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SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional has a powerful feature in data cards known as an input formula. Using this option allows for the post-processing of information on the data card itself upon user interaction. An input formula allows an Editbox control to concatenate text from different fields, do arithmetic functions, or even evaluate alias sets.
As the global manufacturing market shifts with increased demand for personalized products and on-demand production, 3D printing finds an ever-growing range of applications. 3D printing is the process of creating a 3D object from a digital file. Since its inception with Stereolithography and FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) in the 1980s, 3D printing has evolved into a whole portfolio of technologies, becoming ever more accessible and affordable for businesses of all sizes.
The Make Independent feature in SOLIDWORKS lets you save an individual instance of a component as a separate file. This is great when you're in an assembly and need to modify only one or some of the instances but want to keep the root component in tact. In this article, we discuss what Make Independent does and walk you through an example using the feature on a SOLIDWORKS assembly.
The wait is over, DriveWorks 22 is officially available! Let’s dive into some great new features in DriveWorks 22 including user interface improvements, new controls, and much more.
The SOLIDWORKS Design Library is a prebuilt library with folders populated with reusable entities, such as annotations, parts, assemblies, and forming tools. Let's take a look at where the Design Library is located, what it includes, and how to point SOLIDWORKS to the location of the library (if it is not already showing).
You just received a new machine, and now you need to get your TechDB (Technology Database) from the old machine to the new one, but how is this done? Is there a difference between SOLIDWORKS CAM and CAMWorks? This article shows the process for backing up and restoring your CAMWorks and SOLIDWORKS CAM TechDB.
I recently helped a customer who was having difficulty with SOLIDWORKS decals not showing up when the files were imported into Composer. (Introduced in Composer 2022, Composer supports SOLIDWORKS decals.) So, if you’ve found yourself in the same predicament, this blog explains how to import SOLIDWORKS decals and what to do when they don’t appear in Composer.
In this article, we’ll discuss the difference between fixed and floating components in a SOLIDWORKS assembly. We will also look at a tool that will allow us to temporarily move between these two component states.
You've probably heard that CATIA has better performance for large assembly CAD, but better by how much? We ran some tests comparing SOLIDWORKS to CATIA V5 and 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA, and here's the answer.