SW2021

SOLIDWORKS 2021 enhancements, tech tips, and best practices

Hidden Gems in SOLIDWORKS 2021 and Later

SOLIDWORKS 2021 Hidden Features

This year TriMech painstakingly reviewed each of the new SOLIDWORKS 2021 features and enhancements that were delivered with the latest release. We read through the documentation and picked out the best content so you didn’t have to! TriMech released the ‘Top 11 Features in SOLIDWORKS…

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Enhancements to User Interface Fundamentals in SOLIDWORKS 2021

SOLIDWORKS 2021 UI Enhancements

SOLIDWORKS 2021 brings several enhancements to improve the user interface (UI), across a range of dialog windows and menu options. Editing Materials When SOLIDWORKS Simulation is active, editing materials in a study provides an additional option in the Edit Material dialog window (right-click Material in…

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Transfer Body or Part Material in SOLIDWORKS 2021

SOLIDWORKS 2021 provides more flexibility for controlling the material choice when inserting a part into another part, by adding new options in the Insert Part PropertyManager. After selecting the Insert Part command (Insert > Part), the Transfer section of the PropertyManager shows two options for…

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Copy Tabular Simulation Results to the Clipboard in SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2021

SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2021 has added another option to export data from your study results. Besides generating a report, you can copy tabular data from several sources to the clipboard, and then paste this data into another document, such as a spreadsheet. This data can be…

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Mate Property Manager Interface Change in SOLIDWORKS 2021

SOLIDWORKS Mate PropertyManager

The Standard, Advanced, and Mechanical mate categories found in the Mate Property Manager have now moved into tabs at the top of the Property Manager in SOLIDWORKS 2021! SOLIDWORKS 2021 Property Manager: SOLIDWORKS 2021 User Interface has the Mate type categories as tabs and the…

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Redo Support for Part Features in SOLIDWORKS 2021

SOLIDWORKS Redo

For anyone who has used the Redo ability in SOLIDWORKS prior to 2021 and loved it…one thing may have come to mind…UPGRADE, UPGRADE, UPGRADE! For everyone that loved the ability (including myself), we wanted more! In SOLIDWORKS 2021, yes you guessed it, the command has…

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SOLIDWORKS 2021 Pick Colour for Appearances from External Source

SOLIDWORKS has long been known to have an intuitive and customizable user interface. However, by listening closely to the user base, SOLIDWORKS 2021 comes packed with enhancements that make it even easier to use and more customizable. New in SOLIDWORKS 2021, the colour selection on…

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2021 Solver Performance Improvements

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Solver

SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2021 has made significant improvements to solver performance that can reduce the solution times of some studies.  The improvements are focused on studies with a large amount of surface-to-surface contact elements. There are three default solvers available: FFEPlus, Intel Direct Sparse, and Direct…

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SOLIDWORKS 2021 Location of the Hatch Pattern File

New in SOLIDWORKS 2021, you can save the hatch pattern file “sldwks.ptn” in any searchable folder so it is not overwritten when you upgrade SOLIDWORKS. This is useful if you customize the file. By default, the hatch pattern file is saved in a SOLIDWORKS installation folder…

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