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New SOLIDWORKS users may be wondering what files should be used, when those files should be used, and when should they be doing what. In this article, we'll go over some SOLIDWORKS basics - let's start with terminology.

When a Stratasys 3D printer receives a SOLIDWORKS file with overlapping or touching geometry, it will print the two or more parts together as if they were one component. That is not ideal for a real-life moving assembly with separate components that articulate against one another. In this article, we share some insights for what to expect when you design an assembly in SOLIDWORKS and 3D print it on an FDM 3D printer.

This guide will walk you through the process of installing SOLIDWORKS Manage in a client computer. A server installation must have been complete and a configuration file created. For the client to successfully connect to the Manage server, a floating license must also be available.

The best way for optimizing SOLIDWORKS performance is to upgrade your computer to the latest and greatest supported hardware. You should also check to make sure your graphics card and driver are supported. You can find machine recommendations here, and you can even build your own super CAD computer with the best NVIDIA Quadro graphics card, fastest Intel chip, and as much ram as your motherboard can handle.

 

If you are using SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic, is it tied to your server at the office, but you need it at home or on the road too? How do you make this work for you? These simple steps allow you to work at the office or on the road with SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic.

J. Michael McCarthy of University of California Irvine (UCI) teaches a course focused on the design of walking machines. These walking machines have a lot of components and mates, so simulating them using SOLIDWORKS Motion Analysis can be a huge performance “hog”. In this article, we show a technique that is used to simplify assemblies and make this hog run fast.

Inspire Studio is the newest addition to Altair’s Inspire suite of simulation-driven design tools. Inspire Studio introduces a completely redesigned user experience and optimized workflows built with designers in mind. Altair and the Inspire tools are well known for their capabilities in simulation and optimization, and Studio is built to unlock the full power of them by adding the ability to parametrically design models from the ground up.

This article details how to use the two double carrot blue buttons at the bottom of the plot chart in some SOLIDWORKS Simulations as well as how to make Frequency charts colorless.

When comparing SOLIDWORKS Pack and Go next to Copy Tree, they don't seem very different at face value. Both have the option to save files to a new location while adding prefixes or suffixes and include drawings, simulation results, and keep the folder structure.