October 2020 marks two important milestones for the SOLIDWORKS PDM family and SQL Server.

SOLIDWORKS 2021 is now available for download but before downloading there are things that may need to be considered before updating your software.

If you are a SOLIDWORKS Electrical or PCB user working remotely, there are a few things you will want to consider. Here, we look at the key considerations you should have.

My.SolidSolutions is exclusively available to our subscription customers. The portal brings all of your SOLIDWORKS resources together in a single location. To access the entire portal you will need to register for an account and have an active SOLIDW...

As part of your SOLIDWORKS Subscription, you are entitled to a set of free vouchers for SOLIDWORKS Certification exams. The following guide will explain how you can access these vouchers.

**IMPORTANT - Are there any changes to the System Requirements?** You should always consult the SOLIDWORKS official System Requirements and End of Life pages prior to any upgrade. Notable changes are: SOLIDWORKS 2020 is the last release to be suppo....

Certain network applications can occasionally have their functionality blocked by Firewalls. To enable these applications to work and communicate correctly it is necessary to add exception rules into the Firewall. This interactive guide will cover ho...

This interactive guide covers every step of the Draftsight Enterprise installation process.

When you receive a new system there are some things you can do to ensure optimum performance and other things that are good to know in the event of problems. This blog details everything you need to know if you encounter an issue.

We are often asked if it is possible to run SOLIDWORKS on a Mac computer – the answer is YES you can! We know quite a few users running SOLIDWORKS successfully on a Mac however it isn’t supported by SOLIDWORKS.

If you’re having problems with SOLIDWORKS not performing correctly you can runin a default state mode, this opens SOLIDWORKS with all options set to default.

If you’re having problems with SOLIDWORKS not performing correctly especially in terms ofgraphics, you can run in a safe mode. This safe mode removes the graphics card from running inSOLIDWORKS and hence highlights whether or not it is causing a prob...

Starting in SOLIDWORKS 2015 Xpress Products now require a code which youcan obtain through the My.SOLIDWORKS.com Website.

Using the 'Pack and Go' command allows you to collect all related documents into one file. This is useful for quickly saving and sending entire projects.

Sometimes after performing an upgrade of SOLIDWORKS from one year to another, diameter symbols no longer display and give a message instead. This post explains how to fix this.

Every so often it may be necessary to perform a repair of SOLIDWORKS in order to resolve a problem. This post explains how.

The SOLIDWORKS Customer Portal is a source of information for all things SOLIDWORKS, from download links for different versions of SOLIDWORKS, the Knowledge base advanced questions and answers and a portal for raising Enhancement Requests to list a f...

When SOLIDWORKS is crashing or closing for an unexpected reason,you can use SOLIDWORKS RX to gather the information and data on the crash. For any repeatable crash a video helps to show the exact process being followed, once recorded please send to s...

Whenever you want to change the serial number which a computer is associated to you will need to change the number used within the Installation.

The SOLIDWORKS Customer Portal is locked to non-subscription supportedcustomers, sometimes if the serial number is not registered properly theseappear if you do have a maintained subscription.

When SOLIDWORKS crashes or closes for an unexpected reason, it is time for the SOLIDWORKS RX to be used to gather the information and data on the crash. Please follow these steps before restarting SOLIDWORKS – otherwise the crash data will be lost.

A SOLIDWORKS standalone license can only be activated on one machine at a time. If you plan on moving your SOLIDWORKS license to another machine you will first need to deactivate it. Additionally if a standalone license has ended up on multiple machi...

So this is part 4 and the final part of our blog series on the new SOLIDWORKS Admin Portal and Online Licensing. In this final segment I wanted to summarise with some of the headline messages and FAQs.

Our previous two blog posts have focused on the SOLIDWORKS Admin Portal. Set up of this portal and assigment of SOLIDWORKS products to the respective users (members) is an important prerequisite before SOLIDWORKS Online Licensing can be used- so both...

If you read the first blog in this series you should now understand what is possible in the Admin Portal and how to access. Hopefully by now you have set things up so you have designated your Admin and have access to the site.

We are pleased to announce two new features to allow you to better manage and work with your SOLIDWORKS licenses- the SOLIDWORKS Admin Portal and SOLIDWORKS Online Licensing. There is a lot of information to share on these new features so we have bro...