Lennart Tinndahl Technical Consultant Every year SOLIDWORKS launches a new version of their software to provide you with new, cool features and functions. To make the update of your licenses as smooth as possible, I have collected some useful tips for you before getting started. 1. New version I am often in touch with users,
Accounts To be able to run the VR you need two accounts, one for Steam and one for Vive. Both can be created cost-free, as are the software that needs to be installed to run the VR. Here is the website for Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/ And here is the one for Vive: https://www.vive.com/eu/ You create your
SOLIDWORKS World provides an opportunity for all members of the SOLIDWORKS community—engineers, industry leaders, press and partners—to meet face-to-face and share their passion for learning, engineering, manufacturing and innovation. Jammed Packed, Technical Learning with 250+ technical sessions to choose from – “you will learn more in three or four days than you will the rest
Windows 1809 update has been released a while ago, and it has brought some difficulties for some SOLIDWORKS users. There are some cases where after the installation of Windows 1809 version SOLIDWORKS does not start properly. Instead, it crashes in the restart phase called “Initializing VBA Engine”. The issue is related to Microsoft VBA components
One thing that’s for sure is that Christmas is coming this year as well, but like every other year my family and me always gets behind on the Christmas preparations. There is a lot that needs to be done, buying gifts, preparing food, cleaning the house etc. In my family, we always decorate the Christmas
It’s one of the best times of the year when the new version of SOLIDWORKS is released. We have chosen some of the top features for 2019.
By Lennart Tinndahl On some occasions we have experienced that the description field, when pressing “save as” in SOLIDWORKS, is missing. This also affects Windows Explorer, where the “Description” field is missing. This happens due to a DLL file that has been unregistered, either during the update or due to
If you have SOLIDWORKS on subscription, you also have access to the 3D printing software 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS without any additional cost. This is a complementary software for SOLIDWORKS based on the full version of 3DXpert from 3D Systems.
One exciting book has arrived – CAD Administration handbook for SOLIDWORKS written by Ants Palgi and Alar Jõgi. This unique book aims to make SOLIDWORKS CAD setup more unified that it is today. The book is focused how to set up complete and sustainable design system (templates, libraries, serial numbers, etc.) without looking too deeply