For years, both MasterCAM and GibbsCAM offered SOLIDWORKS users the ability to use their tools in a familiar environment via the SOLIDWORKS add-in. With these developers announcing a 2024 discontinuation date of the add-in, those who rely on these combined solutions are beginning to ask themselves...now what?
The SOLIDWORKS Routing add-in is interconnected by a database that links the library variables such as pipe schedule, pressure ratings, size, wires, connectors, and the associative connections/fittings. When updating any of the pipes, tubes, components, or fittings, the database needs updating to sync new or changed information.
In order for a client to obtain a license from a server, the client must have TCP/IP connectivity to the server. Two common tests to verify the connectivity are the ping and telnet tests.
SOLIDWORKS Visualize leverages 3D CAD data to create content that is print and web-ready in minutes. It helps users select, validate, and improve robust design concepts before committing expensive engineering, prototyping, and marketing resources to a project. An important feature of SOLIDWORKS Visualize is its design, which highly leverages one or many GPUs (especially NVIDIA RTX GPUs), dramatically increasing rendering performance above and beyond “normal” CPU hardware.
After purchasing additional seats for your SOLIDWORKS Network License, it is necessary to update the Network License on your currently running license server. This is accomplished by connecting to the SOLIDWORKS Activation Server to get the new license seat count.
If you need to borrow a SOLIDWORKS license, navigate to the SolidNetWork License Manager on the Client from your Windows Start icon, select All Programs, then go to your version of SOLIDWORKS' folder, then SOLIDWORKS Tools.
Recently, you added new licenses to your existing SOLIDWORKS network serial number. For those licenses to be active on your server, you will need to update the server’s license information. Please take the following steps to update license information on a SolidNetWork License Manager.
There's no doubt that 3D printing has changed the way products are developed, tested, and manufactured but do we fully understand how a part goes from concept to production? In this article, we'll look at how a company can utilize 3D printing, from prototyping to design validation and even tooling. While this is a hypothetical story, it is a scenario we've seen repeatedly in the real world, and if you develop products, it's likely relatable.
Having efficient and effective design teams is highly important in today’s competitive world. Product development is no longer isolated to engineering as it has been in the past and now includes business operations apart from engineering with many functional areas benefiting from CAD and design data.