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Performing a sweep in SOLIDWORKS has always been fairly easy. Simply create the sweep path and the profile on a plane. For the best results, it was created on the end of a path and, depending on the situation, needed to be perpendicular to the path. Now we have a situation of a sweep path that happens to need a profile only through a portion of that complete path or the profile is somewhere other than the end of the path. How can we do that?

 

 

In SOLIDWORKS PDM, we can enable duplicate file name checking for a vault so that users cannot create multiple files of the same file type with the same name. The duplicate file name check triggers when using the following commands:

SOLIDWORKS Simulation can set up 2D analysis for static, thermal, and nonlinear studies. This allows for a large reduction in the computational resources needed to solve the FEA analysis. This is especially true when running nonlinear analysis which can be very resource-intensive when running a 3D analysis.

At times, the SOLIDWORKS floating license service must be placed on a machine that is also running the SOLIDWORKS modeling software. In such cases, the order of installations becomes important to ensure the license service functions normally for all clients (including the server/client itself) once finished.

This article demonstrates how to create a single textbox field search form that will search for a given string value within any card variable and/or file name in SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional (formerly Enterprise PDM). The Complete Search form can be found in the EPDM Program Files directory (%\Program Files\SolidWorks Enterprise PDM\Default Cards\...) on any standard EPDM client machine.

This article outlines the steps necessary to upgrade Web2 from 2016 SP0 or older to 2016 SP1 or newer. When upgrading Web2 from 2016 SP1 or newer, the existing application and application pool will be upgraded automatically by the SOLIDWORKS PDM Installation Manager and the following steps do not need to be performed.

When defining wires, cables, and cable conductors, we routinely define the color. When using the SOLIDWORKS Electrical Application, it is pretty easy as we are presented with the colors in ‘named’ form (e.g., Red, White, Blue, etc.). However, if you happen to be using an Excel spreadsheet to define your wires or cable properties instead of using the name, we use a number.

This is part of a series of articles aimed towards providing the basics of creating queries for SOLIDWORKS PDM vault databases. Administrators will be able to collect data for their own purposes that are not attainable from SOLIDWORKS PDM out-of-the-box search features.

The SOLIDWORKS Profile Center Mates command is useful for mating parts that need to be centered with each other. Profile Center Mate automatically center-aligns geometric profiles to each other and fully defines the components.