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Life happens, and we are not always able to work at the office. Sometimes we have business trips, or we need to take our work home. Whether that is due to a project you need extra time on, or a worldwide pandemic with a stay at home order, in these situations, you might benefit from using SOLIDWORKS PDM in offline mode. If you have access to the server through a VPN, but the connection is tenuous or tedious, working offline with SOLIDWORKS PDM is a solution for that situation.

SOLIDWORKS Simulation is capable of simulating a nonuniform pressure gradient. This allows for a simulation setup on a model that would approximate the pressure of water on the inside of a tank or against a dike.

Template files for parts, assemblies, and drawings are the storage location for default environmental settings used when creating new files. These control the items such as unit systems, drafting standards, first/third projection angles of drawings, dimension formatting, annotation formatting, image quality of parts, and many more options.

In SOLIDWORKS PDM you can test port communication by using Windows Telnet client. For step-by-step instructions on opening ports for client and server communication, please see the section ‘Opening ports for Client/Server Communication’ in the SOLIDWORKS PDM Installation Guide.

Temporary files can be obtained to run the server-side SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License Administrator for the purposes of testing new server hardware while not interrupting a running production server.

When designing components for use in larger assemblies it becomes important to optimize the part’s feature design to minimize its impact on the rebuild time of the assembly at large. In this case a great deal of processor/rebuild time can be spent on pattern features if they are not optimized.

SOLIDWORKS Make is a module brought to you by the 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace. It is an app that allows for a seamless way to get components manufactured by collaborating with digital manufacturers nearby and across the globe.

Upgrading PDM yourself? First thing to do is to read through and understand the upgrade process in the provided installation/upgrade guide link below. It is highly recommended to do this days before the upgrade.

Altair Inspire Cast features many component types that you can include in your casting simulation. One component that can be used to control the solidification of your model is the chiller.