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For Sheet Metal users, the new features in SOLIDWORKS 2025 are sure to excite. In addition to never-before-seen bend notches, the list of enhancements to existing features is long, so let's dive in.
Automated scanning can be a great benefit to inspection and reverse engineering workflows. The less operator intervention required to complete a proper scan, the better. The Artec Micro II is an accurate, automated, turntable-style scanner, and Artec Studio 18 software pairs brilliantly with it.
New in SOLIDWORKS 2025 is the ability to select a Y-up or Z-up orientation when creating both parts and assemblies from templates. This is great for manufacturing or for vendors who want a Z-up orientation. With SOLIDWORKS 2025, you'll also see huge performance improvement in components with a large number of cosmetic threads.
Whether setting up a server for the first time or moving to new hardware, setting up your SOLIDWORKS PDM Server correctly is crucial. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the process with step-by-step instructions. Please review all of the documentation prior to installation to ensure a smooth installation. The steps are simple, but it’s very important to not miss any pieces of the puzzle.
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tools like Abaqus/Explicit or the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform provide a fantastic solution if you’re looking to investigate your product’s performance in simulation before spending the resources to develop a physical prototype. But for those that adopt these tools, there can sometimes be the hurdle of material modeling and its influence on your simulation’s ability to predict reality. Using improper material properties can lead to drastically different conclusions in your FEA simulations if you’re not careful. Throughout this blog, we’ll demonstrate what might happen to you and your product should you skip over the time and effort required to develop a proper material model for your scenario.
The SOLIDWORKS serial number is a crucial piece for licensing certain add-ins or controlling how the license behaves. At some point or another they may need to be switched around. This process explains how this is to be done to prevent trapping standalone licenses with machines no longer using those licenses.
SOLIDWORKS Plastics 2025 has new features and enhancements to help design your plastic parts with confidence. Key enhancements include improved performance in the fill analysis, more accurate sink mark predictions, more result plots for the warpage analysis, and continued material database updates.
Creating Exploded Views in SOLIDWORKS can get frustrating when selecting the same entities for each explode step. Using the Selection Sets tool helps streamline the process. This tutorial demonstrates how.
SOLIDWORKS 2025 brings exciting new updates to the SOLIDWORKS CAM add-in, for both milling and turning machines. There are some exciting updates for finishing strategies, turning, and the in-software toolpath simulation.