SOLIDWORKS Solutions

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...

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...

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...

Do you receive a warning message "A journal file could not be created. Auto recover will not work. Another SolidWorks session running"  every time you open SOLIDWORKS? Warning – Auto recover will not work. The path to the auto-recovery log "swxJRNL.swj" is not correct. The reasons for this message can be: You do not have write permission for the folder, which can be the case on a secure network in a folder which is read-only for users. A journal file is already in use by another SolidWorks session, either on your machine or on another machine, which can be caused by: A second session of SolidWorks trying to create a journal file in the same location as the first. A session of SolidWorks terminated abnormally and the journal file not having been terminated completely. More than one user double-clicked files in the same folder to start SolidWorks, which can happen in shared network folders. When you start SolidWorks, it creates a journal file named swxJRNL.swj in the ...

After applying the update Windows KB3072630, many people have a problem with Solidworks, namely the error "Failed to create ToolboxLibrary object". It affects 2011-2015 and Solidworks 2016 beta.  Symptoms Instability may appear in many different functional areas of the software, so the list below may not be complete. Known symptoms are: Crashes when recording, playing or editing a SOLIDWORKS Macro. Missing add-ins from the SOLIDWORKS add-ins list in the Tools menu. Error when launching SOLIDWORKS or opening a file: “Could not load SOLIDWORKS DLL: GdtAnalysisSupport.dll”. Instability when using Equations; Error when launching SOLIDWORKS or SOLIDWORKS Explorer: “DWG document manager library is invalid or missing Error "Failed to create ToolboxLibrary object". The error “The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation” is displayed when attempting to apply a service pack to SOLIDWORKS with administrative rights. After an installation or upgrade o...