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PCB Design Nov 19, 2024

Now, with the CircuitWorks add-in available in all levels of SOLIDWORKS (Premium, Professional, and Standard), anyone can open eCAD files.  CircuitWorks has a completely overhauled user interface with 2025, including a new look and better scaling to 4K. With just this IDX file, CircuitWorks can build an entire 3D model. The assembly uses volume representations of components, keep-outs, cuts, and more.

SOLIDWORKS CAD Nov 14, 2024

Whether you're using drawings or Model Based Definition, SOLIDWORKS 2025 can help you document your designs faster than ever.

SOLIDWORKS CAD Nov 07, 2024

For Sheet Metal users, the new features in SOLIDWORKS 2025 are sure to excite. In addition to never-before-seen bend notches, the list of enhancements to existing features is long, so let's dive in.

SOLIDWORKS CAD Nov 04, 2024

New in SOLIDWORKS 2025 is the ability to select a Y-up or Z-up orientation when creating both parts and assemblies from templates. This is great for manufacturing or for vendors who want a Z-up orientation. With SOLIDWORKS 2025, you'll also see huge performance improvement in components with a large number of cosmetic threads.

SOLIDWORKS CAD Oct 30, 2024

The SOLIDWORKS serial number is a crucial piece for licensing certain add-ins or controlling how the license behaves. At some point or another they may need to be switched around. This process explains how this is to be done to prevent trapping standalone licenses with machines no longer using those licenses.

SOLIDWORKS CAD Oct 22, 2024

In SOLIDWORKS Weldments 2025 is a new feature called Groove Beads and an ever-improving UI to Structure Systems. Connection elements just got a lot more powerful too. Let's work on the raised platform for a model and see what's new in SOLIDWORKS 2025.

SOLIDWORKS CAD Oct 17, 2024

This blog explains the steps of creating a jack-o-lantern design using SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS Visualize from one of GoEngineer's own SOLIDWORKS Experts. 

SOLIDWORKS CAD Oct 16, 2024

Let's dive into the latest enhancements to SOLIDWORKS 2025 Assemblies designed to improve your workflow and boost performance.

SOLIDWORKS PDM Oct 10, 2024

Configurations are a great tool in SOLIDWORKS for creating and managing designs. One of the most convenient abilities of a configuration is the use of configuration-specific properties to detail and organize individual configurations as if they were standalone files. When utilized in the Bills of Materials, data cards, and drawing annotations, these configuration-specific custom properties are indistinguishable from those defined in individual files and remain just as easily accessible in both SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS PDM.