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SOLIDWORKS Visualize is an awesome tool for creating quick renderings of your CAD models. Adding shadows and reflections to the ground is only a click away in your scene options, but what if you need more control over what’s being rendered or reflected on the ground? This article demonstrates tips and tools you can use to make your floor look its best and tell a better story in your renders.
The Remote Solver in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation is used to run flow analyses on a remote computer connected to the network. There are a few requirements including the remote machine must have the same edition and service pack of SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation, SOLIDWORKS & Flow Simulation may use a network license or one standalone license, and the remote computer would ideally have a better processor and more RAM but does not need a good graphics card.
Long before generative AI and conversational assistants entered SOLIDWORKS, users were already relying on tools that diagnose modeling problems, recognize geometry, and automate repetitive setup. These features can feel intelligent, but they are purpose-built automation and not modern AI.
The Canadian defence manufacturing landscape reached a pivotal turning point with the announcement of a $2 billion contract awarded to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-Canada). This award expands the Armoured Combat Support Vehicle (ACSV) platform by 190 units, along with an additional 35 units designated for international assistance, bringing the total production run to 550 vehicles built on the LAV 6.0 chassis.
In DriveWorks, Groups are created as collections of projects. Projects are used to create specifications, and that is where the rules are created that alter the geometry of your generated CAD files, create your quote documents, etc. Some of the information that projects utilize is handled directly by the Group. The Group contains information such as which components have been captured for use in the projects, specifications created by the projects, etc. This article explains how to rename groups in DriveWorks.
Neutral formats like STEP are great for collaborating with other designers who use different CAD software. But sometimes, opening or saving a STEP file doesn't go as planned. If you've ever had a file fail to save as STEP and generate a .err file instead, you're in the right place. This article explains a tool that can be used to track down and resolve geometry issues that prevent SOLIDWORKS from creating a STEP file.
This tutorial demonstrates a simple example of how to create a spring part that can be inserted into a SOLIDWORKS assembly that will expand and compress with the movement of other parts.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of the engineering software landscape, but the term "AI" can describe very different technologies. For SOLIDWORKS users, the important questions surround what a feature can actually do, how it is delivered, and where engineering judgment still belongs.
Each tier of SOLIDWORKS includes powerful features (the higher level includes all of the features of the previous levels). In this guide, we compare each tier of SOLIDWORKS packages and see some examples of the most used features at work so you can best determine what level of SOLIDWORKS is best for you or your company.