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In Solidworks, you can simplify the interfacing of components. Press and hold "Alt" to move the mouse pointer to the desired surface, press the left mouse button and drag to the second surface for the auto-conjugation. A pane will appear with the default interface already selected for these surfaces. Those. if the surface is flat, then the automatic interface is a coincidence, if the surface is cylindrical, then the automatic interface is concentric. There are other options for automatic pairing (SmartMates Procedures) Desired Mate Action What to Do Mate two components already in the assembly. Press Alt and drag one component onto another. Mate a new component while adding it to the assembly. Drag a part from another window onto another part in the assembly. From a part file: Select an entity and drag. From an assembly file: Hold down Shift, then select an entity and drag. Fully mate a commonly-used component while inserting it in the assembly. Dra...

When filling in these requirements, it is often necessary to insert symbols such as diameter (⌀), plus–minus (±), degree (°), and others. Using the Symbol Table to add them is not a fast process. In design work, it is desirable to optimize routine tasks — including drawing preparation. For example, to insert a symbol from the Symbol Table, you have to go through three menus and then select the required one from a large number of fonts. Although the Symbol Table provides a wide variety of options, a designer doesn’t need all of them for technical drawings — only a small set of special symbols is typically required.   Adding special symbols The Symbol Library The Symbol Table When applying dimensions, the diameter (⌀) and degree (°) symbols can be inserted quickly. Adding a diameter However, this method does not work as easily in notes. You have to make quite a large number of mouse clicks before reaching the required symbol. Fortunately, there is a way to quickly insert special char...

The spring is one of the standard products, which is often used, but it is desirable to automate the simulation. Fortunately, there are enthusiasts who undertake this work. Macro for creating springs of tension and compression "SpringSW" - author of Shvg. To use the macro, you must add it to add-ins. To do this, open "SpringSW.dll", then "Spring" will appear in the "Tools" menu. Use the look at the video. For the coupling of the spring into the part, there is an axis "Axis1". The build tree is hidden, but it's even better. The spring has several configurations in different states: compressed, working, etc. The macro allows you to build compression springs and also to edit the data. Easy and convenient to use. Administrator rights are required to install and use the macro. You can change the shortcut to start Download macro с SpringSW Original post

Often, after the installation of the localized version of Solidworks user instead of Russian or Chinese, Polish (depending on the native language) interface sees the English interface. What to do?  Step 1. For the beginning it is necessary to check whether the set your locale ( locale ) in Windows. Region and Language Settings If not installed, install and run the solid. Did not help? Step 2. As a rule, it is sufficient in the settings Solidworks uncheck "Use English Language menus" (use the English menu) and restart Solidworks, so there was a Russian interface. Uncheck, so it was like on the screenshot below, click "OK" and restart Solidworks. Did not help? There is a way that will show who's boss :). Step 3. It is necessary to rename the folder with the Russian on the English language resources, and English to Russian (in fact the latter, at the discretion on any name). Folders with resources are default: versions prior to SolidWorks 2009 "C:\Program File...

I think everyone who modeled in Solidworks came across an unexpected program closure. Bouncing solid quite often, but as a rule, when complex models are opened and closed intensively or when they are saved, which is especially unpleasant. Do not all fall for the curvature of developers, they are trying to create a quality product. The reason for the unexpected collapse of Solidworks is the limitation of Windows that the process can only access 10,000 GDI objects. What is GDI? GDI objects are used to draw window elements that are not in the graphics area in SolidWorks. For maximum performance, the graphics area uses OpenGL, which gives more direct access to the equipment for video processing. GDI objects are used for the chrome graphic area, so every time a new document is opened, the number of GDI objects used by SOLIDWORKS will increase. Prior to this, SOLIDWORKS 2011 SP4, if the part was opened in the assembly and its own window, when this window was closed, it would not free these G...

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Why is Solidworks slow? Reducing the performance of Solidworks is a very unpleasant situation. And to find the cause is not easy.  Possible reasons: Errors drivers or video cards; Errors of settings or add-ins; Wrong  shortcut to launch; The errors on the disk; Fragmentation of the disk; Data errors in the registry; Power Options; External links. A great help in this is provided by Solidworks Rx . Launch the Solidworks Rx At the bottom of the diagnostic page, there are two safe modes. The choice of the first ignores the video card driver and runs SolidWorks in OpenGL mode for the next SolidWorks session. This can help to eliminate the problem with the video card. If this safe mode resolves the problem, it becomes clear that your problem is related to your card and you need to get a new driver or replace the old video card. Command line of this mode: "C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\sldworks.exe" /ForceSoftwareOGL /SWDisableExitApp Another safe mode is "Ignore...

Sometimes SolidWorks Thumbnails Graphics Do Not Display in Windows Explorer. It was like this To fix this problem you need to make a few mouse clicks: Run Solidworks, go to settings and put a check "Display a smaller copy of the image in Windows Explorer Go to the Windows Control Panel - Folder Options and on the tab "View" remove the tick (if installed) "Always show icons, never thumbnails." Scroll down and put a tick if it is not necessary "Display handlers in preview pane view" Go to the Control click on the "Counters and productivity tools", then "Visual Effects Settings" panel, put a tick "Show thumbnails instead of icons. Check the display of thumbnails if the image does not appear, it is necessary to do a little more action: download files Setting SolidWorks Thumbnails.zip Extract and run the file "Setting SolidWorks Thumbnails.cmd". The batch file does the following: Go to the directory "SolidWorks Sha...

Error Solidworks Toolbox: Failed to get writable document Unable to open read-only file Failed to  save Toolbox library: Access to the path is denied Failed to get writable document In this case, you need to check the access rights to the Toolbox directory (by default C: \ Solidworks Data can be viewed in the Toolbox settings) To do this, right-click on the Toolbox-Properties - Security tab. Check that your account has write permissions. Unable to open read-only file With this error, you must tick the "Change the status of the read-only document to the record" in the Toolbox- "User Settings" configurator settings Failed to  save Toolbox library:  Access to the path is denied In the third case, you need to check the write permission of the "ToolboxFiles.index" file, which is located in the Toolbox - \ Browser directory. This error may appear in SW2012 and higher versions. This is due to the fact that starting from Solidworks 2012 the toolbox does not depen...

To run Solidworks in English and Russian (or any other localized in Solidworks) languages using the bat-file, we need two additional reg-files that change the language parameters of Solidworks. For example, we will run Solidworks 2016 and launch will do for the Russian and English interface. This can be done for any of the languages that is the localization of Solidworks: (Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Turkish, Russian, English, Chinese Simplified) Listing reg-file (sw_2016_eng.reg) for changing parameters in English Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2016\General] "Use English language feature names"=dword:00000001 "Use English language"=dword:00000001 The first parameter indicates that you need to use file names and element names in English. The second is to use the menu in English. To automate this process, create a bat-file or cmd-file. Listing the bat-...

SOLIDWORKS 2018 includes new features and enhancements that respond directly to user requests and the needs of 21st century product development. Work more efficiently with an improved user interface that takes advantage of your touch-enabled devices, let SOLIDWORKS automatically generate the optimal shape of your design based on functional and manufacturing criteria, or let SOLIDWORKS automatically generate the NC tool paths needed to machine your parts. These capabilities are just some examples of how SOLIDWORKS is changing the way design and manufacturing is done. SOLIDWORKS 2018 Enhancements:User Experience Gets Big Touch Ups SOLIDWORKS 2018 supports a dedicated touch screen mode providing a powerful new set of productivity tools for working on touch screen devices. Freehand sketch with a pen and automatically convert pen strokes to shapes to quickly capture design ideas in the office or on the go.   Take the Guess Work Out of Optimizing Your Designs Automatically optimize the...