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Since SOLIDWORKS PDM 2018, other administrators can now perform undo checkout on a file owned by another user. Prior to PDM 2018, only the default admin user could undo a check out of files that were checked out by another user.

Blocks are commonly reused pieces of geometry in your 2D drawings. By creating them in DraftSight, you can speed up your workflow and standardize how you create drawings. In this blog, we'll go over how to insert a block into an electrical symbol block into our latest schematic drawing.

If you need to display the threads on a hole in SOLIDWORKS, what is the best way? Cosmetic Threads! Cosmetic Threads is an annotation that allows thread location to be displayed without taxing your graphics card. Rather than render all of the surfaces of the thread profile, a graphical image of the thread is applied instead. In this article, learn where Cosmetic Threads in SOLIDWORKS are located, when and where to use them, and how to display them.   

Are you having issues upgrading your SOLIDWORKS service pack due to a previous toolbox error? If you see the error message shown in Figure 1 when upgrading, this article offers some solutions to an issue that may prevent a SOLIDWORKS CAD service pack update from completing. 

SOLIDWORKS offers several licensing solutions tailored to the size and flexibility needs of an organization. These licenses range from Single Seat, Single User, and Standalone to the ability to spread your SOLIDWORKS investment over a large group of users using Floating Network licenses. In this guide, we dive deeper into what each option of SOLIDWORKS licensing is, how they work, and how to choose the option that best fits the way your company operates.

The SOLIDWORKS Wrap feature allows you to remove or add material to a part by projecting a sketch around a surface. The Wrap feature is located in the Features toolbar next to the rib and intersect tools. You can also find the wrap tool under Insert > Features > Wrap in the drop-down menu.

3DEXPERIENCE SIMULIA offers a portfolio of high-end analysis programs from Dassault Systemes deployed on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. This portfolio boasts structural analysis (FEA), fluid dynamics (CFD), and electromagnetic analysis technology to tackle the most comprehensive multi-physics analysis problems. This is especially significant in Industrial Equipment because of the dynamic nature of the loading conditions experience by these components. For instance, the roof crush analysis is a standard test performed on heavy machinery to ensure operator safety.

In an ideal world, all of our colleagues, vendors, and customers would have SOLIDWORKS installed on their computers, allowing us to easily share files - but we don't always have that luxury. So what do you do when someone who doesn't have access to SOLIDWORKS asks to view your files? You turn to eDrawings. 

VeroUltra White and VeroUltra Black are the newest formulations of Vero opaque photopolymer resins compatible with Stratasys J-Series PolyJet 3D printers. In this article, we explore these new material developments and discover how they make Stratasys' best-in-class, highly professional, full-color models...even better.