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New PDM Options for processes in SOLIDWORKS Manage 2020

By Justin Williams / December 12, 2019

In SOLIDWORKS Manage 2020, we have more options for PDM outputs from a process; Process Configuration Wizard > Workflow Properties Outputs Process Configuration Wizard Do not...

The SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault Structure and Backup best practices

By Samir Lohmann / December 11, 2019

If you are an IT professional who supports a SOLIDWORKS PDM installation, you already know that it has many features that enable the Engineering department to design their products faster...

Adding/Analyzing/Modifying SOLIDWORKS Center of Mass Part 2

By James Swackhammer / December 10, 2019

Have you ever had an old fan with the metal cage still run like a champ but found that a newer plastic fan seems to die within a year or...

Adding/Analyzing/Modifying SOLIDWORKS Center of Mass Part 1

By James Swackhammer / December 9, 2019

In my opinion, the SOLIDWORKS Center of Mass is an underrated reference dimension. Many designers use it to see where the bulk of the weight is. This can determine if...

SOLIDWORKS 2020 Offset Surface now much easier to use!

By John Lee, CSWP / December 6, 2019

Remember that time you tried to offset faces as new surfaces, only to receive an error message that it failed? This can be frustrating, especially when many faces are involved...

Get Answers to the most pressing Simulation Questions

By Rod Mackay / December 5, 2019

Get answers to your most popular product design simulation questions to boost your confidence and productivity with integrated simulation tools. There’s no doubt about it: Simulation has come a long...

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The rigid connection type (top) produces artificial stress concentrations in the bolt head region. The distributed option (bottom) produces a more realistic stress field.

Distributed Coupling for Bolts and Pins in SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2020

Getting simulation results quickly, while maintaining accuracy, is always a top priority for any analyst. Replacing modeled fasteners with bolt or pin connectors in SOLIDWORKS Simulation is a great way...

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Get peace of mind with the SOLIDWORKS 2020 Simulation Evaluator

Few things grind an analyst’s gears like setting up a long study to run overnight, and then returning the following morning only to find that the study failed after 25...

Reduce Mesh Body Complexity with the SOLIDWORKS 2020 Decimate Mesh Tool

New in the 2020 release of SOLIDWORKS comes even more capability to work with imported mesh files! As is often the case with scanned geometry, the number of graphics triangles...