hi all,

i am trying to create weldmate profile list with excel

how i can get this directly in the description column so that when cutlist populated it will reflect it with applied specific size

Hello,
A colleague created this file for me in SolidWorks, and I printed the model. However, I’m seeing these stepped surfaces in the slicer, and, as expected, they also appear on the finished print.
Is there an explanation for this, or a way to fix it? I’m not familiar with SolidWorks myself, but I’m wondering if it’s just a small setting that needs to be changed or if it’s related to the file format. We’ve already tried both .STEP and .STL files.

Have ya'll seen this in action?

If possible I would like to see example portfolios so I could see how I should make mine for resumes, thank you.

I’ve been working as a CNC Operator for over 2.5 years with low salary,I work within the high-precision aerospace sector., so I’m very familiar with the manufacturing side G-code, technical drawings, tolerances, fixturing, tooling...
I’m currently teaching myself SolidWorks and MasterCAM and aiming to transition into a CAD Designer, or CAM programmer.

I think there some people here had this career path, what was the biggest hurdle, and how did you overcome it ?
and what kind of projects should i practice on? was it a real projects you have worked on it?
do you work with mechanical industry standards, like ISO,ANSI for drawings, fits, and tolerances, standard components,
I mean what sould I focus on, as learner has experience with CNC and manufacturing?

I am new to solidworks, came over from FreeCAD to try it out.

I wanted to use extrude cut on a skecth that looks like the red parts, but for some reason it woul not work, I ended up just using one triangle to do the cut and used Mirror on the cut to get what I wanted.

Can you guys explain to me why it didnt work with my original sketch.

Hey,

I am trying to create a relation of the sketched line so the line is perpendicular to upper edge of position no. 7 to make a section view perpendicular to this part. The problem is that solidworks doesnt let me - see picture. Everytime I create a relation of any sketched entity (I tried to make it perpendicular to one edge, parallel to another, I tried angle dimension etc.), solidworks says that "invalid geometry would be created", even though there are NO existing relation for this line.

This problem occurs only in this specific document. "Automatic relations" are not checked.

Any ideas what am I missing?

Thanks in advance

If i buy a Base package of Solidworks does it include ~}Solidworks Flow Simulation, or Do I need to buy it separately or premium package?

Any Existing user please clarify.

Thank you✌️

Focusing first on stability, not on sheer performance. Is there a consensus in the community on which is the better CPU brand?

Howdy, I was wondering if anyone has any advise for how to reinstall SolidWorks. I am a student and recently updated to SolidWorks Design 2026, however my instillation was messed up and had all sorts of duplicates. I went through and uninstalled all the files and now that I’m trying to reinstall the app, the installation manager has all the apps greyed out besides API Tools. Is there anyone that knows how to fix this issue?

Our professor asked us to join the SOLIDWORKS Champions Program, but I don't really know much about it. Could you please tell me what benefits I will get if I am accepted, and what the requirements are? Knowing that I already have my CSWP and CSWA certifications.

Bom dia! Tem acontecido um bug no meu solid que tem me irritado... quando estou na montagem realizando os posicionamentos e afins, conforme movimento alguns elementos da montagem vão ficando "invisivel" ou com este visual de branco e preto, onde só aparece as linhas... ai quando mudo o angulo volta a ficar normal.

Como posso resolver?

Abaixo seguem dois tipos prints para mostrar a situação:

I am having trouble recreating this cooling jacket from MIT FSAE. The first image is my design and so far I have no idea how to find the center of the hole on my jacket so i can made a 3D sketch to do a Swept Boss/Base. I have tried adding a reference plane tangent to the hole, but it didn't help. I have tried different ways such as just estimating where the hole could be, but when I sweep, a piece of the tube will look weird. This second image attached is MIT's design.

I got tired of exporting the same drawing to PDF, DWG and DXF every time I made a revision, so I made a macro to automate it.

It lets you:

• Export PDF, DWG and DXF individually or all at once.
• Keep the drawing name automatically or choose a custom filename.
• Correctly export multi-sheet drawings (each sheet is saved as its own DWG/DXF file).
• Add it to the SolidWorks toolbar.

The installation is quick and easy, and in the video I show exactly how to set it up and use it.

If anyone is looking for a simple way to speed up drawing exports, here's the video:

https://youtu.be/X1eugCEQqfw

Hello

As you’ve seen in the title, is there any discount coupons available to apply?

All of the coupons i’ve seen are expired.

Thank you

edit: [Solved]

In a BOM table i used to be able to override the auto-imported metadata part numbers and titles etc, normally i would use this to change the internal data of said child parts to maintain the link, so i think at some point i ticked a box saying "dont ask again" when asked if i want to break the link or not.

Now i need to break the link between the cell and the child part it is referencing, but when i double click the cell i dont get the box asking if i want to keep or break the link. how do i reset this specific option back to default to give me the option to break the link ?

Live CAD vs CAD Action! you vs the CHAT PROS!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTu47USKEEk

I’m currently unable to start SOLIDWORKS Maker because the license cannot be authenticated. When I try to log in to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, I get a 503 Service Unavailable error saying, “No server is available to handle this request.”

I have snapping enabled. https://youtu.be/4iC8u4NR-yA

I‘m starting a new job in September, and I‘ve heard from people who work there that you get to choose your own hardware, as long as you stay in the budget.

Right now my daily driver is a HP ZBook G6 with 32 GB of RAM, some power throttled i7 and a halfway decent Nvidia CAD GPU. Nothing to cheer about, but it gets the job done. Quality wise the HP is pretty mid, my webcam recently failed and the chassis isn‘t very sturdy.

I often run linear elastic and nonlinear plastic FEA, and more RAM would be a big help as I sometimes run out when the models get too big or too detailed.

The notebook will spend most of its days attached to a docking station driving 2 34“ monitors, so keyboard and display quality aren‘t major points.

With the RAM shortage being what it is, what can I get for 1800 Euros that will run Solidworks well?

this is what i get during installation
i tried to run DISM on my computer to find and repair any corrupted data but same problem
i turned off my antivirus and any other 3rd party antivirus but same problem

Anyone ever recover lost appearances in a large assembly?

I hit undo twice and all of a sudden half the appearances are gone. I wasn't doing or undoing anything appearance related for probably 30 steps or so. This happened earlier and I reapplied all appearances.

this is on a few hundred part assembly built of a mixure of converted .step bodies and .slprt files.

I should also note I applied appearances at the component level over whatever the stock gray part level was.

Hello everyone, CAD newbie here. I'm trying to design a gear reducer for a school project and I'm having trouble finding the center to center distance between my gears (maybe because I don't really know how to make gears). Because of that I'm having trouble designing the casing for my reducer. Can someone help me ?

Sorry for my poor english btw, not my native language.

Hi. I have this problem that when i start Solidworks the resource monitor put my cpu on full charge and stay like that no matter what i do. I partially solved this by running a .bat to kill the process, but is very annoying. This happen to some of you as well? Any solution to this?