This guide explains how to reactivate your SWOOD Network license. SOLIDWORKS requires yearly reactivation. SWOOD requires a reactivation anytime there is a change to the license (i.e., a renewal or an upgrade).
Roles are important when it comes to 3DEXPERIENCE. Your role determines what you have available within the tenant. Having too many users and not enough roles will prevent users from gaining access to the platform, resulting in an error.
This guide covers the process for both a yearly SWOOD license reactivation and the reactivation after an upgrade to a newer version.
When working with features, it is important to keep in mind how CAMWorks operates. The Automatic Feature Recognition (AFR) is mostly looking at volumes of material that are being eliminated. It does so by looking at the edges and faces and how they relate to each other. The kind of feature determines how the tool will behave during cutting. For example, if it sees a volume surrounded by only a circular wall, CAMWorks will call it a hole or a circular pocket, depending on the settings. If a volume has walls all around, it is a pocket. If some walls are missing, it is a slot, with the missing walls called Open Air Edges. This blog will cover using a pocket versus an open pocket without sketches, and when to use which.
Cutting chamfers, where the size of the chamfer is much larger than the tool used, presents a unique set of problems. Once the hole becomes larger than the tool, the automatic chamfer abilities of the CAMWorks ContourMill operation cannot be used.
In order to accommodate your CAM Post Processor Change request as quickly as possible, we have compiled a list of items and considerations. Please provide all information as requested to minimize delivery time. If your request concerns a change required for machine or operator safety, note this in your submission, as these requests are a priority for our team.
CAMWorks Network licenses will sometimes forget what licenses to check out when you start the software. It knows it has a valid CAMWorks license, but the modules for the licenses don’t get pulled with the license. This can lead to greyed-out toolpaths or odd error prompts when clicking through the tabs. This can be easily fixed by reassigning the modules back to the software.
CAMWorks Solids has now been converted to a CAMWorks SOLIDWORKS OEM license. This means you’ll need to install both SOLIDWORKS and then install CAMWorks. These steps must be followed to avoid any issues. First, ensure you have Admin Rights to the computer you are working on. Below we will explain the install process, in the correct order, for SOLIDWORKS OEM and CAMWorks. If you are upgrading your CAMWorks, be sure to back up your TechDB so it's not lost.
CAMWorks recently updated its licensing scheme to manage the activation process through an FNO (Flex Net Online) activation key, similar to SOLIDWORKS' online activation. Now, users can simply send the request over the Internet for the activation to take place, eliminating the need to create a license file, send it in, and wait for a response.