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SOLIDWORKS Visualize leverages 3D CAD data to create content that is print and web-ready in minutes. It helps users select, validate, and improve robust design concepts before committing expensive engineering, prototyping, and marketing resources to a project. An important feature of SOLIDWORKS Visualize is its design, which highly leverages one or many GPUs (especially NVIDIA RTX GPUs), dramatically increasing rendering performance above and beyond “normal” CPU hardware.

You might ask yourself why there are two Bead features in SOLIDWORKS Weldments; Weld Bead and Fillet Bead. In this quick tip, we compare the two to help you better decide when to use one over the other. 

So you’ve got your SOLIDWORKS download email, now what? Before beginning the download and installation process, make sure the computer you are planning to install SOLIDWORKS onto meets the minimum system requirements. 

After purchasing additional seats for your SOLIDWORKS Network License, it is necessary to update the Network License on your currently running license server. This is accomplished by connecting to the SOLIDWORKS Activation Server to get the new license seat count. 

In this tutorial, learn the steps required to add Custom Properties to a SOLIDWORKS Inspection project. In order for this information to show in the exported Excel report from the project file, we need to add the Custom Property to the project and link that property to the Excel template file being used to export the information from SOLIDWORKS Inspection. 

Have a suggestion that could make CAMWorks even better? Submit an enhancement request. An enhancement request is a suggestion to the creators of CAMWorks by you, the customer. This can be a recommendation of expanded capability, feedback on what works and doesn’t work, or anything you would like to see in the software.  

If you're new to SOLIDWORKS, knowing and understanding which products you need can be a bit daunting. In this article, we will examine the differences between SOLIDWORKS Electrical and SOLIDWORKS Premium Routing, to help you better identify which product is best for your needs. 

Design Checker, available in SOLIDWORKS Professional and SOLIDWORKS Premium, is an add-in that automates the verification of compliance with company or customer standards for drawings. This article provides an overview of the Design Checker tool and how to use it. 

For years, DS SOLIDWORKS has been a Crown Supplier of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology - a competition that uses robotics to inspire kids about careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)) and the software behind the FIRST competition fields.