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When purchasing SOLIDWORKS, you provide a variety of information about your company to show ownership of assets. When a change to the account is required, you must provide the original information to make the change. This is to help prevent having unauthorized changes to your company’s account information. 

 

Once you have located the Admin Image that you wish to modify, open the Administrative Option Editor by finding the “sldAdminOptionEditor.exe” file stored within the Administrative images top level folder.

Four free SOLIDWORKS tools (Xpress tools) are available with every seat and can be accessed at no additional cost. Xpress activation needs to happen before you can use the software. If you look under the Evaluate tab in SOLIDWORKS, you will see the icons for SimulationXpress Analysis, FloXpress Analysis, DFMXpress Analysis, and DriveWorksXpress Wizards.

SOLIDWORKS Motion, included in SOLIDWORKS Premium, allows for evaluating the mechanical performance of a rigid body mechanism through simulating its operational movements. It allows for simulating the effect of forces, springs, dampers, gravity, component contacts, and bushings to effectively visualize and measure the kinematic and dynamic behavior of a system.

By using SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD software early in the design process, designers can better convey their ideas to others. In addition to all the features available in SOLIDWORKS Standard and Professional, when you upgrade to SOLIDWORKS Premium, you can unlock four fantastic tools.

Managing SOLIDWORKS network licenses can be confusing, and ensuring the right license is pulled onto your machine can be difficult. However, the License Order tab on the SolidNetWork License Manager can be used to direct your SOLIDWORKS licenses. This guide will take you through the different products and how to use the SOLIDWORKS License Order tab to ensure you are using the SOLIDWORKS products that you are intending.

For existing SOLIDWORKS installations, follow these steps. Note that you will need access to your original installation media to modify and add new products to SOLIDWORKS. (Get with your IT if you need permissions to modify programs)

A SOLIDWORKS Subscription Service has many benefits that you may or may not know about. In this blog, we cover some of the most valuable benefits of a SOLIDWORKS Subscription. If you are like most customers, it is a no-brainer to take advantage of the software downloads – both the new version and service packs. Each new release contains hundreds of new enhancements (over 600 in SOLIDWORKS 2018), many of which came from requests from customers.

A step by step walk through of the proper way to set up your assembly and mates in SOLIDWORKS to create a functional Planetary Gear set that moves as expected. The first step in the process is to have all the pitch lines of the gears defined in a sketch on the part level.