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Solidworks Option File
Do you need the ability to control your Solidworks Network licenses? Then the Options file is the solution. The options file can control many variables. Some of the most requested include Reserving specific licenses for specific users Returning a license when…
Bianca
23 June 2021 -
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Silhouette Entities
SOLIDWORKS introduced the Silhouette Entities in 2020, it allows you to create multiple sketch entities by projecting the outline of the bodies in a part or components in an assembly onto a parallel sketch plane. To create silhouette entities: Create a…
Tianshuo Sun
29 April 2021 -
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Edit Registry on a Secondary Hard Drive
SOLIDWORKS settings are stored in registry files. You can find a lot information in the registry files about your current SOLIDWORKS installation. But what if the computer crashed while the hard drive survived and you need to recover your SOLIDWORKS serial…
Tianshuo Sun
21 April 2021
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Testing SOLIDWORKS SNL Server Connectivity
Today’s topic is about testing the connectivity between the SOLIDWORKS SNL server and the client machine. There are several methods to…
Tianshuo Sun
26 August 2020 -
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Taking Online License to Offline
SOLIDWORKS has introduced online licensing to simplify the license transfer process between the systems. This allows the user to switch license…
Sriram Krishnan
17 August 2020 -
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PDM External Reference
I have introduced the SOLIDWORKS “External Reference” > “Reference Document” setting in my last blog. There is an “External Reference” setting in…
Mark Deng
12 August 2020 -
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External Reference – Reference Document
Many people have questions on how the External Reference – Reference Document setting works in SOLIDWORKS: When clicking on…
Mark Deng
5 August 2020 -
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Bulk Export and Import Custom Properties
Recently I have come across a case where a customer has been requested by his manager to change the custom property…
Mark Deng
24 July 2020 -
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Code to Activate SimulationXpress
SOLIDWORKS provides an entry-level stage design verification tool called SimulationXpresscomes with SOLIDWORKS Standard, Professional and Premium Licenses. With SimulationXpress initial design…
Sriram Krishnan
26 June 2020 -
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Creating a New View Orientation
The default view orientations are Top, Front, Bottom, Left, Right and back view. It is possible to create a user-defined view…
Sriram Krishnan
17 June 2020 -
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Graphics Card and Driver for Your Solidworks Version
Ever stuck with poor performance of Solidworks such as glitch, overlapping windows, delay in operation, and eventually a crash? The first…
Sriram Krishnan
10 June 2020 -
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How to Create and Position Holes on a Non-planar Solid Face
Hole Wizard is a great and handy tool in Solidworks that reduces the burden of creating standard holes of various types….
Naqibullah M
3 June 2020