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SOLIDWORKS Electrical Dec 04, 2024

There are some great new features and enhancements in SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2025. Let's make a 3D design change that starts with the 2D schematic and flows all the way to the drawing of the 3D assembly.

SOLIDWORKS Electrical Nov 11, 2024

There are some great new enhancements to SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2D 2025. Let's get started by opening a few of the drawings from the Proteus Motion V2 project. 

SOLIDWORKS Electrical Oct 15, 2024

SOLIDWORKS Electrical includes a set of symbols. These symbols might be sufficient for your requirements, or you may need to create your own to meet a specific standard. You can either start from scratch beginning by drawing the image, adding the attributes and connection points, and adjusting the appearance to suit your needs or modify an existing symbol.

SOLIDWORKS Electrical Sep 12, 2024

This article covers the SOLIDWORKS Electrical Save Environment command and two very important reasons why you should use it. The Save Environment command is located in the File tab and is used to save your SOLIDWORKS Electrical settings, projects, and libraries. This command allows you to save all or specific settings, configuration, and library information to a file (similar to a ZIP file) for backup purposes and/or transferring your settings to another computer.

SOLIDWORKS Electrical Jul 29, 2024

In SOLIDWORKS Electrical, attributes are used to represent pertinent information about components. Typically, this information is represented in a single line of text, but occasionally, the text becomes unreasonably long and requires multiple lines. This article explains how to to wrap attribute text in SOLIDWORKS Electrical using the Multiple Attribute command in the Symbol Editor.

SOLIDWORKS Electrical Jul 08, 2024

When taking the SOLIDWORKS Electrical Training Course, it's encouraged to ask questions. Here is a fantastic question I received that I'll discuss further in this article: What is the best approach to deleting a detailed cable out of a project in SOLIDWORKS Electrical?

SOLIDWORKS Electrical Jun 25, 2024

It might become necessary to manually create an SQL instance for use with SOLIDWORKS Electrical, for example when upgrading to a newer version that requires an upgraded version of SQL Express. The installation manager will find the existing previous SQL version and not continue. As the installation manager is not able to perform this upgrade the installation process will stop. A solution is to create a new SQL instance manually. This solution can also be useful in cases where the SQL instance needs to be replaced. The previous instance can be removed later once it is verified that it is no longer required.

SOLIDWORKS Electrical Mar 20, 2024

In this article, we discuss a common issue with combs and channel grouping often seen while creating PLCs in SOLIDWORKS ElectricalWhen creating a project within SOLIDWORKS Electrical, Programmable Logic Control is often used for automation. We can insert a PLC into a SOLIDWORKS Electrical project utilizing the PLC manager. 

 

 

SOLIDWORKS Electrical Mar 13, 2024

This article explains how to change the automatic root value for symbols inserted into the SOLIDWORKS Electrical documents (Single-line and Multi-line schematics). A symbol is just one representation of a Component. When making changes to a symbol already placed on a page in a project, remember that the overall component must be looked at, not just the symbol.