders and sub-folders are expanded. In previous versions, collapsing the tree required clicking the arrows beside each sub-folder. New…
SOLIDWORKS Simulation Copy Features to New Studies
By Scott Durksen, CSWE on August 29, 2019
Running multiple SOLIDWORKS Simulation studies on a model typically have similar features. You can duplicate a study to make a new copy and then make your modifications. Right-click on the existing study tab and Copy Study. The new copy will be identical. However some scenarios…
DraftSight is a powerful drafting CAD software enabling hobbyists to professional companies the tools to create their designs. There are several levels of licensing available to suit individual needs. Earlier versions provided a free option, however this will expire on December 31, 2019. You can…
SOLIDWORKS Pack and Go provides three folder structure options to give control over how you want to maintain subfolders. The selection is retained so the same option will be used by default for subsequent tasks. In this example I have a simple assembly with three…