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Has the SOLIDWORKS Composer watermark appeared while using a network license? If so, check the three areas listed in this article to re-establish your license information and remove the SOLIDWORKS Composer watermark from the background of your project.

 

I will be departing on a backpacking trip into Mexico soon. If you have not heard of the term bikepacking, think backpacking, but on a bike. The main goal in bikepacking, as well as backpacking, is to reduce weight wherever possible. I have been working to come up with some better solutions to my current setup to help me hit this goal.

There are a few ways to apply separate appearances to a part file in SOLIDWORKS Visualize! Note that you do not need a multibody part to accomplish this! Split your parts in Visualize. If you open a multibody part file in Visualize with only one color (or no colors) applied in SOLIDWORKS, all items will be in the same grouping.

SOLIDWORKS Simulation will automatically create beam joints when you create a study with parts created with weldments, or if you treat a solid body as a beam inside of your analysis.

After much use, the Blue Microphone that we use to create all of our wonderful video content was in disrepair. The threaded collar used to hold the microphone at a particular height suffered a catastrophic failure. This connection works as a compression fitting with an inserted sleeve. While this type of fitting is very robust and commonly used for applications that require a solid connection, the material of the original collar failed to withstand the stresses.

In this tutorial, learn how to create new assemblies based on SOLIDWORKS Motion Study positions. SOLIDWORKS 2016 added the ability to copy multiple components at the same time. Using this ability, users can copy parts in a Motion Study and save them into a new assembly file. Follow the steps below to create a new assembly whose parts are in the same position as during any time step of the study.