Whether you're new to SOLIDWORKS or are a seasoned professional, you're going to have questions. Many users turn to Reddit to ask their SOLIDWORKS questions and ask for advice. GoEngineer is active on Reddit and we try to answer questions as often as we can. In this video, we grabbed a handful of questions from Reddit and gave them a complete answer.

We talked about finding the best hardware for SOLIDWORKS. We suggest NVIDIA graphics cards and professional-grade CPUs.

Next, we discuss virtual components in SOLIDWORKS. Ryan explains their complexities and why, if you want to keep them as version-controlled components in a PDM system, you may run into problems.

Then, we talk about advice for someone who wants to practice their SOLIDWORKS skills. No matter who you are or what industry you work in, you can always improve your SOLIDWORKS skills. Ryan gives you advice on how to improve your SOLIDWORKS modeling that works for anyone.

Our next question introduces some controversy. Oftentimes, users will assume gaming or consumer-grade graphics cards are great for running SOLIDWORKS. Cards like the RTX series from NVIDIA are not built to run SOLIDWORKS. Ryan explains why that is and why your GPU matters for SOLIDWORKS.

We then get to some debugging in SOLIDWORKS. Import diagnostics lets you heal and check parts that aren't native to SOLIDWORKS. Ryan helps you make sure that's enabled the next time you want to work with imported geometry.

Have you heard of SOLIDWORKS for Veterans? This program allows Veterans the opportunity to purchase SOLIDWORKS at an extreme discount. GoEngineer also offers free SOLIDWORKS training to veterans, helping them get their leg up in the CAD industry.

Then, we get to crashing. SOLIDWORKS crashes, most users have experienced this. Ryan explains what causes SOLIDWORKS crashes and how we go about debugging a crash. This also includes the blue screen of death. Find out why SOLIDWORKS is likely not to blame!

And finally, a user asked how to move their SOLIDWORKS PDM installation to a new server. Ryan helps you weigh the risks associated and gives advice about why he believes you should contact a professional before tackling this yourself.

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