Anyone get discoloration when saving eDrawings assemblies?

Hello, I am currently studying Mechanical Engineering and I started learning CAD on SolidWorks a while ago, I've been practising the CSWP practice questions a lot but I still feel behind what's your advice and what do you think is the best way to move forward and grow in my journey to master CAD, and what areas of specialisation do you think I should work towards Thank you.

I already hold the CSWP certification and I’m preparing for the CSWE exam. Will there be any CSWE voucher or discount opportunity available for attendees today?

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I have added colors to each part but when I view the assembly there is no color - any ideas?

Anyone having problems with Solidworks? When I use rotate views it moves me to a blank screen not the whole screen but that the part disappears for a moment and comes back up.

Their are mold tech appearances on Solidworks but only useful for rendering. I am wondering has anyone been able to apply a displacement to the surface that would show up on a 3d print representing one of the mold tech textures

Hello, I hope this message finds you well. I have been trying unsuccessfully for some time now to import a SolidWorks design into the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Unfortunately, I am not very familiar with SolidWorks, and the method I am using is the one shown in the video linked below. You need to select all the files (sldasm, sldprt, step, png, etc.) and drag and drop them into an open 3DEXPERIENCE native application. Unfortunately, I’m not getting the result I expected. Is the method

Mate Refences I'm trying to create Mate Refences in sub assys and put them into a top level assy but when i drag the 2nd sub assy into the top level assy, only the primary mate links up. the secondary and tertiary do not. Any ideas?

I've downloaded the 3dexperience installer. Clicking install from the browser on the products i have purchased initiates another download of the installer. i can never click continue. Sometimes it is not grayed out for some reason. I click it and nothing happens. I uninstall 3dexperience. I reinstall it. It never works. [post moderated]

Have you create a simulation of a large assembly in the new solidworks 2026 sp3? In my end is too slow.

how do I create an auto generated unique part id number for my cut list?

I have an assembly STEP file that I need to prepare for 3D printing. About the model: The model is currently a solid. It has variable wall thickness depending on the internal region. It contains a very large number of holes, which are intentional and need to be preserved. Original length is approximately 9 meters. I need to scale it down to approximately 1 meter. I saved the STEP assembly as an SLDPRT and tried using Scale in SolidWorks. After scaling, some walls/features disappear. I suspect

After updating to SolidWorks 2026 3.2 Missing "browse for file" Popup Windows while opening assembly. instead there is a new reference window. How can i fix this ? (tryed all the common google AI recommendation on fixing it)

Hi First post and a new SW user. Long time Inventor user at a high level and our ME team is learning SW so as to support other BUs. Trying to get my head around assembly BoMs as we use the assembly to drive the drawing BoM and subsequent export to CSV format that is used for import the BoM into our MRP system. I have a query regarding the formatting of the item numbering. In our BoMs we have designed parts as 1xx numbers, purchased parts as 3xx numbers and stock fasteners as 4xx numbers. I

Hello All, I've upgraded to sw 2026 a few weeks back, one of the new functionalities should be importing files like .stp in background. Working on a batch of .stp files that i would like to open in background all at once. Sadly enough I keep on getting an error message and am not able to open the files this way... When opening separate in the normal way I am able to open all files with no issues. Anybody else tried this new function and having issue's with it??

Hello there! I’ve been using SOLIDWORKS for a while now. I activated the key on the workstation, but now we want to switch to a server. Is this posibile to do and keeping the same subscription, not needing to buy a new licence?

I've taken the CSWP-CAM certification exam several times now, but I can't seem to pass the first question, Facing. I really don't know what I'm doing wrong; I've checked the parameters it asks for. The question is multiple choice, and one of the answers matches exactly, but I know it's the wrong one, "supposedly." Outside of the exam, I've tried to change the result so it would match the other answers, but I can't get them right. Could you help me with what to do? It's only the Facing question

I have been using Solid works Maker(SWM) for a few years making parts for my model airplanes and boats. However, this year I have not used it it awhile. So, when I went to open SWM it says I need to UPGRADE. However, when I tried to upgrade a message appears stating that it has found an incomplete version already installed. I don't know what this means since I had been using and designing parts OK up to now. I can't load or upgrade. The system keeps sending the same message and I cannot

Is there a batch program that will edit all the file names in a folder with a unique customer identifier?

Need Help with direct scanning from my Creality CR-Scan Raptor Pro 3D Scanner into Solidworks for makers, any help would be greatly apprecated

Hello, I work for a sheet metal fabrication company, and we're looking at ways to trim down model alterations to flatform drawings. We use dwg files through autocad not draftsight for manufacture. Is there a way to alter the sheet metal model, but skip the SLDDRW file (possibly using the SLDDRW as hidden silent partner) which can then automatically update the dwg including all dimensions and labels?. So, as follows... Altered model parts>>> Manufacture/Fold dwg, including information.>>>

Quando faccio uno schizzo e non faccio estrusione per esempio perchè devo usare sistema struttura o saldatura e premo la freccia blu in alto a destra mi scompare lo schizzo. Come devo fare per risolvere. Grazie mille in anticipo

Hi everyone, I’m a 4th-year engineering student from India with a strong interest in mechanical design and CAD, particularly SolidWorks. I really enjoy designing and want to build a serious career as a mechanical/design engineer. However, I’m at a stage where I’m not quite sure how to go from being someone who can use CAD to becoming a genuinely skilled and well-known designer in the industry. I did talk to people working in this field, and they always had this one common question : " In which

Hi, good afternoon. I have a problem to renew mi subscription. This renovation is automatic like you know. However, I receive a new debit card a few months ago because the old one was expired. The problem is that I forgot introducing the new debit card number on my dassault systemes account and last days were the momment to pay automatically and the platform couldn´t take the money. I actualizate the debit card data on the platform today and I don´t know if is going to be paid automatically or I

Hello everyone I am new and am looking to get the CSWA certification in Solidworks. Right now I'm almost done with the 44 video presentations with quick quizzes at the end in the official website. Im looking for practice materials. If there's anything that helped you prepare and know it worked out for you I will be happy to view it. Thank you in advance!

Hi everyone, Has anyone run into an issue where clients can't log in to PDM using Active Directory? We're running SolidWorks 2026 SP 3.2, and login fails regardless of the method — neither standard PDM login nor Windows login works. We've double-checked the usual suspects (AD group membership, PDM database permissions, network connectivity to the archive server etc.), but the issue persists. Curious if this is a known bug in SP 3.2 or if others have found a workaround. Any insights or shared

The curved stress graph is smooth overall, with larger irregularities at a few nodes. The maximum Von Mises stress on the corner U-beam 195 is 491 MPa. In this case which stress should be consider for E410 grade material

I am working on UPVC and HDPE piping systems in SOLIDWORKS 2026. However, I cannot find the built-in library for UPVC and HDPE pipes and fittings (such as elbows, tees, reducers, flanges, couplings, etc.) in the Routing Library. Could you please let me know whether SOLIDWORKS 2026 includes a UPVC and HDPE piping library? If available, where can I find it? If not, what is the recommended way to obtain or create UPVC and HDPE routing components and fittings for use in SOLIDWORKS Routing? Thank

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I'm working with PDM archive data and trying to understand whether there's a practical way to extract this information into SQL for analysis, reporting, or internal tools. Every document folder in the SOLIDWORKS PDM archive has its own `index.xml`. It contains information about the different versions of that document, and sometimes a version points (`ref`) to an older version instead of having its own archived file. The idea is to have a SQL table that can show, for every document version: *

I haven't opened SW in weeks but today when I open SW wants to update 3d Experience from HotFix 3.10 to 4.12 ... I click UPDATE and nothing happens. I logged 3d Experience and downloaded it and installed and still when I click on SW nothing happens. Thoughts?

Hi users, I'm having an issue with items not saving to the current time. This happens for parts, assemblies and drawings where I will save the work but it doesn't update the time in explorer, and stays at the previously created time. Sometimes when I go to re-open it's either updated the model and kept the old time, or actually not saved work at all. So my safeguard it to 'save as' with 1 digit difference as a backup, but obviously this is not sustainable. It's actually happened in the past

Hello, I am currently using SOLIDWORKS and would like to ask whether my current laptop specifications are suitable for SOLIDWORKS. The PC I am currently using is a laptop, not a desktop, with the following specifications: CPU: Intel Core i7-14700HX RAM: 32GB DDR5-4800 OS: Windows 64-bit I currently use SOLIDWORKS for automotive component design, and I experience long processing times during the following operations: Long loading times when working with medium-to-large files Long calculation

Not so much a technical question as much a question for the users. If you did get your CSWA and used the practice problem database, what'd you think the worst problem was?https://www.solidworks.com/solution/education/practice-problemsFor me, it was 10.1. I hadn't made my own planes before that so I kept banging my head against the wall.

Hi, Coming back to the SolidWorks ecosystem after a while, now as a hobbyist, I am getting this message on my xDesign tab... @@userNotAllowed@@ Did I screw up something? Should I just wait for a bit since the subscription is only a couple of hours old? I am also at Geneva, Switzerland, near the border with France... I don't know if that has an effect. I used a French VPN to check and cleared the browser cookies, and it was still no go. Using Vivaldi, but the same happens in Safari. My

Hi Folks, I'm admin using Solidworks & PDM Professional 2025sp5. I am familiar with how to add/remove which columns to display in the PDM file explorer, but there are some attributes that I would like to display, even if just for myself, that are not available choices for columns. I'm currently looking for a quick and easy method of identifying all sldprt files in our vault that have a high to very high shaded image quality setting, without having to use Solidworks to open assemblies and use

Hi working in SW 2023 and in assemblies when mating the mates used to move to their mated spot right away when I picked them but now for some reason I don't know they don't move until I am completely out of the mate command. I can't seem to find a setting for this. thanks

I haven't opened SW in a few weeks, now when I go to open it I get a couple flashes on the screen then nothing. After a reboot of my system, I finally got the Hotfix 4.12 message. When I click to update I get 3Dlauncher not installed (but of coarse it is). Now I'm going round and round trying to figure this out . I log in but can not find anything on the 3DExperience website about any Hotfix, the only thing I get from the web is click on the compass scroll down to the SW design and click on the

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Hi guys, My current CNC/SWOOD labels are currently exported to one full A4 page of labels, therefore, I can't print each label individually through my label printer. How do I change my settings to only print one label per page? Thanks, Lachlan

Hi, is anyone having issues with mate, the relationship between components (concentric, to be exact)?

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我在使用SOLODWORKS 2021 SP5.1的时候发生一个问题。不直接打开solidworks软件，直接双击零件的时候会打开上一次打开的零件，比如先打开了零件A之后关闭整个软件后双击零件B，实际打开的是零件A，再次关闭软件，双击零件A，打开的是零件B，再次关闭，双击零件B，实际打开的是零件A，而solidworks软件中“启动时打开上一次所使用的文档”这个选项我勾选的是从不，但是这个选项我认为并没有产生作用

I just got my SolidWorks for makers license a few days ago. I upgraded from SolidWorks 2024 and I have noticed that my sketch picture transparency is broken. I found a few other people online with the same issue. If I want to use this feature asap would it be best just to rollback to a previous version where this is not broken? What would be the best course of action here?

Can someone from the SolidWorks enhancement requests team please look into updating the spellcheck feature in drawings? Can you make it so the spellchecker is always active? Every single chatbot or text messaging app out there has active spell checking in real time. AutoCAD has had that feature for almost 20yrs. now.

Hi all, Is there a way to automatically create an offset (the offset command; makes more lines) from the part's bounding box in a SLDDRW?

Is there a way to ling the Volume results to the Design Table? Thans

I updated to the latest release and now while positioning or mating items in assemblies machine crashes. On restart a tech message pops up telling me there is a hotfix HF-1549338 and to contact tech support rep but I cannot find any reference to that hotfix or how to talk with a support person. Im using a personal professional edition of SW2026. I tried to uninstall this version to rollback but uninstall stops with an error. Any thoughts?

Last two weeks, I tried to access solidworks for makers, (I'm paid up) and it keeps asking me to update the 3D Experience: "An incomplete installation has been found in this directory. You can restart the installation, or exit the installer and uninstall. Depending on the underlying issue, restarting the installation may not work. In this case, you will need to uninstall the application." I've tried removing the 3D experience and reinstalling but no go. I've restarted the machine. No go.

I wonder if anyone has encountered such a problem? I had to work with ScanTo3D, I launched it in 2026, I can't get surfaces except flat ones. I launched 2025, everything works, and round surfaces and flat ones work. The same with getting curves.

I want to use solidworks to model woodworking projects and have no interest in using the 3Dexperience stuff. is there anyone in the Sterling Heights MI area who can help me get to the training stuff and then the modelling area?

where can I download a .swp file for weldment macro

How to create a full radius on this wrap profile?

I am working on an assembly and just learned I can add holes with hole series and hole wizard. Pretty cool. I'm learning it as I apply it. I messed up on the locations of a couple holes. I tired editing the location in edit feature, but it leaves the original hole that was already made. I have tried deleting the features in the assembly tree, but the hole stay there. Does anyone know how to delete these features?

Hallo zusammen, ich möchte aus einem SolidWorks-Teil per VBA eine DXF erzeugen. Manuell funktioniert folgender Ablauf problemlos: Rollback vor Feature Kontur_fuer_DXF-EXPORT Körperfeature Abspalten2 anzeigen Ebene Ebene rechts_Zeichnungsansicht Normal auf (Strg+8) Datei > Speichern unter > DXF Die DXF wird korrekt erzeugt. Per VBA funktioniert die Vorbereitung ebenfalls: Rollback setzen ✅ Abspalten2 anzeigen ✅ Ansicht ausrichten ✅ Rollback zurücksetzen ✅

I am struggling with Mates in an assembly where I want the upper Probe rack to move forward and back to specified dimensions for show and tell. If anyone can look at my assembly and help me out with Mates it would be appreciated. The zip file is a Pack N Go with an image of the slide movement I am trying to achive. When I try to move it now, things get a bit out of alignment. FYI The upper Rack design is proprietary (My design), and I am taking a leap of faith here. Edit: Zip files removed.

Hi, I have a part with multiple configurations (12 configurations), and all of them represent the same physical part. The only reason for the configurations is to display different QR code labels. In my assembly BOM (Parts Only), I would like this part to appear as a single line item with the total quantity summed across all configurations. I know that enabling Parts Configuration Grouping in the BOM groups all configurations in the entire BOM, but I only want this behavior for this specific

I am attempting to write a C# add in for Inserting a SolidWorks block from a file. It mostly works except it always comes in at the drawing origin (0,0,0). Here's the important part of the code - what am I doing wrong? swDoc.SketchManager.AddToDB = true; MathUtility swMathUt = default(MathUtility); swMathUt = (MathUtility)iSwApp.GetMathUtility(); Double[] originPt = { 0, 0, 0 }; MathPoint blockDefInsPt = (MathPoint)swMathUt.CreatePoint(originPt); MathPoint swMathPt =

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I prefer hidden lines to be green because they have much better contrast against my background. I have set the Hidden Lines color to green in both my part and assembly templates. A new part keeps the green hidden lines after saving and reopening. However, as soon as I assign or change the material, SolidWorks resets the hidden lines back to grey. The option “Apply same color to wireframe, HLR and shaded” is disabled. What I need is: Keep the function Apply appearence of "selected material" - ON.

Hi all! I am trying to make a speedpak of a small assembly where one of the components is supressed. I would like for the suppressed component/body to not be shown visually in the Speedpak but remain in the Assembly file. I had previously done this in 2024 by just suppressing before making it, but upgraded to 2026 today and it seems to have broken. It currently displays the suppressed component's geometry, though not its attached appearance, no matter what I try. Any thoughts? Thanks!

How do I create a correct ISO thread representation in a SolidWorks 2D drawing without using cosmetic threads?

SolidWorks' license management assumes the machine holding an active seat is available to release it. That assumption breaks the moment hardware fails — and hardware fails constantly. A dead motherboard, a fried drive, a stolen laptop: none of these are exotic scenarios, yet the system offers no path forward when they happen. Right now, a company running SolidWorks can be brought to a complete stop because a machine died. Not because of anything the user did wrong. Not because of piracy or

I think I found a bug where when you save a section view as a view orientation and drawing annotation view. It saves the name until you close the model. After opening the model, even if you save just before closing. The section view feature is saved in the Feature Manager Design tree in the Annotations folder, but the name just gets set to "Section View" where is before it might like "Section View D-D". It still saves the orientation and cuts, just not the name. Have others experienced this?