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When used with SOLIDWORKS files, SOLIDWORKS PDM data cards show multiple tabs, each with data fields that can display metadata. These tabs have labels such as @, Default, Sheet1, etc. as well as tabs named after model configurations and drawing sheets. This can be very confusing to users who don’t understand what these tabs represent and how to effectively work with them.

This guide explains everything you need to know about how to create a SpeedPak in SOLIDWORKS, from a parent assembly, inserting a SpeedPak and more. In an assembly file, you can derive a SpeedPak configuration from an existing configuration. On the ConfigurationManager tab, under Configurations, right-click an existing configuration and select Add SpeedPak.

This article is a quick reference for SOLIDWORKS users and IT professionals. It shows how to optimize your SOLIDWORKS performance with Windows settings to make SOLIDWORKS run as fast as possible on any system. Extensive testing was performed by the editors at Desktop Engineering.

Stratasys 3D printers are some of the best on the market. They are reliable and repeatable and, part of that is due to the software that comes with the printer. There are different levels of software that come with the FDM 3D printers. The Mojo Print Driver behaves like your typical printer software. Catalyst software for the design series printers is a little more robust but not as robust as the Insight software. With Insight software, the operator is able to customize every facet of the printing of their part. 

 

This guide will demonstrate how to properly save SOLIDWORKS assemblies for color 3D printing. When the SOLIDWORKS assembly is ready for 3D printing, change the file Save as type to STL then click on the Options box. Select the Custom bubble, set the Angle Tolerance to 5°, and match the Deviation slider bar to the Angle bar for a good resolution file. Make sure the Save all components of an assembly in a single file box is unchecked. This will output multiple STL files for each body.

 

 

 

On July 15th 2015, Microsoft released a new Windows Update that has caused a single dll to not be properly installed during the SOLIDWORKS installation. Without this dll, you may experience problems with the add-ins not showing up, macros causing SOLIDWORKS to crash, or an error message to pop-up when opening files in SOLIDWORKS.

In this tutorial, learn how to copy a surface and export it into another part with SOLIDWORKS. Go to File > Open and open the part that you want to copy the surfaces from, into another part. To demonstrate the process, we will be using this example part. 

 

This article shows you how to define a connector that only displays specific pins in SOLIDWORKS Electrical. After creating and inserting a multi-pin connector (in this example, four pins of a 10 pin connector are displayed), edit the component properties. Select the Manufacturer part and circuits tab.

Trend Tracker is a utility included in SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard, Professional, and Premium. It enables users to track design changes dynamically when running a linear static analysis for both part and assembly models and allows for setting a design baseline. Changes can then be made to model geometry, the simulation setup, or both/and the analysis rerun.