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SOLIDWORKS Options
Tech tips, tutorials, and best practices for SOLIDWORKS Options from the Javelin technical team
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.
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…
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…
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…
SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2021 Templates
SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2021 has some template improvements. Before these improvements were made, when making an Inspection report you would click…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…