This article goes over the Promotion process of the Bill of Materials for users who want to show the contents of a sub-assembly at the top level of a BOM. This is an alternative method to the Dissolve method, that can be used in all tables. Note that this is only for the BOM created in the … [Read more...] about Promoting Items in the Bill of Materials (BOM)
HotFix: SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP5 and 2016 SP5 Screen Flickering and Viewport Issues
This article addresses a problem and fix for customers using SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP5 and 2016 SP5 that encounter screen flickering or viewport switching issues. For Windows 7 and Windows 10 users, this problem can occur after Windows Update KB3205394 and KB3206632 are installed on the system. Software … [Read more...] about HotFix: SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP5 and 2016 SP5 Screen Flickering and Viewport Issues
Required Ports for Photoview 360 Network Rendering
When attempting to perform a Network Rendering operation in Photoview 360, make sure that you open the ports in your firewall for all computers in both Inbound and Outbound Rules. You can access the firewall rules by going to the Control Panel -> System and Security -> Windows Firewall -> … [Read more...] about Required Ports for Photoview 360 Network Rendering
How to Edit Your Drawing’s Borders
You’ve no doubt used drawings before and have probably noticed that each drawing file comes with a sheet format that dictates the size, orientation, title block, and border of your drawing file. If we observe the screenshot below, we can see that this drawing file is using an ANSI type A sheet … [Read more...] about How to Edit Your Drawing’s Borders
Moving PDM Vault Archive Folders
This article outlines the steps needed to move PDM vault archive folders from one server to another or from one local drive to another on the same system. This may be useful for the following scenarios: More disk space is needed. Hard drive issues - need to change hard drive. Server issues - … [Read more...] about Moving PDM Vault Archive Folders