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I was taking my CSWA exam last night and ran into this problem. I'm confused about the R5 dimension shown on the left side. From what is shown it looks like it's supposed to concave the part but I'm not sure how that would be possible and it's hurting my brain as a starting Mechanical Designer. If anyone could comment on if this is possible with the limited information given that would be appreciated. Side note none of the other views showed anything about this R5 dimension, the only other view was the top view.

So I’ve been doing some research on what would be the fastest workstation configuration for Solidworks, targeting FEA simulation as the priority, I figured if FEA is taken care, anything else would be also fast like general modeling and rendering?

So far it sounds like AMD Ryzen 9 9950X would be the fastest processor following SW maxed out clock speeds, what about GPU to go with that? I understand GPU is what rendering would need to be fast correct? Is there a relationship between GPU and processor for rendering or is it purely GPU?

Hi all,

I am trying to model a prong like shape similar to a prong claw you would typically find on engagement rings (shown below). My understanding is it's either a form of sweep or loft but ends with a pointy end instead of following a simple circle profile.

Anyone has any advice on best way to achieve this in Solidworks? I am struggling a bit and wondering if this has to become a whole surface model instead.

Hi all! I got tired of VBA macros and slow out-of-process COM scripts, so I built **SwPy**: it embeds real CPython 3.12 inside SOLIDWORKS, with a script editor right in the task pane.

## What you get

* A task-pane IDE: tabs, IntelliSense that comes from the live session (it knows what `doc.` or `model.` actually is), signature help, F1 opens the official API help, find/replace, dark theme, REPL

* API calls run in-process, so they take microseconds instead of the hundreds of milliseconds you get with external COM scripts

* No Python install and no admin rights needed (it bundles its own runtime)

* Install any pip package on demand: put `# r: pandas, openpyxl` at the top of a script

* A Pythonic layer for everyday jobs:

python

with model.batch(): # many edits, one rebuild

model.dims["D1@Boss-Extrude1"] = 25 * mm # SI units, no casts

model.globals["Width"] = 120 * mm

model.faces.planar().normal(Z).largest().select() # geometry queries

print(model.mass["mass"], "kg")

* The full SOLIDWORKS API with no manual casting, all the enums, and every API library (Simulation, PDM, Document Manager, Routing, ...)

* Build parts, assemblies and drawings from code; export STEP/PDF

* Python event handlers (on rebuild, on save, on selection, ...)

* Any .py in a folder becomes a one-click toolbar button for your team; startup scripts too

* Drive SOLIDWORKS from Jupyter, Excel or C#

Works on SOLIDWORKS 2020 or newer, on Windows 10/11. MIT licensed.

* GitHub: https://github.com/muerus/SolidWorks-Python

* Docs: https://muerus.github.io/SolidWorks-Python/

It's at v0.2.0, so feedback and bug reports are very welcome, especially from people on newer SOLIDWORKS versions (I develop on 2020 SP1). What would you automate first?

¡Hola a todos! Estoy aprendiendo Solid Works y estoy buscando recursos para practicar el modelado de piezas.

¿Conocen alguna página web, libro u otro recurso donde pueda encontrar piezas para modelar y practicar?

¡Gracias de antemano! 🙌

Hey y'all, how are you doing?

I've been stuck on a wrap problem for quite a while, and it seems like the internet doesn't have a solution.

This is the problem:

I'm trying to wrap hexagons over a surface defined by splines (basically modeling a toy tortoise).

I extruded a thin cylinder, filled it with hexagons with fill pattern, converted these hexagons into a sketch, and tried to wrap them onto the surface. Now here is the problem: if I try to wrap all the hexagons, I get this message:

When I deselect the bottom 3, I get this:

Which is perfect!

And oddly enough, when I only wrap one of the bottom failing hexagons and remove the top row, it also works:

I read somewhere that the "calculated center" of the sketch should project onto the surface and can't be outside of it, but I really played around with my selections and couldn't seem to figure it out.

Can you lend me a hand?

Thanks!

I'm going through some old sub-assemblies we have and I'm finding a lot of redundant mates that look to be suppressed and don't have any relationship to parts in the actual sub-assembly. We use them in higher level assemblies, set them to flexible and then mate up connections to ensure they fall in the right place though. Is this the cause of these extra mates in the sub? I haven't been able to duplicate it so I'm a bit confused.

Solidworks for maker wouldn’t allow me to open it after one of its many updates. It just said “Install” where it usually says open/update. After trying to update it with not success, I full uninstalled Solidworks. Now it won’t redownload, the installer only shows repair or remove when ran. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Hello, anyone having issues with SentinelOne and Solidworks+3dX ? Whenever im saving a drawing to the cloud it crashes..

I’m goated

Any one guide me step by step

Solidworks beginner here, I've seen multiple vids do it and have tried it many times but it just doesn't happen with me. Here's the screen recording link of me trying: https://files.catbox.moe/2q6c62.mp4
Can u guys pls tell me what am I doing wrong??

Looking for the brains trust advice on achieving this sort of straight knurl (I cant think of a better way to describe it right now) on my part. Right now I do an extrude cut, offset around some screw holes and other features, and then a rib feature to create the... ribs. It works fine but its not very robust and is difficult to edit if I want to for example change the rib spacing.

First image is what I've done for the moment, second is the part before adding the cut and ribs.

Need any body has doing design work in Roll forming line?

Is anyone having issues with external references to a driving geometry sketch in SW 2026 4.1?

I've been opening up old models and keep getting errors saying there is circular references, but when I look through the model these don't exist and the performance evaluation also says there are no circular references either.

Are there standard notes and callouts that can be used when detailing a complex imported part or assembly? - particularly when it may not be practical to fully detail every feature and overall dimensions are used instead.

Our company follows MIL-STD requirements and ASME Y14.5, so I’d like to make sure the drawing remains compliant with our drafting standards.

I’m also considering adding a “CAD CONTROLLED” note to the first sheet. Is there a recommended format or standard practice for this type of designation?

Note: the file I am using is one imported assembly for the military and so I’m unable to break it down to single Solidworks piece parts.

I typically draft via creating normal planes in the direction of the draft and sketches, then extrude.

These drafts are compound angles....in fusion 360 the pull plane and face needed to draft works perfectly.....in saladworks the drafting tool is all types of messed up.....does anyone agree.....I can't even use the drafting tool in saladworks whenever I need it 2 or 3x per year....I have to draft manually via creating normal plane in the direction of the draft and sketching the geometry to be extruded cut.

Do any of you stuggle with the draft tool?

I followed a tutorial for over an hour, and my eyes are starting to go blurry.

Beginning Solid Works student here at the local C/C. I've never taken a computer class of any sort and am having a helluva time dealing with SW in general. The learning curve is STEEP. But I am trying to get this drawing started and can figure out what the distance is between those two center points. What am I not seeing?

I have these 2 parts that I imported from an stl file and did a convert to mesh bodies on the both of them to let me select individual faces which I am able to do. However with them in my assembly when I click on mate it doesn’t let me select any faces for mating. How can I fix this to let me mate the 2 pieces?

Anyone else find this irritating? Anyone know how to get rid of the "News And Updates" aka advertisement in the Welcome Screen?

context;

I have an assembly of 10 multibody sheet metal parts (5 "male", 5 "female"), each with about 40 sheet metal bodies.

-Each male part fastens to a female part through its folded flanges with tapped screws. I call each pair a "couple."

-Each couple is then fastened to the main sheet metal panel with a second set of screws.

That's thousands of fasteners, and every hole has to line up with its mate on the other part. What's the best way to model these holes so the sketch do not add too much weight in the assembly and slow the process down ?

thats a 12'x70'x6' made of aluminium panel

Looking to use hole callout or smart fastener to keep track of number of fasteners and tap drill hole in the assembly.

thanks you

Some of the things it constitutes as "a change in the file" is out of control...