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Did you know that you can link ‘Sketch Text’ to a custom or file property in SOLIDWORKS? This can be very useful if, for example, you have added a part number emboss on a configured part and want the part number to change based on the configuration name or other configuration-specific file property. In this article, I will demonstrate this with a model of a Billiards Ball.

The end of the year is near! As we wrap up 2020, we are rounding up our top 10 SOLIDWORKS webinars presented by our team of Application Engineers. Webinars included in this list are on a variety of SOLIDWORKS products including Simulation, Inspection, SIMULIAworks, 3DEXPERIENCE, and general CAD tips and tricks.

The DraftSight for SOLIDWORKS PDM add-in is a connector for DraftSight Professional, Premium, and Enterprise. This add-in allows a user to perform file vault operations from within the DraftSight application. The add-in consists of a dropdown menu, two toolbars, and a status window that you can activate to carry out such commands as check out and check in files and Xrefs to the file vault.

The SOLIDWORKS Task Pane provides access to SOLIDWORKS resources, libraries of reusable design elements, views to drag onto drawing sheets, appearance utilities, and other useful items and information. The Task Pane appears on the right side of the SOLIDWORKS user interface and contains the following tabs:

Companies that use industrial 3D printers for production likely have them churning out parts regularly and are often using a variety of 3D printing materials. Like any other 3D printer, an industrial 3D printer requires regular maintenance and upkeep to keep them running smoothly. In this article, we share six helpful instructional videos with tips for Stratasys’ Production Fortus 3D printers (380mc, 450mc, and F900).

“What is Pressure potential?” is one of the most common questions I get asked from students on the first day teaching our SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation training class. Pressure potential in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation is a simple check box in the initial conditions section of the project’s general settings.

Changing units in the SOLIDWORKS user interface could not be simpler. Go to Tools>Options>Document Properties>Units to change the units that are being used within the SOLIDWORKS design environment. There is also the units' popup menu in the bottom right-hand corner of the SOLIDWORKS screen. Changing units within the SOLIDWORKS Simulation environment is a little more involved but still simple.

This article is an introduction to some of the SQL tables more commonly used in queries. Many of these tables fall into two categories. The first identifies a list and gives them ID’s. The second lists the use of those attributes by file. A good example of this is the Transitions table identifies each of the transitions in the workflows, and the TransitionHistory Table lists all the transitions that any file has gone through. In this case, the Transitions table is used to give meaning to the TransitionNr listed in the Transitionhistory table. 

We have all done it; clicked 'Undo' one too many times and the entire SOLIDWORKS sketch was removed. Search for the 'Redo' command and discover it is greyed out. Unfortunately, we must face the fact that the sketch is gone, and we now need to “redo” the work. Historically 'Redo' was limited to sketch commands. Although you could Redo many sketch functions, the sketch creation itself was not available for Redo.