Currently going to school to become a mechanical engineer. I wanted a job as a drafter or something where I could use solidworks while I finished my degree. Curious as to what you guy do for work where you use solidworks or if most of us here just do this for fun.
I was laid off last April from my mechanical engineering job and have had a good number of interviews but haven't landed a job yet. A lot of the jobs say knowledge of Solidworks is a requirement or a big plus, so I thought maybe if I could get some certification that basically says I know how to use Solidworks decently well, maybe it would help me stand out.
Does anyone know of anything like this? There seem to be some online courses, but I don't want to pay a huge amount of money to have my own version of Solidworks in order to do an online course. Do I just need to find something at my community college?
If anyone has any advice I'd appreciate it.
Hello! I'm an Mechanical engineering student and I need to work on solidworks and it's is on my academic curriculum.I've a tight budget and i want to choose a laptop with Ryezn 5 4500u & 8gb ram varient. So, my question is can it run solidworks for student level work. I'm fearing about that the"Vega-6" could run solidworks works or not. If vega-6 crashes on solidworks than there no point of buying it. Anyone using solidworks on vega-6?
I've been trying to move towards more "pro" CAD software, but I'm not a student and I wasn't about to drop $4,000 to learn SolidWorks either. Joining the EAA will get you a non-commercial license so you can use it for all your own projects.
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Thanks for any input.
Hello. I was wondering if SolidWorks is a software that firms gravitate towards, or if there are other competitive programs? I know that Maya is used for video games, but I'm thinking more about industrial applications in this question.
I'm sure that this is a somewhat ignorant question, but I almost exclusively hear about SolidWorks (and Blender, if that counts) at my university, so I was curious.
Answers to this question would depend on the context, of course.
- Thank you
I am currently enrolled in a university and have access to their Solidworks subscription for students. I'm also employed at a school funded incubation center that provides design/business consulting and office space to local startup businesses. One of these businesses asked me to assist him with the assembly of one of his products, but because Solidworks prohibits the use of its student version for commercial use we are unsure if I am able to. Since the center is university funded with the intent to provide design consulting and i am still enrolled as a student, are we in the clear? Not sure if anyone else has been in a similar situation.
The Setup:
Over the past few weeks, I set up two new virtual servers Solidworks and SQLServer. This set up included configuring Solid Works PDM Server, Archive Server, Solid Works Vault on one server and Microsoft SQL Server on another server. Per the documentation I named all the internal Solid Works parts and SQL Server databases the same as the old server to make the migration easier. The data migration and cut over date was set for Friday May 7th. On the evening of Thursday May 6th, I ran a robocopy script that copied over all the data on the old archive server to the new archive server. When the script finished running, I verified that the data on the new server matched the data on the old server using Beyond Compare. I also made a backup of the Vault and the ConisioMasterDB databases because they would need to be restored to the new SQL Server instance on Friday morning.
The Cut Over:
On Friday morning a PDM Engineer and myself reviewed the configuration of the new Solid Works setup and restored the two databases that I backed up the previous night to the new SQL Server. Once the server-side connections were verified we started upgrading clients. Once client installs were completed, we asked users to open a file or two and verify that things were functioning as expected. After confirmation of a functioning setup, we patted each other on the back for a job well done and exclaimed that this was all to easy.
The Panic:
Monday May 11th users reported that files in the vault could not be opened. After some investigation we realized that all the engineering files contained in the vault were missing. The default vault file structure was in place and all folders had a modified date and time of 5/7/2021 03:08 AM.
The What & Why:
After a lot of digging, we discovered that the PDM Archive Server Cleaner Service had run Friday morning at 3am and deleted all the files contained in the vault. All the files that the engineering team opened on Friday May 7th were cached versions of projects and files on their workstations.
The "Cleaner Service" runs by default every night at 3AM on the SOLIDWORKS PDM Archive Server to delete any file archives of files that have been destroyed (from deleted items) in the vault during the day. The Archive Server Service will contact the database to get a list of archives that should be deleted.
What the cleaner does is:
- When it starts, it contacts the SQL server and gets a list of ALL Document IDs of files th
Nachdem Solid Edge vorgelegt hat, gibt es nun auch Solidworks fΓΌr Privatanwender (nichtkommerziell) kostenlos. In meinem Fall bedeutet das den TodesstoΓ fΓΌr Fusion360. Das ist wirklich eine feine Sache.
Will learning more softwares improve my cv? I heard some people say it completely depends on the company you work for and get their special training, so what's the point learning different softwares anyway?
https://www.solidworks.com/support/community-download
Under 'Product Information' select No and enter "9MAKER" to get a Serial Number in the next step. You can then download, install and use SW normally.
That is all. Happy Making!
I have solidworks 3D 2020 S0. Basically, if I start the application whilst connected to the internet, the RAM consumption goes from a typical 15%-30% of my 16GB RAM to 96%+ until it crashes. If I turn off the internet and open it then it works fine, even if I turn the internet back on after opening it.
I'm at a loss for what to do, has anyone else experienced this?
Thatβs it.
I'm running SW 2020 and the icons are still too small and sometimes picking things that are only a pixel wide is tough. I know Microsoft is also partially to blame here as well what with the way Windows scales things up on high pixel displays, but I am sure SW is also at fault here.
How well does 2021 work on 4k?
Firstly, pardon my English
So I have various plans for this summer, one of them is self-study SW, I already have the basics plus some tutorials within the software itself (these tutorials were the time is written under the topic).
I have around 2 months of summer vacation, and I'm willing to put 4-6 hours a week (that's the plan at least) and I want to be good enough at solid works that I'm able to:
1-actually work with it (filters that's the work, like bubble cap filters, filter housings, sheet metal, etc...).
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Good enough that I can put it on my CV
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Good enough to take a certification exam of some sort, which is highly unlikely given the time I'm dedicating to the course
So the question is, How? What's the best material to use? Is there a certain textbook? a course online? videos on youtube? what's your secret?
Thanks in advance :)
What are my best options for running solidworks on a Mac? Citrix? VMwareFusion? Bootcamp? Which one will be the fastest/most convenient?
Good morning everyone!
I was recently promoted to a management position over my company's Fabrication shop. We are in the industrial space, and are an industrial equipment distributor/reseller.
Our shop gets requests ranging from building a carbon steel baseplate to mount equipment (could be up to 10' long and 6' wide), to putting several pieces of equipment on a single baseplate with interconnecting welded pipe and several accessories/components (filters, gauges, level controllers, tanks, etc).
The engineers have been using AutoCAD forever. We have a separate department that utilized Solidworks, and since we already had the software we were thinking about changing over to using it. However, I'm wondering if it's way overkill?
In our design, we basically would use the 3D software simply for layout of equipment. We do not do any type of stress analysis, nor would we be drawing any of the fine details such as the electrical wiring to the panels or need the weights/materials of the items on the package. It is simply to see where we locate the equipment, where we need to drill/cut holes in the baseplate, how much pipe we need to run between the equipment, etc.
Would it be better for my team to use Fusion? We've already done 2 Solidworks training classes, and they are struggling. I'm wondering if there is just too much detail in Solidworks for what we are doing and we should just cut the cord here and move over to Fusion.
One thing I was curious about is the PDM/Vault software. Each engineer would be responsible for their own designs so there isn't collaboration on a single project. However we would want a parts database so we could store commonly used items such as isolation valves, check valves, gauges, vents, etc. We have PDM now but not using it correctly. Would we just have to have a network drive with all the components throw in? Is Vault even compatible with Fusion or only Inventor? It would also be important to have the capability for a library of pipe/valve/fittings, and I thought I read somewhere that Fusion was lacking in that area.
Also, it sounds like it's always just one CAD file instead of an assembly, so the whole lego/building blocks idea might not work? Could I not pull in multiple components and put them together in one design?
Sorry for the rambling, but I'm really curious about this because I wonder if we just are using a TI-83 calculator when we could be getting away with a solar powered Casio.
Thanks!
I'm about to enter my 3rd year of school for ID. I've had cad experience from highschool but I just began really using solidworks this past semester. I would like to graduate college with a solidworks certification to make myself stand out more when applying for jobs but I'm not sure which level of certification I should be trying to take. Any advice on levels of certifications, ways to practice, and how beneficial the certification has been when looking for design jobs has been would be much appreciated!
Hi I'm trying to do a fuselage sketch for my uni Coursework but for some reason my sketch isn't closing and becoming greyed out. I have no idea where I went wrong since I followed what my professor did to a T. If someone asks I can dm them my file if that would help. If anyone can help pls thank you.
I have being trying to draw them by extruding a triangle along a helix for 3d printing but its slow and not so food a fit. so im currently just printing extra material and a friend cuts the thread.
Is solidworks and MATLAB available on myNEU email address? If so, do we need a serial number for solidworks or my NEU ID will suffice?
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