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During a SOLIDWORKS PDM Server move, the PDM Client Windows registry information must be adjusted for the client to know the new server name. The process to adjust these keys can be found in the official SOLIDWORKS PDM Installation Guide under “Updating Client Registry Keys”. This document, however, will provide a process to copy PDM Client Windows registry keys to expedite this process and to mitigate human error that can occur while editing the Windows registry.

When you are not able to connect to the vault or log-in many things could have gone wrong. I have collected a list of common vault connection issues. These are in the general order I check, but do not need to be checked in this order. All settings are the default and should be valid for most setups, but this is not always the case.

A few years ago, Chart Air-X-Changers/Hammco (formerly Harsco Air-X-Changers) was in the market for a PDM system. We soon realized that in order to move forward with a new system, in addition to design control, the following issues needed to be addressed.

SOLIDWORKS Simulation has been around for years, tracing its roots back to 1982 and the Structural Research and Analysis Corporation (SRAC).  SOLIDWORKS Simulation used to be called COSMOSWorks, and since its early days, the Finite Element Analysis program has strived to be powerful, accurate, and EASY to use.

In my first month working with GoEngineer I have been surprised that so many of our prospective customers already love 3D printing and have great interest in 3D Printers. They’ve seen 3D printed metal parts, concrete houses, working hearts, and more.

Recently, we received our Stratasys F120 3D printer. We’ve been eager to get off some cool prints that showcase its 3D Printing capabilities. One of the ideas that I’ve had is to print the components for a frameless wall clock. I had one in college and thought it would be great to do a custom, GoEngineer-themed clock for the office.

This is the second article in the series on manually importing CAD data into PDM. In this document we will cover the “Copy/Paste a Folder” method of import.

There are many occasions that will require engraving on curved surfaces and if you haven’t done it before it can be a bit confusing. We will go step by step on the process of creating a Curve Project feature.

Sketches are the foundation of any model in SOLIDWORKS. Oftentimes, you may need to copy or reuse an existing sketch for another feature. As with anything, there are multiple ways to copy a sketch in SOLIDWORKS. Let's go through a standard "copy/paste", convert entities, an creating a derived sketch.