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Prior to the installation of SOLIDWORKS PCB, SOLIDWORKS PCB Services also needs to be installed. The setup of PCB services can be confusing for some users. This document is here to help you understand PCB services.

In SOLIDWORKS Simulation, you can display results in plots and graphs. However, it can sometimes be difficult to interpret these plots as there could be many data points that are close to each other. This article will discuss three quick ways to zoom in on your SOLIDWORKS Simulation graph or plots to better view hard to interpret regions.

 

Submodeling in SOLIDWORKS Simulation is a powerful technique to capture boundary conditions from a parent static study and run a more refined study on a much smaller area as a “Submodel” study. However, there is a stringent list of requirements for this to work as follows:

 

SOLIDWORKS Simulation users often call into our tech support line needing advice as to why their model is not stable. In many cases, they have deleted their Global Contact condition or changed it from its default setting of bonded to no penetration. Most of the time this is not necessary.

After installing SOLIDWORKS on a new computer, there are a lot of unknown files and tools that come as part of the installation package that can be handy in certain situations. The SOLIDWORKS Simulation Cleaning utility is one of these. 

Multibody part design is a powerful capability in SOLIDWORKS. It allows us to create complex part geometry as an intermediate step, or we can use it similarly to an assembly by allowing us to design different components as different bodies in a part file. This is true for all solid body geometry, as well as sheet metal designs.

Four free SOLIDWORKS tools (Xpress tools) are available with every seat and can be accessed at no additional cost. Xpress activation needs to happen before you can use the software. If you look under the Evaluate tab in SOLIDWORKS, you will see the icons for SimulationXpress Analysis, FloXpress Analysis, DFMXpress Analysis, and DriveWorksXpress Wizards.

SOLIDWORKS Motion, included in SOLIDWORKS Premium, allows for evaluating the mechanical performance of a rigid body mechanism through simulating its operational movements. It allows for simulating the effect of forces, springs, dampers, gravity, component contacts, and bushings to effectively visualize and measure the kinematic and dynamic behavior of a system.

You have installed SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard, you have viewed and followed our free classes. You have created a new vault, set up your workflow, and added all your users and permissions. You browse the vault from your hosting server and test it, success!! Now… you install the SOLIDWORKS PDM client for a user and … “cannot access item on the database” So why is this happening?