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SOLIDWORKS Options

Tech tips, tutorials, and best practices for SOLIDWORKS Options from the Javelin technical team

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SOLIDWORKS Template File Locations

SOLIDWORKS templates are a key feature that allow for predefined setups and this article will expand on SOLIDWORKS template file locations.

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SOLIDWORKS Options Search

How to use the SOLIDWORKS Options Search

With the SOLIDWORKS Options Search you can search through the system options and document properties. This will save you a…

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DEG vs Symbol

Why do my SOLIDWORKS Drawings show “deg” instead of the degree symbol?

Have you ever come across a SOLIDWORKS Drawing where the letters “deg” are displayed instead of the degree symbol and…

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SOLIDWORKS 2021 Location of the Hatch Pattern File

New in SOLIDWORKS 2021, you can save the hatch pattern file “sldwks.ptn” in any searchable folder so it is not overwritten…

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SOLIDWORKS Inspection Templates

SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2021 Templates

SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2021 has some template improvements. Before these improvements were made, when making an Inspection report you would click…

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Translated SOLIDWORKS Feature Names

SOLIDWORKS 2021 Translated Feature Name Option

New in SOLIDWORKS 2021, you can use a system option to show translated feature names in the FeatureManager design tree….

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Controlling the Display of Hidden Edges in SOLIDWORKS Composer 2021

Now in SOLIDWORKS Composer 2021, the visibility of hidden edges can be controlled, when we select or highlight elements. We…

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SOLIDWORKS Auto-rotate view normal to sketch plane on sketch creation and sketch edit

SOLIDWORKS Macro to toggle “Auto-rotate view normal to sketch plane on sketch creation and sketch edit”

The “Auto-rotate view normal to sketch plane on sketch creation and sketch edit” option, as it sounds, automatically rotates the…

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SOLIDWORKS Electrical Update Drawings dismissed

How to enable “Update drawings” when printing SOLIDWORKS Electrical Drawings

When the Drawings or reports in SOLIDWORKS Electrical are printed, it provides a dialog box to update the drawings, if…

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Set SOLIDWORKS File Locations the easy way!

When upgrading to a new year version of SOLIDWORKS, or when installing multiple year versions of SOLIDWORKS, we recommend our…

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SOLIDWORKS Save, Backup, and Auto-recover Options

Have you ever lost work simply because you forgot to save your changes? Have you ever changed your design and…

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How to restore SOLIDWORKS file shortcut options in Windows Explorer

Many SOLIDWORKS users are used to access SOLIDWORKS which appears when we right click on any part, assembly or drawing…

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SpeedPak Graphics Circle

How to disable the SOLIDWORKS SpeedPak Graphics Circle

SOLIDWORKS SpeedPak allows us to create a much lighter configuration from an assembly or sub-assembly so that we can handle large…

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Reserving SOLIDWORKS PDM Licenses

Reserving SOLIDWORKS PDM and SOLIDWORKS Manage Licenses

Sometimes it is necessary to ensure that certain users always have a license of SOLIDWORKS PDM or SOLIDWORKS Manage available….

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SOLIDWORKS Electrical Cross References are jumping off the page?

SOLIDWORKS Electrical Cross References are used to indicate associations between symbols in our schematics.  If for example a complex electrical…

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