This service pack is now available to ALL Subscription Service customers. To download, click here. Or log into the SolidWorks Customer Portal at https://customerportal.solidworks.com and click Download Software and Updates to access the update.
For a listing of SPR’s fixed in this Service Pack, click here..
I’m leaving Saturday morning for the first SWUGN Summit to be held outside of North America. Chennai, India is the location, and Kiran Srinivasan is the local group leader tasked with pulling most of the event together. We’re expecting between 50 - 70 users at the event, and the lineup of presentations looks very interesting.
My first trip to India was an amazing experience (Bangalore, Chennai, Pune), and while I don’t get to stay as long this time, I expect it to be just as memorable. Funny thing about this trip is that I’ll spend nearly as much time in the air - 41 hours round trip (not including airport time) as I will on the ground in India. SeatGuru shows that I have power ports on all of my flights - looks like I’ll be able to get a bunch of work done.
Richard Doyle,
SolidWorks User Community Manager
You have created the perfect model? It’s now time to present it to the world! Generate dynamic 3D PDFs with just a couple of clicks using Presentation Studio.
Presentation Studio is a SolidWorks Add-In that allows you to create a Design Brief, Price Sheet, Technical Summary, Feature Review, or Product Specification in minutes.
View a sample 3D PDF output file.
Check out the demonstration video here. To download the Presentation Studio addin, follow this link.
Enjoy!
Clement Donzel,
SolidWorks Asia-Pacific Team
PS: SolidWorks 2009 Required
PS2: Current install limited to x32
Working on technical support we receive many calls regarding licensing. The most common queries to do with licensing are related to Activation, as to many users this is a mystery. The best explanation that I’ve ever been given to explain how activation works is “the cookie jar” analogy.
The cookie jar analogy goes like this; In the US (the home base of SolidWorks) there is a license server with every bodies license and details of their entitlements. If you purchase 1 license from your local reseller you then receive 1 cookie in the big cookie jar in the US. The cookie remains in the jar until you decide to take it. When you install your new license onto your PC you are asked at the end of the installation to enter in your details and activate either automatically online (which is instant) or via email, where you send the information to the server manually via an email. During the activation process your PC communicates with this server in the US (the cookie jar) and takes your cookie from the jar, and your seat is licensed immediately. So once you have taken the cookie from the jar you cannot use it on another PC until you return (or transfer) it to the jar via a license transfer. So in the instance where you activate at the office and you would like to go home and continue working, you would need to return (or transfer) your cookie back to the jar in order to take it back again from your home PC.
For more information on this Activation process please visit the link below.
https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/product-activation.htm
Some of the SolidWorks users love the ability to transfer and activate their license to and from locations, and some do not. From my experience the ones who do not like activation, often do not understand it.
Remember the dongle that was used to license SolidWorks 2006 and earlier version? This dongle could be lost, broken, or even in many cases drowned in a washing machine! This lead to a replacement dongle requiring a replacement fee! We also had many dongles failed, and many driver issues that left users sitting on their hands until a replacement could be issued. The activation license has eliminated all of this. Another great option with activation is the ability to transfer your license from site to site remotely as many times as you like throughout the day. If you had a dongle you would need to physically deliver your dongle to the alternate site if you needed to use SolidWorks on an alternate site if and when you only have a single license.
Another great advantage of product activation is that it has sped up the ordering process as a dongle does not need to be generated and shipped out to you, you can have a license running in just a few days! Activation also speeds up the process of modifying your license, say if you want to upgrade you can just notify your reseller and have them alter your activation license, then a quick reactivation and you’re off.
Remember: Your activation retrieves an ID from your hard drive, so if you remove your hard drive (say to upgrade) remember to transfer first because if you do not and you throw away your drive you’re throwing away your license too!
Things to note:
• Your activation stays with your PC until you transfer so once you activate you are licensed forever in that PC you do not need to activate again unless you transfer.
• Upgrades; When you upgrade SolidWorks to the next major version you will be asked to reactivate, this is not another license just a conformation for the server to know what you are running.
• If you are moving to another PC you MUST transfer first, so the license can be taken down at the alternate location. Your reseller cannot deactivate for you.
• You can activate and transfer as often as you like.
• Upgrade of a service pack does not require activation
• 1 License means 1 activation, in 1 location.
For more FAQ’s please see the link above…
Adios!
Micah Speight
Intercad Pty - Authorized Solidworks Reseller in Autralia & New Zealand
So I know who the special guest at SolidWorks World 2009 is going to be. And you don’t. At least, not yet.
But you will soon.
Yep, this year we’re doing something different. Rather than making it a big surprise, we’re going to let you know who the guest speaker is in advance.
So here’s what I’ll do. If you’re the first person to guess correctly between now and the time we announce it, I’ll send you something nice. Post your guess in this comments section. Maybe you’ll get lucky.
Here’s a hint: The person is on this list
Matthew West,
Social Media Manager, SolidWorks
This service pack is now available to Subscription Service customers. To download, click here. Or log into the SolidWorks Customer Portal at https://customerportal.solidworks.com and click Download Software and Updates to access the update.
For a listing of SPR’s fixed in this Service Pack, click here..
This service pack is now available to Subscription Service customers. To download, click here. Or log into the SolidWorks Customer Portal at https://customerportal.solidworks.com and click Download Software and Updates to access the update.
For a listing of SPR’s fixed in this Service Pack, click here..
I came across this a few years ago when looking to flatten a screw conveyor flight.
I believed it couldn’t be done but here’s how….
Create a sketch on the front plane and place a 100 mm diameter circle on it.
Use this to create your first Helix/Spiral using the Pitch and Revolution option. Select Constant Pitch of say 600mm and 1 clockwise revolution starting at 0 degrees.
Repeat this with the same settings but use a larger diameter circle say 500mm.
Now comes the tip - Create two 3D sketches one for each helix. In the first 3D sketch select the helix and use the convert entities command. This will place a spline in the 3DSketch with an On edge relation to the helix. Repeat converting the second helix in the second 3D Sketch to make a second spline.
The rest is easy
Go to the Insert>Sheet metal>Lofted bends and select the two 3DSketches as the profiles using a thickness of say 6mm.
You flight is now finished and ready to be flattened
Mark Duggan
Intercad Technical Support Mgr
SolidWorks Innovation Day 2008 Singapore was held in Swissotel Merchant Court on 12th October 2008. This event was organized by SeaCAD Technologies, sponsored by SolidWorks Corporation and Hewlett Packard. A total of 237 attendees from various industries gathered to witness the launch of SolidWorks 2009.
This year SeaCAD Technologies celebrates its 10th anniversary and opening the proceedings, Sean Seneviratne, Chief Technical Officer, shared how the company progressed through its first decade. He credited the success of SeaCAD to its people, products and especially customers, whom he thanked for their enthusiastic and loyal support throughout the years.
Benjamin Tan, Territorial Sales Manager from SolidWorks Corporation was up next as the keynote speaker to Inspire the Future. He shared four innovation traits contributing to the success of its customers and showcased many product designers who made use of SolidWorks to produce excellent consumer products in the market today.
The highlight of the day was the SolidWorks What’s New 2009. This year, What’s New 2009 had three main themes, Get Your Job Done Faster, Focus of Design Not CAD and Improve the Quality of your Design. Sean returned once again to the stage to demonstrate the performance improvements of SolidWorks 2009. SolidWorks 2008 and 2009 were put to the test live in front of all attendees and covering several common tasks, an incredible 50% increase in speed was seen, out of the box. SolidWorks 2009 also introduced new features like Speedpak to help users get their job done faster without having to change their current work flow. 3Dvia Composer was also brought in to show how users who do not know CAD could still work with SolidWorks CAD data to get their documentation work done.
Focus on Design Not CAD was the second theme for What’s New 2009. Deng Shumin, Technical Manger – Consulting, displayed SolidWorks 2009’s numerous enhancements to the user interface. The audience was clearly interested with the ability to support dual screens, giving them more work space onscreen. SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2009 had significant enhancements in the CAD editor tool within SolidWorks task pane as well as improvements in BOM having the ability to support weldment cultists, ability to add position numbers and having associative named BOMs with their assembly.
To round off the main presentation, Smita Panga, Technical Manager – Products, discussed how SolidWorks Simulation improves the quality of designs. Using new features like Simulation Advisor, users who were clueless about analysis before could now perform simulations like experts. Through a few simple questions, SolidWorks Simulation would be able to pick up boundary conditions to help run an analysis, giving feedback to help improve designs. In addition, designers would now be able to run a virtual simulation before physical tests are done savings lots of time and money.
New in SolidWorks 2009, Photoview 360 enables users to run rendering out of SolidWorks, saving lots of overheads. Its drag and drop interface is so easy to use that no amount of CAD knowledge is need for someone to start using it.
Apart from the presentations, there were also booths to showcase NUS FSAE team and HP workstations. Customers were given the opportunity to experience the power of SolidWorks first-hand with the latest HP workstations. A few lucky participants also walked away with fabulous prizes, including an iPod, Samsung laser printer, 19” LCD monitor and an HP IPAQ 612c.
Before the evening ended, the entire staff of SeaCAD Technologies gathered for a special anniversary celebration with our customers.
Deng Shumin
Technical Manager – Consulting
SeaCAD Technologies
