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When working offline, it is impossible to search the local cache in SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault View. With an increasing number of our customers needing to work offline, due to “Stay-at-Home” orders in the COVID-19 pandemic, I decided to make public a tool I created to search the cache. The process is simple and primitive, nevertheless, it works. It provides a way to search for files that you may have cached in your vault view while working offline.

A breakdown of eight 3-Axis operations possible with SOLIDWORKS CAM and CAMWorks. By understanding the full range of options you can select the best operation for your project.

GoEngineer customer, Plastic Sample Kits, used SOLIDWORKS Plastics Simulation software to create an aid for choosing the best plastic for your part design.

This guide applies to anyone using a SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License (SNL) server to manage SOLIDWORKS licenses, and it outlines the processes returning a network license that is in a hung state and hence it cannot be returned to the server using the regular process.

DraftSight has delivered powerful 2D CAD drafting and 3D design solutions for nearly a decade. In this blog, you’ll learn the difference between DraftSight packages and we answer the burning question, “is DraftSight still free?”

Articles from the beginning of the decade were filled with the promise of industry breakthroughs and predicted 3D printers as a household item. Since then, we’ve seen the technology revolutionize a multitude of industries; but are advances in medical 3D printing meeting the expectations set 20 years ago? The short answer – yes. And it’s more incredible than you could ever imagine.

There are many ways to convert DWG files into SOLIDWORKS, but I’ll show you my favorite. I’ve shown this in a number of my training classes over the years, but I thought it was about time to put it into a blog.

A good way to simplify a large SOLIDWORKS assembly is to save it as a part. Doing so will convert the file references into multiple solid (or surface) bodies in the resulting part file’s feature tree.

OK. Chances are if you’ve been around SOLIDWORKS for any significant amount of time, you may have seen some of these SOLIDWORKS Tips before, but I’ll be surprised if more than a handful of seasoned SOLIDWORKS Users have seen all five of these Tips and Tricks. While I’ve shown countless SOLIDWORKS Tips in my time, these five are some of my personal favorites.