I added an offset to a surface that has fillets on the inside corners. I am trying to extrude from the inside cut to create a hollow area inside the box. it is not letting me do this. Do i need to convert these entities somehow first?

by mistake I took away the solid work permission from my computer now I can't install SolidWorks from the 3d experience app

It's pretty clear that the Solidworks of update 12/5/2025 has caused the product to be unusable for a lot of people. The community is trying to help each other out and that is great! But I pay annual fee to this company to use their products. They force an update on a Friday night and then don't have any official statements or updates to the community. I understand this is a weekend, but the company chose to do this update on a weekend; not the customers. Sigh. I sure I'm just screaming

I'm importing a step asm and have disabled 3D Interconnect to break the link to the external step. But when I save, this doesn't give me the option to save the files as internal files, I end up with all 30 files in my Windows folder. With 3D Interconnect enabled the files are internal to the asm but externally linked. Is it possible to save internally or convert an asm from external to internal files? Cheers

Once again Solidworks fails to open, an update is required. I open the 3Dexperience and click install, where it mentions the install failed for whatever reason. Now I only get two options; delete or repair, neither does anything. Since getting the subscription I have had these sort of problems so much, and next to that I get weekly reminders that subscriptions are ending while I still pay the monthly subscription... Why is it so difficult to just design some stuff?

I've started the hotfix update and suddenly SW dissapeared from my computer. Now I'm stuck on downloading/repairing 3DEXPERIENCE Launcher with no succsess. Still can't install SW again, does someone had the same issue? 3DEXPERIENCE

Hi all, I was having the same problem as many of you - when I tried to open Solidworks this morning it said I needed the hot fix. I would click "install", but the box would just disappear. After trying this several times with no luck, I tried to open an existing part file that I had created a few days ago and voila - the installation of the hot fix finally launched! It asked me to log into the 3dExperience, uninstalled the existing package, then installed the new one. Not sure if this

Sorry but I have to vent this somewhere. Literally every time I open SolidWorks for Makers there is an update, often mandatory. It's also 3 different components that I have to update which I don't even know what they are for in the first place (e.g. 3dexperience). When I click update in the Web UI there is zero feedback that something is happening apart from an ever spinning progress ring in the launcher if at all. No finish message either. Please let me just use SolidWorks and don't require

3dexperience r2026x HotFix 0.9 Update isn't working. I enter username and password, then some weird screen pops up, just two images with text on them, and two "tabs" at top labeled "as a System of Operations" and "As a Business Model". The two images with text say "Trading Experiences" and "Data Science Experiences". I have no idea what this is. Just trying to click my Solidworks link, and this update is forced.

I have many years of experience as a pencil drafter with some cad in the early 2000's. I wish to re-enter the world of drafting. Looks like Solidworks is the way to go. Is that correct? Where can I learn the software when I'm not in the field?

I use solidworks 25, and can’t find the redown, I have a lisence had to reset windows and now have to redownload? Can anyone help? Or does anyone know the support number, I can’t find it.

I've got SWX2021 standard version, I'd love to use Extended Reality as help show to me but in my SAVE AS there isnt any way to save gbl or gltf Could you help me in activation Extended Reality? 😃 Tnx

Is this parallel?, i aligned the mate to be coincident along a mid plane and a mid point on the other pully

Hi , need solidworks developer who can help writing macros for automation , well versed in .net integration with solidworks and also help building a custom plugin in solidworks.This is part time and based out of India

Hello, I bought a new computer with: CPU of Intel Ultra9 185H, only integrated graphics card(but SW2019 still works on my old PC with GTX 1050) RAM of 32 GB, OS of windows 11 Family, harddisk of 1 TB SSD. SW2019 runs extremely slow, even in a new file. When my mouse passing over the "base plane" label in the left tree, it takes more than 5 seconds to redraw the 3D frame. Mouse passing over menu buttons that needn't redraw 3D frame wouldn't lead to lag. I think it's something wrong in software

I just upgraded to Solidworks 2026. I am loggged into my 3DEXPERIENCE account but I cannot find the auot-generate command. Can someone tell me where it is? I've never used it beofre & want to test it out.

Dear, I have solidworks 2019 standard licence. I had computer with this specification: CPU I7 6820HQ RAM 16GB Nvidia quadro M1000M Now I have bought new computer with this specification: CPU I9 14900KF RAM 64GB Nvidia RTX A2000 12GB It should work a lot better now, I have tried to change many parameters, drivers, but I can`t find optimal specification. It`s working even slower than it has on my old computer. Is there somebody that can help me with optimization parameters for this new

I have an Intel Arc graphics card (Solidworks certified) and have used the Student edition for over a year with no issues. I recently installed the 3D Experience Makers version of Solidworks and now the program is essentially unusable. The graphics are so slow that even the simplest features and sketches take minutes to regenerate. I've tried all the standard fixes in the performance settings, but all options under the "Use shaded preview" checkbox are greyed out. I've updated my drivers and

I am running the veteran/student activation, and it is almost a year and I am being reminded to update my license. When I go to the site and log in, it shows no orders. I did purchase the veteran/student product, but now I'm not sure how to renew it.

I had SW closed and used the Windows explorer SW plugin (right click -> SolidWorks -> rename) to rename a part file in a small assembly. This part gave an odd error that I've never seen before, it said failed to rename. I closed the dialogue and tried again and it gave the same error. It did this a third time too. I refreshed the folder and the file disappeared. It was not moved anywhere, it no longer exists on the drive, and it's not in the recycle bin. The name change was just the addition

When I rotate the camera by clicking the mouse wheel in a small part or assembly, the view easily rotates around my cursor. However, in a large assembly, the view rotates differently (perhaps around the assembly’s center of gravity?). Is there a setting that forces the software to always rotate the view around the cursor? Thanks for your help and comments!

I’m installing SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2025 SP5 on a new server (Windows Server 2022 Datacenter), using a newly created named instance of SQL Server 2022. The install completed with no errors. I then installed SOLIDWORKS Electrical Client and SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2D Schematic on the server as well with no errors. Both installations were done using an administrative image using the ‘Deploy Automatically’ option. When I start the SOLIDWORKS Electrical application, I receive this error message:

Hello. I have an assembly that’s currently in SpeedPak. When I switch it back to the default configuration, the parts shift positions and the assembly becomes unusable. The assembly is very large, and I’d like to use it exactly as it appears in SpeedPak. Has anyone successfully exported a SpeedPak version of an assembly to another file format? If so, how did you do it?

I am getting this message in Solidworks while meshing for simulation: "Fatal Error: c00cee21: line 37, column 100 whitespace expected.". The simulation runs okay and delivers the expected results. Is it okay to ignore this? Is it even something that I can fix?

We are having issues with the SolidWorks Background Downloader apparently being blocked by our Security web filter. The Firewall has been ruled out after testing and logging. I would like to know what URL's we need to give access to in order to prevent Background Downloader being blocked by our web filter when we try to open the application. I have searched for a SolidWorks safe URL's page and so far nothing seems to exist which I find a bit odd. Any help or potential solutions to this issue

I am using eDraw version 32.1.0.0076 2024sp1. I receive stp files of assemblies from others and use eDraw to rotate them, take sections, and isolate particular components by hiding others. I recently received a stp file but am not able to hide individual components. Neither myself nor the person who sent me the stp file can understand why I am not able to hide. When I typed in the title of this post, I was given a suggestion to save the assembly with the "Save Bodies" option, but I don't

my task pane shows up but is totally unresponsive

Hi everyone, I’m currently working in SolidWorks 2023 and I’m trying to use a Table to manage multiple configurations in part files. In previous versions, SolidWorks was able to automatically generate or update a configuration table when new configurations were added. In SW2023, this behavior seems to be missing. Here’s the issue: When I create a new configuration, no configuration Table is created automatically. I don’t want to use Excel-based tables. I want an embedded configuration table. I

Below is my code where I am getting the solidworks gets crashed. I have tried different things but for some value of Radius its working fine but for some its not, Or sometime it get crashed for the same value. Here I want this to create multiple circles and extrude cut them. My program is crashing just after sketch - also sketch looks correct but just after that it crashes the Solidworks. Log($"[Dogbone] Starting CreateDogboneCutFeature for {featureName}"); //swApp.SendMsgToUser2("Step 1:

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My company BOM lists the widths of plates in inches in it's own column, and lists the lengths in ft-in in another column. Currently, both are showing as ft-in. My custom properties in my parts are set to read in inches for width. Ex: PL 1/4 x 118 1/4. However, my BOM shows the width as 9'-10 1/4. The evaluated value in the properties box shows it in inches. Any ideas to have BOM match?

Don't know if this happens to you, but when I am placing ballons on an assembly drawing, sometimes after I place the balloon I can right click to accept and then right-click again to select "add to stack". Beautiful! But often times I am not presented with the option to right-click to accept the placement, and I have to hit the green check and then go back and right-click the balloon to "add to stack". Just me?

I am trying to figure out how to retrieve a parameter from a .sldasm file via Aveva Edge VBScript. I have read that I need to have an API installed on the local pc, but I am not sure what API or where to download it from. Anyone have any insight?

Sometimes when inserting a part into an assembly, I get the following error: "Insert clipboard failed"

Dear SoldidWorks colleagues, It it legal to buy a SolidWorks Standard license as a private person? And then work with it in a company? In detail: The company I work for, decided to cancel all SolidWorks subscriptions from 2026 for Production department. That is around 30+ SolidWorks subscriptions. Management made a decision, that the whole Production department has to switch to Inventor. The company will keep one SolidWorks subscription, but not for our department. Is it legal, if I buy a

Hi. I work with solidworks 2025. I want to add on un face a texte (for engraving) . I don't finde the tools.

, I want to assemble all the .sldprt files in a folder, but I can only create a new assembly, and the parts are not being added. Where is the mistake? Option Explicit Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks Dim swAssy As SldWorks.ModelDoc2 Dim swAsm As SldWorks.AssemblyDoc Sub main() Dim folder As String Dim file As String Dim compX As Double: compX = 0# Dim compY As Double: compY = 0# Dim compZ As Double: compZ = 0# Set swApp = Application.SldWorks Dim value As Component2

I've added bolts, washers and nuts to an assembly using the toolbox. After doing this, I made them into a sub-assembly, hoping this would add them as one line item in the BOM, instead of 3 separate lines. This did not work. Our BOM has the following columns for each item we list. No. Pieces Description Length Piece Mark Remarks Steel Grade I would like to list the bolt under the description, and have the Nut and FW fall under the remarks part of the BOM. Our company is just starting to use

I am trying to open an assembly and all parts and subassemblies inside it as read-only, however when I use the "open read-only" option to open an assembly, only the top level assembly is read-only, everything else is writeable.

Is anyone using an AMD ai 300 series processor?

Rotate sketch around axis that is not in the same plane as the sketch to create an extrusion.

Hey we have a requirement to auto generate drawing from the models available , how do I go about this ? How can I learn macros etc ,is there a way to test this out using solidworks trial version or so where I can access the developer version ? or should I procure the license from the client ? Pls let me know

How to pre-select solid bodies in SolidWorks API's HoleWizard5

Hi, Trust you are well. We are interested in possibilities of getting below things done using Solidworks sheet metal gauge tables - Automatically create custom cutlist properties like Description based on a certain column in Gauge Table excel - Automatically apply material to part based on certain column or cell in Gauge Table excel (this is possible with weldment profiles) - Automatically assign BOM Quantity (to be used for BOM tables - its in the property header) in cutlist property based

So Im trying to install 3d Experience Solidworks for Makers but im not sure im even even acsessing the correct download, and it wont install (says it has, but does not show up on my Win 10 machine) The website seeems to keep circling me back to the same pages. So where can i access the program, and has anyone had issues with a phantom installation?

How do you hide construction lines in a part sketch and/or drawing?

Most of the trig functions allowed in Motion, are allowed in SW Maker (sin, asin, etc.). sinH, cosH, Atan, tanH are NOT available for use in the Equation-driven 3D sketches of Maker. Is there a way to report this to SW, besides reporting here?

Hi, I’m working in SOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE and I’m having trouble with a structural profile I created in 2D. I followed the steps to save it in the library, but it doesn’t appear when I try to use it. Do you have any suggestions?

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Where can I find a list of certified PC's for Solidworks Connected? I have a Lenovo LOQ 159AX9 with 16Gb Ram, Navidia Geforce RTX 3050 6Gb? Solidworks Connected, the last version will not install. The versions before this was OK???

Ciao. Ho acquistato il software, come da indicazioni ho eseguito le procedure per l’installazione ma dopo aver cliccato su download e accetta condizioni non mi da modo di scaricare. Potete aiutarmi in merito? Grazie .

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Hi Everyone , Is there any alternative method to achieve automatic template mapping without using macros? I can automate the mapping itself, but since it’s a macro-enabled file, I’m unable to link it with 3DEXPERIENCE. I also tried the XML mapping pane method , but it requires admin access to use custom properties in word file. If anyone can help me out here , it would be really helpful.

Hello everybody, I used to work with Solidworks professionally in the past, but now I want to use it for private use. there are 2 options that seem interessting where you might be able to help from your experience. 1. Solidworks x design for makers, with Cloud 3D CAD (Browser based) + for me very interessting: Simulation for motion! 2. 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers, 3D CAD locally installed but without mentioned Simulation for motion. the Question; is the cloud based solidworks less

Hi there I am working on a sheet metal part that i have punched with some forming tools. When i use "insert dimensions" the dimensions on the forming tools turn up, but I can't delete them All the other features I can delete...but the forming tool dimensions are impossible to delete Do I have a strange setting somewhere or what is the problem? Thanks

Starting with SW 2025, a new option allows exporting HTML files directly from SolidWorks (requires eDrawings 2025 to be installed). I created a macro that lets a user export HTML along with PDF, DWG, and other formats at the click of a button. The macro works correctly and places all exported files into the designated folder inside the PDM Standard vault. However, there’s an issue: a non-admin user can see the exported PDF, DWG, etc., in the vault, correctly appearing as checked out by that user

Hello, I am currently using SolidWorks PDM Professional 2021 SP5. I would like to write a PDM Dispatch script that will pull the next PDM Serial Number available and write it to a variable field in my data card. Then i would like for it to rename the file with this new Serial number. I am having trouble with the script action for pulling the new Serial number and writing it to the data card. Any help would be great. Thank you.

I'm cutting a part with multiple set ups which mostly consist of drilling. All the 2.5 and 3 axis milling operations leave material radially or at least appear to in toolpath simulation. I've set allowances to 0 and played with the side parameters settings but it seems to only add more passes to still leave material behind. What am I missing?

I have a new laptop and have installed my 2018 version from a thumb drive. When selecting sketch lines in a part it seems to take a while to select. Im wondering if there are any service patches needed for this and if there are where can i download from?

Hello, I need to write in data card to classify many files (e.g. category, family, project). I think Dispatch is the most suitable tool for this. How can I create a dialog box that allows me to select the desired variable and the text to be entered for the selected files? Thanks in advance

Hello, out there I have a problem making a multiple configuration part. I will describe in words the example I made to illustrate this. On the Right plane I made a sketch, a dia 6 units circle; Extruded sketch 30 units; Went to the Configuration Manager and renamed the Default configuration as Ø6x30; Added a new configuration, called Ø6x40, which became the current one; Went back to the Feature Manager, double clicked my part and modified the length of the extrusion to 40; Changed the

Hi, I have a listbox that read values from a Excel sheet, how can I set the value as default to an actuel cell eg. A1.

mostra quote dello schizzo con un click sulla funzione volevo sapere come riattivare questa funzione visto che adesso serve un doppio click sulla funzione per vedere le quote dello schizzo mentre prima si potevano vedere con un solo click. Le istruzioni che ho trovato portano a menù inesistenti Se vuoi che le quote siano sempre visibili quando selezioni la funzione: Vai su Strumenti → Opzioni → Opzioni del sistema → Schizzo. Attiva Mostra quote quando si seleziona la funzione. Puoi anche

Hello Today I started learning Xdesign. I'm coming from Fusion. I'm looking at the sketch interface and if I try and select and drag an item (e.g. the end point of a blue line) using a held left mouse button I always get orbit. Is this normal behaviour or a configuration issue? If it's normal, can someone point me at a move tool, or something. Not feeling too productive at the moment 🙂 Thanks

Has anyone installed SW 2026 SP0 and then immmediatley had Discord become non-responsive to keyboard and mouse inputs ? A force quit and restart of Discord solves the issue temporarily. I orginally thought the issue only occurred when 2026 was running, but I've recently had Discord go non-responsive while SW was not running. I've run 2024 for 2 years, no problem with Discord. 2025 was installed but not used; still no problems. Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26100 NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada - Driver

I have a CAD workflow that moves with a prototype loop and production loop. There is a PDM variable "Revision" that is numeric in the prototype states then letters in the production states that maps to the CAD properties. When I change state from "Prototype Released" to "Production Design", in PDM the revision changes from "1" to "A". This is what I expect. My problem occurs when I checkout the file. In Solidworks the file properties and PDM data card indicate the revision is "1". I look

I'm trying to automate the process of copying an assembly with its related files using the IEdmVault19 copytree method provided by the epdm api in C# but it doesn't seem to work. If the window is hidden, it runs but doesn't copy. If the window is shown, it says there are warnings and stops the processes but there are no actual problems. Using the actual copy tree tool in pdm works. Has anyone else run into this problem and have a work around, I haven't been able to find anything else online.