Lennart Tinndahl Technical Consultant Every year SOLIDWORKS launches a new version of their software to provide you with new, cool features and functions. However, some users are a bit worried when updating their licenses, as errors here can cause troubles for both you and your company. Fortunately, most of the issues can easily
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
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
By Stian Mork 19.12.2018 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
It’s one of the best times of the year when the new version of SOLIDWORKS is released. This year, as usual, the SOLIDWORKS team has made a great job with SOLIDWORKS 2019. We already have seen some sneak peeks about the new release in the SOLIDWORKS 2019 Beta version. We have chosen some of the top
Finland is always worth visiting – but if you are willing to take a closer look at Finnish industry, you are welcome to visit us at the Subcontracting Trade Show in Tampere, Finland, between 25th and 27th September, 2018. About Subcontracting Trade Show (Alihankintamessut) The Subcontracting Trade Show is the largest individual event for industry
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
Check out the brand new tutorials for SOLIDWORKS Visualize on my.solidworks.com There’s now a total of 16 tutorials showcasing functionality from both Visualize Standard and Professional so don’t miss out on the possibility to learn more about our Visualization solution. This is some of the topics covered: Basics of Animation 360 Spins and Rotation Animations
