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How to Transfer a SOLIDWORKS License to Another PC
Learn how to deactivate and transfer your SOLIDWORKS license for use on different computers.
How to Combine Helixes, Surfaces and Sweeps in SOL
Discover how to use the surface sweep and intersection curve commands to create a bauble with advanced helical pattern.
SOLIDWORKS PDM: Microsoft SQL Server Licensing Exp
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Download SOLIDWORKS 2025:What to do after Installi
Work through our checklist of recommended what to do after installing SOLIDWORKS to get the most out of SOLIDWORKS 2025.
SOLIDWORKS 2025: Top 10 New Features of SOLIDWORKS
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How to Install SOLIDWORKS 2025
The following guide takes you through the process of cleanly installing SOLIDWORKS 2025.
Upgrading to SOLIDWORKS 2025? Read these FAQs firs
Upgrading to SOLIDWORKS 2025? Read these FAQs first!
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The Best Hardware for SOLIDWORKS in 2025
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Serial Number for Visualize Standard
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Major Updates to SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2025
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Windows 10 End of Life Announced!
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Approaching Part Numbering in SOLIDWORKS PDM Profe
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How to Import Connectors in SWOOD Design
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How to Use the Mate Controller in SOLIDWORKS to Cr
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SOLIDWORKS What's New 2025 - Top 10 Features
SOLIDWORKS 2025 is nearly here, and with it comes a huge number of improvements that have been chosen directly from user feedback. Keep reading to discover our favourite features and learn how SOLIDWORKS 2025 will help accelerate your design process.
How Much Weight Does it Take to Break a Barbell? T
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Going for Gold! Achieving Precision Machining Exce
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Staying in Touch with MSC Nastran
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3 Easy Ways to Make Your Renders More Realistic wi
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Calculating the Trajectory of a Cricket Ball with
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The Best Way to Work Efficiently with Windows File
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Enhancing Efficiency and Customisation: Vanity Hal
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ROUND UP: Showcasing SWOOD Capabilities at Materia
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MSC Nastran: Smoothing the Way with Analytical Con
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How to Find Your SOLIDWORKS Serial Number
SOLIDWORKS serial numbers can be found within the Help section of your SOLIDWORKS session and within your Windows Registry.
Top 3 Benefits of SOLIDWORKS Composer
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What are the Best File Formats to Export from SOLI
Discover the best neutral file formats to use when exporting files from SOLIDWORKS.
How is SOLIDWORKS used in Recycling & Waste Manage
Discover the companies who are using SOLIDWORKS to benefit the Recycling & Waste Management industry.
Chaining Thermal and Structural Analysis with MSC
Discover how to boost your efficiency by chaining simulations together.
Easter Egg-citing Innovations: Unwrapping Core Fun
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DriveWorks World 2024
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Top 5 Ways to Boost Performance for SOLIDWORKS 202
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How to Calculate Internal Volumes in SOLIDWORKS
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10 Reasons Why You Need to Join the SOLIDWORKS for
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Who Uses SOLIDWORKS in Wales?
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How to Simulate Welding with MSC Marc
Discover how MSC Marc can simulate welding to help you make informed design decisions.
What's New in SOLIDWORKS Data Management for 2024?
Discover the new features of SOLIDWORKS data management and how upgrading to SOLIDWORKS 2024 will make your life easier while keeping your data secure.
How to Create Virtual Sharps in SOLIDWORKS
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4 Ways to Add Custom Properties in SOLIDWORKS
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Who Uses SOLIDWORKS in Scotland?
Discover the companies who are designing with SOLIDWORKS across Scotland.
A Simple Approach to Modelling Fluid-Filled Struct
Determine static loading of closed containers with MSC Marc.
10 Reasons to Use SOLIDWORKS PDM Pro
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How to Start Subdivision Modelling with 3D Sculpto
Discover how to get started with subdivision modelling by building images into your workflow in xShape and the 3D Sculptor role.
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10 NEW Updates to SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2024
Discover the latest enhancements to SOLIDWORKS Simulation and SOLIDWORKS Plastics for 2024.
10 NEW Updates to SOLIDWORKS Assemblies
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Christmas Opening Hours
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us at Solid Solutions! Over the Christmas break we will be answering emails requesting support. See more about our opening and closing hours below.
Simulation Tips: How to Customise MSC Apex
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What are DSPBR Appearances?
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5 NEW Updates to SOLIDWORKS Drawings for 2024!
Discover what’s new in SOLIDWORKS 2024 for 2D technical drawings.
MSC Software: Virtual Durability with MSC One
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5 NEW Time-Saving Sheet Metal & Fabrication Tools
Discover the great new tools in SOLIDWORKS 2024 to empower fabricators and sheet metal designers.
9 NEW Updates to Parts & Features: What's New in S
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Teach SOLIDWORKS: Discover What’s Included in a SO
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Who Uses SOLIDWORKS Visualize? | November Customer
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Manufacturing Showcase 2023 Wrapped
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FEA Simulation: What is Element Deactivation?
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Top 10 Driveworks Tips for New Users
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How to Convert Solids to Surfaces in SOLIDWORKS
The quickest way to convert a solid body to a surface is to use the Delete Face command.
Data Management: How to Customise Notification Tem
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Does SOLIDWORKS use Multiple Cores?
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Rendering with SOLIDWORKS: Why Choose Solid Soluti
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What's New in SOLIDWORKS 2024: Top 10 New Features
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Saying Goodbye to PhotoView 360
Upon first activating PhotoView 360 in SOLIDWORKS 2023, you will be greeted with information that PhotoView360 will no longer be included as of SOLIDWORKS 2024.
Rendering with SOLIDWORKS VR: How to Create Immers
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Who Uses SOLIDWORKS? | October Customer Spotlight
Across every industry, whatever their size, we are continually impressed and proud to support these innovators. Check out October's selection!
Ryder Cup 2023: How to Model a Golf Ball in SOLIDW
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Why You Should Join the Solid Solutions Student Co
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is widely used in the engineering and design industry, particularly in sectors such as aerospace, automotive, and manufacturing.
Rendering with SOLIDWORKS: 5 Tips for a Better Ren
Regardless of how you work under pressure, make sure you reduce render times and maximise your productivity to meet your deadlines with SOLIDWORKS Visualize.
MSC Nastran: Automating Post-Processing to Save Ti
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Data Management: 10 Tips to Mastering SOLIDWORKS
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Rendering with SOLIDWORKS: Illuminate Your Designs
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CFD Simulation: Validating SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulat
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What is a Registry Reset? How to Reset SOLIDWORKS
A registry reset will affect your menus, toolbars, custom shortcuts, and file locations, and set them back to the default SOLIDWORKS settings.
Bringing Designs to Life: The Power of Product Ani
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ANTOBOT: Empowering Sustainable Agriculture with A
Antobot’s colony of robot ants are on a mission to reshape the future of agriculture through the innovative combination of AI & practical technology.
How to Export Bodies from Parts to Assemblies
Bodies in multibody parts can be converted into individual part files easily with the Save Bodies command in SOLIDWORKS.
What is SOLIDWORKS Visualize?
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September Spotlight
Across every industry, whatever their size, we are continually impressed and proud to support these innovators. Check out September’s selection below.
FEA Simulation: Validating SOLIDWORKS Static Simul
How reliable is SOLIDWORKS Simulation for FEA? The results will surprise you!
SOLIDWORKS for Fabrication: What is a K-Factor?
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How to Convert Surfaces to Solid Bodies
Knowing how to convert surfaces to solid bodies is essential when designing in SOLIDWORKS, so let's show you how.
CFD Simulation: Calculating Ventilation Efficiency
SOLIDWORKS Simulation can be used to calculate a wide range of studies using real-world physics in a virtual environment.
How to Search for Commands in SOLIDWORKS
Knowing where the common commands are is a huge way of increasing your efficiency and productivity with SOLIDWORKS and as such is worth the time investment up front.
FEA Simulation: Co-simulation with MSC Adams
MSC CoSim allows us to couple simulation solvers to solve multi-physics problems. We couple FEA with CFD to explore how this can be achieved.
How to Customise SOLIDWORKS Toolbars
SOLIDWORKS toolbars are easily customisable and can be adjusted to suit your needs and workflows.
Fuelling Efficiency: How Extronics Empowers Design
In the ever-evolving landscape of technological advancements, Extronics found themselves at crossroads of innovation and efficiency. Find out how DriveWorks design automation helps them navigate modern challenges.
Validation Case – Computer chip heat flow test rig
Comparing SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation against physical test data is an excellent way to validate and have confidence with the software as it proves that it can replicate what happens in a real world scenario.
The Best Settings for SOLIDWORKS Animations
SOLIDWORKS animations are a convenient and fast way to produce presentable video content. Here are the recommended settings you should use.
Can SOLIDWORKS Run on a Mac in 2023?
While we recommend using a Windows operating system, there are ways you can install and use SOLIDWORKS on MacOS.
Reduce Simulation Time of Automotive Wheel Models
Assembled condition Pre-assembled condition 2D cross section As you can see, the foam rubber tyre in its unfitted state has a huge interference on the rim. Modelling the assembly of this in 3D would be very tricky and take an extreme....
How to Create Part Templates in SOLIDWORKS
Creating SOLIDWORKS templates is straightforward, but the key to a good template is how much time it saves.
August Customer Spotlight
Across every industry, whatever size, we are continually impressed and proud to support our customers. Check out how they are transforming their industries through innovation...
Learning SOLIDWORKS: How to Get Help with SOLIDWOR
Our Technical Support hotline is only open for our commercial customers with a valid SOLIDWORKS subscription, however, we do offer Technical Support to educational institutions.
SOLIDWORKS Tips: How to Create Planes in SOLIDWORK
As a designer, it is essential that you know how to create planes in SOLIDWORKS to enable you to model more complex geometry. Adding planes in SOLIDWORKS is achieved using the Plane wizard.
SOLIDWORKS Tips: How to Download 3D Models for SOL
Many major suppliers and manufacturers host their CAD models on 3D Content Central as free downloads that you can use in your SOLIDWORKS models and designs.
SOLIDWORKS Visualize: How Many Passes Should I Do?
Here’s everything you need to know about render passes to help you create the best looking renders without having to wait an eternity for them to complete.
How to Change Units in SOLIDWORKS
Changing units in SOLIDWORKS is easy! Let’s show you how it’s done.
Modelling Elastomeric Materials
The stress/strain curve below is for a synthetic rubber in uniaxial tension/compression.It's very clear from this plot that the behaviour in tension and compression are very different and the response is not linear. Representing this with a linear el....
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation Magnus Effect
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation can be used to analyse lift force induced by the observable fluid flow phenomenon known as the Magnus effect.
Manufacturing: How to Create Templates in SolidCAM
Using SolidCAM templates reduces repetitive tasks and boosts your productivity. Read on to find out how to create them.
SOLIDWORKS Visualize: Rendering with Gravity
SOLIDWORKS Visualize allows you to recreate the imperfections of photography by creating random, organic arrangements of components with gravity.
SOLIDWORKS Tips: How to Make a Tennis Ball in SOLI
This tutorial guides you through modelling a tennis ball in SOLIDWORKS including some advanced modelling techniques.
How do I Implement Design Automation in my Busines
By automating the design process, businesses can streamline workflows, boost productivity, and ensure consistency in product development.
SOLIDWORKS Tips: How to Create a Sphere in SOLIDWO
Creating a sphere in SOLIDWORKS can be achieved using a single sketch and a single feature in less than 10 seconds.
How to Create a Revolve in SOLIDWORKS
Revolves are axis-symmetrical or turned forms, like straight pipes, spheres and basic water bottles. Here’s how you make a revolve in SOLIDWORKS.
Prize Winners - 2023 Customer Development Events
Who were the lucky winners at our customer events?
July Customer Spotlight
Across every industry, whatever size, we are continually impressed and proud to support our customers. Check out how they are transforming their industries through innovation...
Simulating 3D Printing Metal  - Improve outcomes a
Choosing the right orientation and build parameters can reduce wastage in 3DPrinting, but doing so through trial and error by printing physical parts can be costly.
Everything you Need to Know About SOLIDWORKS Cloud
Find out how the latest changes to SOLIDWORKS Subscriptions will affect you and your business. Here’s everything you need to know about the changes.
How To Animate Rotations in SOLIDWORKS Visualize
Pivot points hold the key to unlocking awesome animations in SOLIDWORKS Visualize. Check out this walkthrough to learn how to create them easily!

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