Dear Solidworks Experts, I have a rectangular shaped bend sheet. It has bend edges only at the bottom and left side of that rectangle: The issue is that, once I export its Flat pattern, the bottom bending line is incorrect - it is angled, while it should be horizontal: What am I doing wrong? Thank you very much for any kind of help.

Hi, I just started using the software and decided to make art for self expression and individual interests like flight and space. Slowly getting there!

I am trying to recreate a part and have got stumped on how to make the transition of the lofted surface and the boss shown in my screen shots. What feat will do this? Or am I going about it all wrong? Thank you.

Hey Friends, I cannot split Bodies. This Problem occures in all of my Parts. The Feature ist greyed out. I use Solidworks Maker 2026, 3D Esxperience is turned ON. Thanks in advance <3

Hi Potential finger trouble with Excel BoM in drawing Solidworks 2024 SP5. The SW help states that if you have 'Automatic update of BoM' in Document properties inactive and also 'Row numbers follow assembly ordering' that one can override the item numbers from within excel. I cannot ge this to function as stated - If I open the drawing BoM in excel and override item numbers then close the spreadhseet the overriddes do not get pushed back to the BoM table shown on the drawing. When I

Hi I am trying to model a surfboard but I am having issues with the tail and nose (end points basically) I have checked previous posts but all the solutions are like 10+ years old and the links no longer work. I have attached my model. any help would be appreciated. My model requires a lot of work and it doesnt have the curve in the Y direction but for the moment Im struggling with the lofts Just to re-iterate I am looking for a way to COMPLETELY model the board, in other words the nose and

Hello, I have a question about the behavior of FeatureManager Tree. After creating a part using Extrude, when I click on Boss-Extrude, the Dimensions are not displayed, but only the entire object is highlighted. Only when I double-click on Boss-Extrude are the Dimensions displayed. However, for other parts, the behavior is different, when I first click on Boss-Extrude, the Dimensions are displayed. Could you explain to me why this is happening? I am also attaching the file. Thankx for reply.

Hi users, I’m hoping for some advice here on improving the output quality of PDF drawings. Essentially I would like to see finer lines & generally reduce the fuzzy edges around the edges. Smaller items like bolts have the same thickness as structural members, and I’m wondering if line thickness at part level is a solution for this? I’ve attached an example of my regular settings for output: Display Style set to High quality Microsoft Print to PDF – High quality checked Save As Adobe PDF

I try to do wrap on squar tube but it do wrong.

See..in the sketch the end points are not moving proportionately...the end point i am moving in the video u will see,is moving very fast..whether as the other end point moving very very slow..Why is that? When i changed my angle dimension..i didnot see my desired driven dimension change for this issue.Can some one clarify pls?

When I edit a drawing note in Solidworks 2026 SP 3.2, I double click the note to begin editing. The text box appears and all of the note text is highlighted. If I hit backspace all text is deleted as you would expect since it's all highlighted.... now this is where it gets funny. If I click somewhere amongst the text, the cursor appears where you would expect, but the entirety of the text block remains highlighted. If I enter a letter or use the delete key the action is what you would hope

Does anyone else have the same problem when opening a drawing (.slddrw) that contains a flat pattern view of sheet metal? I create the drawing normally, save it, check it into PDM, and everything looks fine. However, when I need to reopen the drawing, the view that was showing the sheet metal in the flat pattern goes back to the folded state, causing the dimension references to be lost. I have to select the view, check and uncheck the “Flat Pattern” option, close the drawing, and reopen it. Only

I'm shelling a semi-complex feature with a thru hole for a screw. The outer thru hole is 3mm from the outer wall of the body. When I shell the part at 2mm, it completes the operation; however, it puts the wall for the thru hole into the wall of the overall body without combining the two into one 3mm thick wall. I tried extruding more material to bridge the two walls, but it said it was "creating zero thickness geometry" or "failed due to geometric condition." Does anyone know how to prevent

Hello, the automatic alignment command within ScanTo3D for aligning STL mesh data in SolidWorks isn't aligning correctly. How can I achieve perfect alignment?

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I just got Solidworks for makers and ran into an issue with texturing. When I click on texturing after selecting the face to apply it to I have no textures available under texture selection. If anyone else has encountered this and knows how to fix this that would be great.

Hello everyone, I've run into an issue working with weldments for steel structures. I am using the Weldments module for two T‑intersecting steel channels (open C‑section profiles). After generating the profiles with Structural Member, I used Trim/Extend – End Trim to create the T‑joint. Extra solid fragments remain where the cavities of the two channels intersect. When generating drawings directly, these internal residuals project numerous unwanted messy lines. Manual trimming with the Split

Hello, Is this a acceptable way to do it? The cut-outs are mirrored, can i use a 2x-symbol? I dont want to use a symmetri line.

Why i can't rib with multibody part?should i make it just one solid bodies?Or should i just do boss extrude then if i want to keep multibodies?Is there any work around?

Dear community, From a step, i'm triyng to create a volum for a surface. some errors are occured. do you have an idea ?

As a new user, I'm looking for the SOLIDWORKS Enhancement Ideas Community. It's not in the list: The search in communities is not showing the community: It is a public community, so how to find it?

Hi All, I have an issue opening a file that was saved as a previous version. I am using SolidWorks 2025 SP5, and I received a file created in SolidWorks 2026 SP2.1 that was saved as a 2024 version. When I open the file, I encounter the following problem. If I click “Yes,” the feature history disappears and the model becomes an imported body. Can anyone help me with this issue?

Witam, Mam problem z konfiguracją pdm standard. Chciałbym utorzyć przechowalnie ale nie pojawia mi się opcja w konfiguracji widoków. Co robić ?

What is the fix for this very annoying and very disruptive problem? Also I can't install the latest update I'm running 3DEXPERIENCE R2026x Hotfix 4.11 when i log onto the platform and press install nothing happens.

Sometimes as per question i need to customize the offset sketch and then need to drag the end point of offset sketch.Some times i can drag the end point and sometimes i cant.I dont know is there any criteria to do it or not do it.. i have posted a video where u can see i could drag all the end points of offset sketch for some reason i couldnot drag the last one and i dont know why..Can some one pls clarify

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We've noticed that our DXF exports from solidworks are absolutely massive at work. I've exported a completely blank drawing and it's almost 90MB. This all seems to come from a cluster of points of the OLE layer just outside the drawing border. If I delete these and resave from Draftsight it's 88KB. Has anyone had this issue and have a fixdxffile sze

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Good morning, Is it possible to automatically assign a colour to internal edges in a 2D drawing? Is it similar to the one in the picture? In this case, I selected the edges manually and changed the colour manually Bye bey best regards

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Hello, to create Schematic and Line diagrams of electrical wiring, but also to design electrical wiring in 3D, I use a program Solidworks Electrical. What program do you use to generate to-scale 1:1 formboards ready for production?

In Save to 3DExperience save dialog "Type" paragraph only shows ? and it is impossible to know what I'm saving. How do I fix this. Reinstalling cad connector does not fix the problem

Hello, how can I ensure that the wires remain separate during automatic cable tracing in Solidworks Electrical 3d? Currently, when launching automatic tracing, all wires belonging to the same cable are drawn under a single insulation.