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Hello, I currently have a license for Solidworks Professional which is supposed to include PDMWorks Standard. I attempted to install PDMworks Standard on same computer that has my solidworks cad. All the youtube tutorials indicate that you need to install Solidworks License Manager but when I...

You can draw a rectangle on area you wish to ignore and do a cut extrude. Then measure what is left.

Create a part in context that envelopes the the whole trailer assembly. Then while editing in context do insert/molds/cavity, then select the parts that you want their volume to be subtracted from the newly created part. The final out come should be a part that represents the empty space in the...

Adrian, Maybe someone will prove me wrong and I would welcome it but yes this is what I call "genetic difference". Even though Two fittings may have the same features except say thread size Solidworks is not able to equate a particular mating feature to the appropriate features in the swapped...

P.M, As direct as I think you intend. No. You can however save it as a step file then import into sw2014. Without featureworks you will loose all feature create history. If you have feature works you can have Solidworks attempt to recreate feature tree. Notice I used the word "attempt" my...

Tom, Aside from performance issues related to database limitations i.e. query times. My vote would be for one vault. Maintaining three vaults will add admin time required. Another benefit is creating relationships between the various file formats might be useful. Also you login to one vault and...

Nella95, I can't say for certain but this problem seems familiar for some reason. I recall my fix was delete view then do an undo delete. Hope this helps. Regards, Samuel

This might be a solution. Suppress parts you don't want to include in stl. Save assembly as a part. Open newly created part and save as an stl.

Consider buying a good used workstation with an approved graphics card. I purchased an HP Elite workstation in 2010 that was about 1 or 2 years old but was very well taken care of. I paid around $400. It still runs great I is my main home computer. I run 2010 solidworks on with no issues. This...

Also think in terms of machining and inspection. What makes the most sense from a machining and or inspection point of view. This way of thinking helps me determine the best way to dimension and callout. Regards, Samuel

Does anyone have any thoughts on Fusion360 from autodesk? It appears to be a similar product to onshape. The new Solidworks policy is certainly motivating me to look to see what else is out there. That is a good thing.

EaZie, What you need is a PDM application. PDMWorks is one of the easiest to use. My recommendation is that you get familiar with what a PDM systems is. You may want to sit down with a PDMWorks reseller and have them demonstrate how it can achieve your requirements. Make sure you define your...

The only thing I can suggest is to use pack and go. Select the "include drawings" box. This will give an indication of which models do not have a drawing associated with them. If my recollection is correct Solidworks only associates drawings with respective model if they share the same file...

All, I have an assembly that I must have enabled a snap feature by accident. When dragging a component it wants to snap at approx. 10mm intervals. Other details are that it snaps only in the Y axis, when dragging in the other directions the part drags smoothly and this behavior does not exist...

Chris' solution is right on. I will simply elaborate. 1. Mate the hinge such that it swivels or moves as you intend it. 2. Insert hinge model into another assembly and mate as needed. Note the hinge will not swivel or move as it did in step one by default. 3. Right mouse click the hinge in the...

Thanks for all the input. Kellnerp sugested I post an igs file so I decided to post that as well. From the comments given I gather that most likely this is not a feature that solidworks can handle as a sheet metal part. Thanks again. sam...

All, First off my experience with sheet metal modeling is minimal. I'm trying to create a flat pattern of this model. It doesn't need to be made from one sheet since the intention is to weld the segments. The model is made with the loft command with multiple profiles. Can this even be done...

Understand the tool first then decide whether to use or not. I am very familiar with the use and appication of PDMWorks and based on that yes I would use it even if I'm the only user. Reason no 1 is file management. PDMWorks and other pdms for that matter manage data in a more efficient manner...

MDGROUP, I concur with the going to 64 bit advise. 32 bit will utilize a maximum of 2 gigs of ram for Solidworks. Meaning that if you have 3 megs of ram on a 32 bit system you might as well only have 2 with respect to Solidworks. We were having a similar issue with workstations that had 4 gigs...

One issue we ran into was that that 2010 used more memory (RAM) than the previous version for a given part/assy and due to the fact that we were running on 32 bit we ran into a cases where it was impossible to open a few very large assemblies that were fine in the previous version. If you don't...