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In this article, you'll learn serial number management skills every SOLIDWORKS user and admin should have. We'll focus mostly on standalone serials, but address network serial numbers and how they differ from standalone.

 

The goal of this article is to clarify any confusion and to break down the difference between drawing templates vs sheet formats in SOLIDWORKS; a question we often receive in our tech support line. 

 

If you can't launch your SOLIDWORKS software, you may need to deactivate it. Get step-by-step instructions on how to deactivate SOLIDWORKS if it is still installed or not installed here. If SOLIDWORKS is still installed, Navigate to C:\Program Files\\setup\i386. (If you did not name the directory during installation, then it is C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\\setup\i386).

When importing non-native files into SOLIDWORKS, we sometimes encounter faulty geometry that must be corrected after opening the model. These geometry faults are typically introduced during the export process, not the import process. In this article, learn how to use the Import Diagnostics tool in SOLIDWORKS to help address these faults.

SOLIDWORKS has powerful solid modeling tools that can help create virtually any shape or design imaginable. However, you may get stuck trying to accomplish something, and all the solid modeling tools you've tried, won’t do the trick. In times like these, use SOLIDWORKS Surfacing tools! 

 

Symbols are useful tools to simply convey valuable information in a SOLIDWORKS drawing. However, it may be useful to create a custom symbol for proprietary or other use. There are two ways to create custom symbols in SOLIDWORKS: the easy way and the hard way. The easy way utilizes SOLIDWORKS Sketch tools to create a block and may take 1-2 minutes.

 

 

 

Not long ago GoEngineer acquired the RBX1 (Remix) 6-axis robotic arm. Tyler Reid, purchased the kit to show the capabilities of our Stratasys 3D printers. After adding some GoEngineer flare to the arm, he printed out the pieces and I volunteered to assemble it.

It's time for a project! After searching, I decided to go all out and cast a wearable Iron Man helmet in solid aluminum that I could create in SOLIDWORKS, 3D print with the printers we have here in the GoEngineer office, and then cast in metal for my metals class.

SOLIDWORKS Online Licensing is a very useful licensing scheme for those who frequently need to switch machines. However, because it was introduced in 2018, there are still programming bugs that need to be resolved. SOLIDWORKS will most likely address these issues in the coming years.