Entries by Desiree Villeneuve, P. Eng, CSWE

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Performance Hack #006 : IT Solidworks Installation Repair : Full Clean Removal and Re-install

1. Make sure that you have “full Administrative Rights” 2. Ensure that you can disable all Anti-Virus’s present on the machine. (this list may include “Windows Defender) 3. Ensure that you have disabled the User Account Control Settings. a. From the start menu, hit the search key, and start typing “User Account….” Then click on […]

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Performance Hack #005 : Parts Assemblies Automation : Equations and linking Dimensions

Overall Concept: In this tutorial, you will learn some of the advanced tools that are used to increase the productivity in the Part, of SolidWorks. These tools are used to create equations in part modeling. Equations are mathematical relations between the dimensions of a sketch or a feature. In an equation, the names of dimensions […]

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Performance Hack #004 : Solidworks Speed Performance : Constant Rebuilding

Constant Rebuilding See Vid. Basically upon opening the for *large* percent of time, Solidworks says “rebuilding”   Diagnose the Situation. Use “Assembly Visualization”, and add the “SW-Rebuild” property to see which part(s) causing the issue. Solution Fasteners In this case we have a fasteners, that ain’t really changing. Might suggest *freeze bar* for this tree […]