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When editing file type properties within the SOLIDWORKS PDM Administration tool, there is a text box on the bottom of the form. The description says, “This file can have Drawing nodes with the following extensions:”

SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2015 introduced a new utility called the Load Case Manager. It is available within a linear static study and is included in the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional and Premium packages. This utility allows for the creation of secondary load combinations from primary load cases to quickly evaluate the effects of various load combinations on your model. This article will cover how to access and manipulate the settings within the Load Case Manager.

 

The SOLIDWORKS installation manager is an application that makes use of HTML files to organize the structure of what is displayed. In situations where the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager malfunctions and shows no options whatsoever, such as the image below, the HTML files may be the culprit.

One of the many handy features of SOLIDWORKS PDM is the ability to preview many different file types right in the Windows Explorer interface. This is great for those who want to preview files in the Adobe PDF format; however, this feature can sometimes become quite a nuisance. Problematic behaviors can arise, ranging from error messages to PDFs opening in a separate window to sometimes opening in the full version of Adobe Acrobat instead of using the Adobe Reader.

The SOLIDWORKS Performance Evaluation tool, (formerly knowns as Assembly Xpert) lets users analyze the performance of assemblies and, in some cases, you can select to have the software make changes to your assembly to improve performance. Please Note: If the model has not been rebuilt in the current version of SOLIDWORKS, there is no rebuild data available, so not all the tests can be performed.

Follow these steps to reset a lost SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM admin user password. Log in as a Windows user with Administrative rights on the server hosting the SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM Vault. Go to the Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and Stop the “SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM Server” service.

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If you have utilized SOLIDWORKS Reference Geometry (planes, axes, coordinate systems, etc.), you may have once thought to yourself, why do I have two ‘Normal to’ icons when I right click my reference plane in the Feature Tree?

SOLIDWORKS Inspection Professional allows users to import CMM data reports via XML files. Using the proper template control, the CMM data will be organized and can be read into the measurement inputs. Auto-assigning allows the user to have the CMM data read into the proper character and multiple CMM data files can be read at once.