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Virtual components are fully functional with one exception: you can’t make a drawing from them. To create a drawing of a component, it must be a real part, meaning it needs to have a physical file condition on the network/drive. Virtual components reside in the assembly file itself and don’t physically exist. Other than this, there are no restrictions! Here are a couple of examples in which I have used virtual components.

A free throw in basketball is a shot about precision and consistency. Error margins are tight, so players implement techniques to improve their chances. One vital technique is to put backspin on the ball. In this article, we will run a motion and aerodynamic analysis using SOLIDWORKS Motion and SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation to look at why backspin is important by comparing it to a shot without spin.

If you can't launch your SOLIDWORKS software, you may need to deactivate it. Get step-by-step instructions on how to deactivate SOLIDWORKS if it is still installed or not installed here. If SOLIDWORKS is still installed, Navigate to C:\Program Files\\setup\i386. (If you did not name the directory during installation, then it is C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\\setup\i386).

In a previous article, we discussed and demonstrated adding users to a SOLIDWORKS PDM vault. The section Adding PDM Login User contains a mistake in the spelling of the login name for the user Ender Wiggin. The login name should have been Ewiggin, not Ewiggen. In this article, we will explain editing users in SOLIDWORKS PDM after an account is created.

 

When dealing with large assemblies in SOLIDWORKS, it can become quite the task to search for specific parts or groups of parts that you need to work with. The SOLIDWORKS Selection Tool, found at the top of SOLIDWORKS in the Cursor Menu, can help with this task. 

 

There will be times when a PDM administrator needs to block users from being able to log into the vault. This article covers how blocking SOLIDWORKS PDM log-ins and why one would want to block PDM log-ins. An administrator would need to block log-ins when an upgrade on the server is planned for over a weekend or is going to be moving the archive server or the database server to a new location, or if there is some extensive maintenance that will be going on. 

 

Has the SOLIDWORKS Composer watermark appeared while using a network license? If so, check the three areas listed in this article to re-establish your license information and remove the SOLIDWORKS Composer watermark from the background of your project.

 

Have you ever needed an OHM symbol (Ω) in a SOLIDWORKS drawing or for a part marking feature? Perhaps you need a registered Trademark, Copyright symbol, or other Greek letters commonly used in equations or electronics? When generating a drawing note, it may be necessary to use a symbol that is not available in the standard installed SOLIDWORKS Symbols library.

SOLIDWORKS Leading and Trailing zeroes options are located in your Document Properties. Under Zeroes in Document Properties > Drafting Standard > Dimensions, there is a set of four dropdown menus - one controls the display of Leading zeroes while the other three control Trailing zeroes.