I want to create a watch calendar dial. Is there an easier way to do it by using a formula and sketch patterns instead of having to do the tedious work of designing every single digit? Thxs

Hello all, I'm trying to "flare the fingers uniformly outward". How would you do it? Any ideas? So we have done this in the past in AutoCad. (See below) We have done something similar in the past. Via Lofts and Angled planes. SolidworksParts And Features

If you use them or not the key board short cuts can be great or they can be a pain by activating commands that you do not want ok know that are there. One way to access the short cuts is to go to the tools command and pick on customize. Then you can pick on the keyboard tab. On the show area pick commands with keyboard shortcuts. To clear a short cut just click on the cell with the keyboard short cut and hit the back space button to clear it out. you can also use the search for area to

i keep getting the volume of 770 any idea what did i missed

Simulation Since version 2021 Solidworks Simulation will sometimes take an inertial load and apparently amplify it by a wild factor. It looks like everything in the assembly works as expected, the loading is just grossly over-applied. [I documented this, and other problems, and the support team told me to simplify things and 'use more bonded contact', picking out details of the setup and never acknowledging the gross errors in the solution. I've stuck with version 2020 since then, after I

I have Sheetmetal flat pattern drawing and I am trying to automate to add the dimensions as shown below using Macro - Below code i got from ChatGPT but it does not add any dimensions. looking for guidance on how to fix it or if anyone has the similar macro and can share here. Thanks Option Explicit Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks Dim swModel As ModelDoc2 Dim swDraw As DrawingDoc Dim swView As View Dim swPart As ModelDoc2 Dim swFeat As Feature Sub main() On Error GoTo ErrorHandler Set swApp

Hello all, I'm trying to make a 'simple' fixture jig for this part. I have tried with both cavity and combine-subtract. Both methods leave the same results, an overcut between the cavity void and the top surface of the block. What im trying to achieve, is the full profile of my part, hollowed into the block. So the part can be sat in the jig. Any help is greatly appreciated. I can send the part files if required. Thank you in advance

After opening the x_t file in solidworks 2024, save it in sldasm format, reopen the sldasm file, and it will prompt that the file is missing how to solve it thanks

I have a file from a client that was saved in 3DExperience Solidworks Maker. Is there any way to open it in my 2023 Solidworks?? They saved it down to a 2023 version, but I still can't. I've attached a screen shot of the error. Thanks Cary

Hello solidwork community, I have been facing an issue for conversion of assembly file into DXF file. I have tried in both, in face selection also in annonations.But still, I did not get any result. If anyone has done this before. Please guide me for this. This is an important project for our company.

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Hi All. The code below is a combination of VBA code from CodeStack (thanks Artem)which has been converted to C# by GitHub Copilot and then modified further by GitHub Copilot to process all components within an assembly and map these properties to a part model. The code is mostly working as expected however the issue I'm having is that the GetCustomProperty2 method is not returning the evaluated values despite what the Solidworks documentation says. If anyone could shed some light on why this is

I have a complex path through points in 3D I'd just like to turn into a swept boss/base using a drawing. End intent being basically just a silly straw (with some cutouts later on). I tried both filleting the path between all the points and various Bezier curves. No matter what I do, I can't get SolidWorks to sweep along any of these paths. I'd even be satisfied with a solid sweep alongside the path and then sweep cuts to remove sections, but those fail too. I read it's potentially because of

Where can I find change logs for what has been fixed in each hotfix? It seems strange to keep installing updates without knowing what each update is doing.

Hello! I have posted about this project a few times and gotten excellent help. I am designing a study to evaluate the effectiveness of simulations to model the behavior of loose-tube fiber optic cables. The running theory (I say theory but this is pretty well known) is that a higher excess fiber length (EFL) leads to higher attenuation after temperature cycling - essentially as the temperature drops, the cable jacket shrinks but the glass does not - so fibers push against one another and

Hi All, As the subject says, I have a part here, its part of a large weldment the customer sent us to build. The rest of the parts are just flats or rolled parts, but this part is twisted so not sure how to get a good flat pattern to cut it. Its 5/8" thick stainless and there are 4 weldments so one for each. For sheet metal, "convert to sheet metal" doesn't seem to work. Likewise for "insert bends". Maybe "Lofted Bend sheet metal"? - I haven't looked at this yet. Never dealt with "twisted"

I had some problems setting up Solidworks PDM on our office server, so I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the service. Unfortunately when I look under installed programs I no longer see the Database Server App, but I do see the service running. Is there a trick to get all the installed parts to show up under programs? Cheers

I would like to rename my detail view with the same name found in the FeatureManager. From my recording I can see that the name is "Drawing View19" I would very like that name to be something of my choosing. Is that possible with API?

When closing an assembly, a series of pop-ups appear asking me if I want to "save modified documents". This is not helpful at all and annoying. It could be greatly improved if: it told me what documents it refers to exactly there was one collective pop-up, not one for every file changed

Hello, My company has recently upgraded me to Solidworks Premium in order to use the routing tools for plant layouts and such. It's taken me a little time but I have finally set up most of the routing components that I will need to use, however, now when I go to start a new route and get to the point where I need to select bends or elbows, it's greyed out and stuck on "Always form bends" Any suggestion as to why this could be happening or how to fix it?

Greetings, SolidWorks masters Does anyone know why the view settings is grayed out? My graphics card is "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2". I have tried to manually insert it into the corresponding Windows Registry as shown, but the problem persists: Thank you in advance for any information! EDIT: It seems I made it work by creating the folder in another path and another value for the workarounds key: Still, options like perspective mode or shadows are not visible: They do

Hello experts, I want to show a sketch inside a section view as shown below. How can I achieve this? Note: I want to show this sketch inside a specific Component of the assembly. TIA

The resititution coefficient in SolidWorks changed my CAM Tab. I will be happy for your ideas towards it on how to disable it

In solidworks 2024, there was an option "Edit Materials" in this section which is missing. Can't find a way to get it.

Hi All, I am building a custom fastener for our toolbox based on an existing fastener. Essentially I want to create a UNC (Imperial) Nylon Insert Nut (Nylock, Prevailing Torque, etc.). Such fasteners exist in AS, DIN and a few others in metric. But I cannot find such a fastener in any of the inch libraries. These fasteners exist in the real world quite commonly so I am surprised I can't find this anywhere. My method was to: Start with a copy of "unified hex nut as-nzs" and add the nylon insert

Hi Guys, How can I get the view name automatically when dragging the view from view palette?

I am trying to create a drawing with dimensions the slots are off and are not giving the correct dimensions. I also have the flange connected but I want to create a flat pattern of the main portion and flanges separately.

Some of our work is transferred from SW 2021 to SW 2024. This assembly drawing is one of those cases. I'm unable to reattach the dimension showing a cylinder stroke using an alternate view. I've even gone so far as deleting the alternate view in the tree and redoing it. There is still no way to attach any dimension to it. I've also tried to sketch a point but can't even select any part of the alternate view. Any help would be appreciated! Please let me know if there is additional info that would

Hi All, I have a part where multiple sketch bends are used to create folded features above a 'c-channel'. These parts are used w/ DriveWorks and a generating fine out of DriveWorks. When I come to move the folded features it will cause errors in all but the first one in the feature tree. Bends do not intersect with each other and sketch bends work until the model is re-built

HI IS IT POSSIBLE TO SAVE THE DETAIL/GEOMETRY I HAVE ON THIS SHEET METAL EDGE FLANGE AS A LIBRARY FEATURE SO I CAN JUST DRAG IT ONTO MY PARTS WITHOUT HAVING TO DRAW IT OUT EACH TIME?

Hi, I am trying to cut everything in the Y direction (up) from the yellow 3D sketch and have tried several swept cut scenarios, but without success. Can you please help and show me the best way to achieve this

I have 2 disjoined solids that touches on their edge: I want to create a "round filet" on both sides to join them. The "round fillet" feature didn't work so I did a "revolve boss" to add some geometry. I chose the finishing vector to limit the "revolve boss": The end of the feature isn't applied correctly. So I changed my strategy, I selected a limiting plane: Then is complains that it is impossible to adjust the result with the selected face despite the preview that seems to work! Any

anyone tried this and can show me - never getting same value volume=398448 m3

Hello everyone, I have drawn a ladder hook as a regular part, but I would like to convert it into a sheet metal structure. The problem is that when I try to do this: - red element: fixed wall, green color: bend edge, an error appears. Perhaps I am doing something wrong. Could someone help me?

I'm trying to sweep boss a "pipe" down and around a cylindrical surface that would be merged together as one casted part. I'm having a lot of trouble getting it to work. Steps I've tried 1.wrap feature for path and guides 2.convert to 3d sketch (sweep wouldn't follow the wrap scribe but once it does follow its all twisted and looks weird) 3.used a loft and 4 guide curves built from wrap feature and 3d sketch on two separate cylinder bodies (this got the closest but was leaving weird artifacts)

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SW2025 Simulation: "Storage for study is not found." I just lost a great deal of work in an assembly with several simulation studies defined. I opened one of the parts to edit geometry. On closing the part I got this message repeated for most of the studies. Three of eight studies are left, so I have most of the setup, but now I'm afraid to keep working and losing studies again. How can one avoid this problem in Solidworks 2025? [I am only working outside of Solidworks 2020 because it

Is there a way to angle the tabs and slots to be parallel with the face of box tubing, like the red in the screenshot? Wanting to create a weldment that is all tabbed and slotted, but can't find a way in the Tab and Slot feature to do so.

I was working on this drawing, On the pipe, there is a THRU hole, the THRU holes are: .969" x2 & .625". The outer holes are Counterbore holes, to create a flat spot for the couplings to sit on before welding, Counterbore was created using a normal Cut-Extrude feature and not a Hole Wizard. When dimensioning, using a hole call out, it shows 1.438" THRU, which is wrong. The counterbore depth is 1/8" deep. Should I manually overwrite the depth information?

After drawing a parting line with the splitline tool, I can only get the draft tool to draft perpendicular to each segment of the parting line, resulting in 3 different faces. What I want is one single face with the same angle so that the draft coming from each segment is parallel as shown in my pictures. Any help appreciated, thanks! Here is what I'm getting: Result with 3 different faces: What I want to achieve: Also, when I use the neutral plane draft mode instead, it will just create the

Hello, I have created left-right form tools in Solidworks. When I add them to the sheet metal part I designed, the first three forms are created correctly, but the fourth form I added is not displayed as I want it to be. I also encounter the same issue when I change the different configurations in my part.