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Every few releases it’s always a good idea to update your SOLIDWORKS templates to the latest version you and your company are currently using. Being one of the techs on the Technical Support team, we run into the rare occurrence that a part, assembly or drawing seems to have become corrupt.

A “Parallel Installation” of SOLIDWORKS is any time more than one version (i.e. 2011, 2012, 2013, 201X, etc.) of SOLIDWORKS is installed and operating on a single system. This setup does not require additional licenses as both versions operate under the same serial number and the same license runs both installations.

When setting up a structural simulation study, it never seems like you have ALL the information you need. Without exception, you’ll have to be content with making approximations and assumptions. Absent or unreliable material data is one key area that virtually all simulation users will need to question.

Strictly speaking, there is no rigorous way of knowing for sure that the mesh you have chosen yields a good result, but the following techniques are some of the most popular ways that I have come across for building significant confidence that it’s adequate and reliable.

How many times have you tried one of the built-in SOLIDWORKS tutorials and either got lost, interrupted, or just plain bored? I’ve picked the top ten tutorials and uploaded a narrated video of them on YouTube. These videos walk through the tutorials in a fraction of the time so you will get a quick preview. Using YouTube’s built-in functionality (see reference key below) you can also follow along with me!

Installing SOLIDWORKS PCB with PCB Services, the key to collaborative features in SOLIDWORKS PCB, SOLIDWORKS PCB Add-In, and the PCB Connector for Altium.

SOLIDWORKS License Manager: all you ever wanted to know about license borrowing and returning. With SOLIDWORKS License Manager, if you are planning on working with SOLIDWORKS products off the network or from a remote location, you can borrow one of your networked licenses for up to 30 days. Read this article to learn how.

How will you watch the very last episode of the Star Wars Saga? Well for me, thanks to SOLIDWORKS, I will watch it with my very own piece of custom created Jedi lore. If you are reading this then you are every bit as excited as I am to see how the final chapter of the Star Wars story ends.

If you wear glasses, are color blind, or if you’re giving a presentation in SOLIDWORKS, you might need to make SOLIDWORKS easier to see. The most popular reason that I have run across and one of the reasons behind sharing these SOLIDWORKS tips was that major discoloration adjustment made to the SOLIDWORKS interface in 2016.