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If you’re having issues downloading/installing a SOLIDWORKS program (like PDM) or having trouble connecting to or pulling files from your vault, you’ll want to know if your network is experiencing high latency.

The value of the quantities in SOLIDWORKS PDM computed BOMs are determined by the reference count of the file. For some, you may need to show an amount or some non-integer value rather than a reference count. This document describes steps to set this up and have PDM computed BOMs display a value from a SOLIDWORKS Custom Property for the quantity rather than reference counts of the file.

Due to the nuance of the FDM process and it’s the ability to self-support to a certain degree, both through holes, and blind holes extending in a horizontal direction are prime candidates for support elimination. This is especially true for smaller holes or in situations where hole accuracy/roundness are not critical to the usefulness of the finished part.

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a feature included on Windows machines beginning with Windows XP Service Pack 2. This feature monitors memory (Processes and Services) to stop malicious code from running. DEP does this by shutting down a program that isn’t running properly in memory. For the most part, the best practice is not to make changes to DEP, however sometimes this can cause an issue when running your SOLIDWORKS program. This document will show you how to disable this feature.

A few years ago, Chart Air-X-Changers/Hammco (formerly Harsco Air-X-Changers) was in the market for a PDM system. We soon realized that in order to move forward with a new system, in addition to design control, the following issues needed to be addressed.

This is the second article in the series on manually importing CAD data into PDM. In this document we will cover the “Copy/Paste a Folder” method of import.

There are many occasions that will require engraving on curved surfaces and if you haven’t done it before it can be a bit confusing. We will go step by step on the process of creating a Curve Project feature.

Sketches are the foundation of any model in SOLIDWORKS. Oftentimes, you may need to copy or reuse an existing sketch for another feature. As with anything, there are multiple ways to copy a sketch in SOLIDWORKS. Let's go through a standard "copy/paste", convert entities, an creating a derived sketch.