Symmetry is a useful tool in SOLIDWORKS Simulation that has many benefits. Some of these include cutting down on the applied fixtures and loads in the study, which in turn cuts down on the used resources and allows the study to be solved in much faster run times. This also helps with improving study accuracy.
Did you know that the scene and lighting features used in a SOLIDWORKS model can significantly affect how colors are rendered in simulation result plots? This may lead to shadows, darker colors, and less noticeable color gradients, which can create challenges when interpreting the results of a study. If these issues are not examined closely, potential problems in the design's performance could be overlooked.
In SOLIDWORKS, Pack and Go is a very handy tool for collecting all referenced files from an assembly or drawing and creating copies of the files to save in a new location, to share with others, renaming files, etc. Pack and Go is fairly straightforward to use. This article explains how to use it and its different options.
Is your hardware living up to its potential? Learn how to optimize your graphics card settings to eliminate "low resource" warnings and achieve the seamless, lag-free SOLIDWORKS experience your complex assemblies require.
There are a couple of ways for a SOLIDWORKS client to use a network license. The most common way is to just launch SOLIDWORKS, which will automatically pull a license from the server. The other option is to borrow a license. This allows access to SOLIDWORKS for up to 30 days, while the client computer won't have a connection to the server. When borrowing a license, it may become stuck on either the client machine or the server. This article covers what to do if it does.
Have you ever needed to reinstall SOLIDWORKS or use SOLIDWORKS on another machine, but didn’t want to lose the customizations, shortcuts, and settings you’ve set? Or do you have an engineering team that you’d like to have all have the same settings? Luckily, SOLIDWORKS has a handy tool available just for that!
If you are running into issues in SOLIDWORKS, the first place to start troubleshooting is in the SOLIDWORKS Safe Modes. There are two safe modes Software OpenGL and Bypass Tools/Options Settings. This article will go over the Software OpenGL safe mode, how to use it, what it’s doing and what the outcome means.
Cyclic Symmetry is a handy fixture in SOLIDWORKS Simulation that is often used to save on resources and calculation time. However, an error can occur when working with cyclic symmetry on turn geometry. The error message states, “Source projection at Cyclic symmetry. Pair Cyclic Symmetry-1 is not fully enclosed within the target”. There are a couple of issues that will cause this error.
It’s not uncommon for parts to have many holes of different sizes and positions. Getting all of the dimensions and callouts onto a drawing can quickly turn into a cluttered mess of confusing numbers and symbols. This is where Hole Tables come in handy. Inserting a Hole Table in SOLIDWORKS will organize all this information automatically, in a clean table-based format that is easy to read and understand.