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SOLIDWORKS Inspection Professional allows users to import CMM data reports via XML files. Using the proper template control, the CMM data will be organized and can be read into the measurement inputs. Auto-assigning allows the user to have the CMM data read into the proper character and multiple CMM data files can be read at once.

 

This document is a compilation of GoEngineer best practice recommendations for settings that we believe every user should be aware of and set for themselves on ‘day 1’ when initially beginning to use SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM (EPDM). 

 

To install and use a commercial edition or educational edition of SOLIDWORKS MBD, you must have a SOLIDWORKS MBD standalone serial number. You cannot add SOLIDWORKS MBD licenses to an existing SOLIDWORKS serial number.

 

You may know how to use the basic Belt/Chain Feature in SOLIDWORKS. However, what if you have a situation where the chain or belt has to pass over the same wheel twice? To help clarify things, the models have been created with some holes in them to show rotation easier.

Performing a sweep in SOLIDWORKS has always been fairly easy. Simply create the sweep path and the profile on a plane. For the best results, it was created on the end of a path and, depending on the situation, needed to be perpendicular to the path. Now we have a situation of a sweep path that happens to need a profile only through a portion of that complete path or the profile is somewhere other than the end of the path. How can we do that?

 

 

SOLIDWORKS Simulation can set up 2D analysis for static, thermal, and nonlinear studies. This allows for a large reduction in the computational resources needed to solve the FEA analysis. This is especially true when running nonlinear analysis which can be very resource-intensive when running a 3D analysis.

This article demonstrates how to create a single textbox field search form that will search for a given string value within any card variable and/or file name in SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional (formerly Enterprise PDM). The Complete Search form can be found in the EPDM Program Files directory (%\Program Files\SolidWorks Enterprise PDM\Default Cards\...) on any standard EPDM client machine.

When defining wires, cables, and cable conductors, we routinely define the color. When using the SOLIDWORKS Electrical Application, it is pretty easy as we are presented with the colors in ‘named’ form (e.g., Red, White, Blue, etc.). However, if you happen to be using an Excel spreadsheet to define your wires or cable properties instead of using the name, we use a number.

The SOLIDWORKS Profile Center Mates command is useful for mating parts that need to be centered with each other. Profile Center Mate automatically center-aligns geometric profiles to each other and fully defines the components.