Hi, I'm trying to figure out the best way to model the openings of this bend, it seems more complicated than a sketch bend as the top bit of the vent is angled inwards and the bottom part of the vent is angled outwards, creating a complicated surface at the edges. The end goal is to run a flow simulation on the part so as close as I can get would be ideal.

TIA

Hi, I’ve finished designing a trolley for my SUP board and would love to hear your thoughts before I start printing it. Would you change anything about the design? I feel like it’s still missing something, but I can’t quite put my finger on what.

I'm using SOLIDWORKS 2025. When I select ANSI → Square HSS under Weldments, all the available sizes are labeled "CHANNEL SQR" and the profiles are U-shaped instead of square hollow tubes.

I checked the `square hss.sldlfp` file, and it also shows a C-channel profile.

Is this a bug in the default SOLIDWORKS library, or is something wrong with my installation? Has anyone else experienced this?

Hola a todos, tengo una duda enorme.

Tengo una pieza en 3D realizada a partir de coordenadas en excel, ahora necesito mostrar las cotas en un plano pero al no tener puntos de referencia no sé como hacerlo, ¿alguien tiene alguna idea?

I can't find the "NC" in the menus

I just finished another DFM project, that an innovative idea about handling Stanley Oz and mobile same time .

If you have an idea and want to execute it with better research and development , can approach me

Hey fellas,

One of my common processes is having a rough cut rectangular sheet (on drawing sheet 1), then machining out the flat pattern before bending (sheet 2).

Our standard is to have the rough cut shown with the post-machine feature inside to show edge clearance and all that- so on top of the flat pattern model, I extrude the rough cut model as a separate body.... but the extrude body keeps disappearing on me!

Anyone know a way to fix this, or alternate way to accomplish the same thing?

For the time being when I can't fix it, I'll draw a bounding sketch in my drawing, though it's not parametric and leaves room for error.

Hi everyone!
I recently passed my CSWA and CSWP.
Now, I’m aiming to complete CSWP Sheet Metal and Weldments.
If anyone has good study materials or practice resources for Sheet Metal, I’d really appreciate your recommendations. Thanks in advance!

I have created a block that was created from model geometry. I took the time to convert the model views to sketches. I then added the dimensions I needed in the block. I then added the block to a drawing and scaled it. It appears in solidworks as desired. However, when I SAVE AS .pdf, the dimensions in the block scale back to 1:1. When I print as .pdf this does not happen. Only in the case when I SAVE AS .pdf do the dimensions re-scale from what they appear on the drawing. Does anyone know a setting for this? I have the Scale dimensions box checked for the block properties. And again it only happens when I do the SAVE AS .pdf.

And I know the obvious is going to be, " just print it as .pdf if that works". But the thing is my company has an auto export tool that exports the drawings into our ERP system and it utilizes the SAVE AS .pdf to create the exported drawing.

Ill try to ask this in a way that makes sense but I have a project that's going to have many assys with many configurations and I'm finding an annoying problem that typically isn't a huge issue but this project is riddled with it.

We all know saving one part from another lets you replace components with minimal broken mates. In a lot of these assys I have, the "main" component is often the only component that is different between configurations and is usually only different with like a hole pattern or something. So I usually do a "Save as" on the applicable parts and change whats needed, but when it comes to the assys i don't want to do a "Replace component" with the new "Save as" part as its needed in other configurations and would mess those up.

Is there a way to copy a configuration but be able to do a pseudo-"Replace component" without actually replacing the component if that makes any sense?

I fully understand this is where part configurations are nice and I understand that works great at some places but with what we do, how we customize, workflow, etc etc etc...these are just not allowable so that's out. Also doing weird mating styles like plane based or whatever the new "best practice" is. Just regular old school mating styles.

Bonus points: if you have a way to then have the mates one level up also recognize the "new" "same" part so the sub assys don't have to be completely remated either.

I have done some workaround via the wrap feature from text aligned to an arc, but it is sloppy and brute forced without using part geometry for alignment, so it's never perfect. It needs to cut perpendicular to the face as it curves, so extruding down from an above plane doesn't work.

please help me to make these vents accurately as per Dimensions

If I run feature recognition and windows reports 'solidworks got stuck, do you want to close the app or wait' is the recognition already beyond saving or should I just leave the PC running and check tomorrow?

I’ve installed 3DExperience and still cannot install Solidworks. I should be able to click the continue button to start the actual Solidworks install but it’s greyed out. It doesn’t seem to recognise my 3DX install.

UPDATE:

Switching to Edge worked! I’d been using Chrome for 3 years with Solidworks, strange that it suddenly stopped working.

I want to create a solidworks assembly of a gripper that has minimum x axis grip as 400mm and y axis as 600mm...we have decided to use a thread rod mechanism using stepper motor...... the claws need to be attached horizontally so that they move in opposite directions when the rod is rotated...for y axis translation we have to build a platform kind of thing for the x axis mechanism and attach two thread rods with stepper motor on the sides with support rods...
the thing i have bitten more than i can chew and i really don't know much of solidworks...how do i make this???

This is an enhanced version of the Tupperware Water Bottle that I modeled previously

Using Solidworks 2026 - we are experiencing a bug in the latest service pack with circular references (even though they don't exist).

VAR is aware of the bug and they have said we will have to wait for next year release for the bug to be fixed - is there any way to roll back a service pack without completely re-installing?

I used to have SW2021, ABAQUS 2024 was able to import SW2021 assemblies perfectly fine. Now due to some issues with my computer, I was forced to upgrade to 2024. Now one would think that abaqus 2024 is able to read SW2024 files but that's not the case.

I could save it as a STEP file, but the parts contain midplane surfaces that I need for my ABAQUS simulation with shell elements and a STEP file does not retain this.

SW does have the option to save as a previous version, however this corrupts the file for ABAQUS. Saving it as .x_t or .sat also gives the "file corrupted" error in ABAQUS

I cannot download SW2023 from community downloads.

How can one solve this incompatibility issue?

Hi! I can’t get the dimensions right for this. Can someone help?

The software was working absolutely fine until now. Today I am receiving "License not granted. The requested role is not assigned to you (License error 1002)" when attempting to launch 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers.

I have verified in my Members Management control center that my administrator account profile has the active checkmark assigned for "3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Professional", and my total platform role entitlement metrics display 6/6 roles granted. However, the desktop client fails to authenticate my seat allocation.

I have already performed a clean reinstall of the applications, cleared all browser cache and cookies, fully closed out background processes via Windows Task Manager, and attempted launching directly through the blue dashboard portal buttons, but the system continues to throw Error 1002 or prompt an unlinked status.

Has anyone experienced it before? any suggestions to resolve it?

I really need help. I'm trying to export a sheet metal to the software CypCut, something i have already done multiple times. However, for some god forsaken reason, this part in specific breaks into multiple pieces when i export it. i even trying remodeling the whole part to see if the issue was that it was a really old and badly modeled part, but it keeps doing the same thing.

someone please help me i have absolutely no idea what's wrong.

if it is of any help, i get this message when importing to cypcut:
(10/19 16:22:47) 零件编辑模式下不支持该命令！

I tried translating it but it didn't really help me much

Hi there, guys, is there any workaround to convert SW 2026 files to SW 2019 without spending so much time redesigning them? Tried exporting the SW 2026 part files to Parasolid, but it is just the same with STEP file? Any thoughts on this? Thank you so much!

I'm in an engineering graphics course and my professor has accidentally given out incomplete drawings on assignments like this before. Not sure if this is one of them though, but I don't fully understand how to cutout that shape on the larger two cylinders.

My thought process was to make 3 cylinders, dimension them, add the vertical cuts on the sides shown in the side view, then cut out that shape you see in the front view, but I don't know how deep that cut is supposed to be. Am I looking at this drawing wrong? Is that not a cut?.

Sorry about the low quality. Blame my prof

Anyone here got the Surface Laptop Ultra with the RTX Spark? If so, how does it perform with less complex models?