Technical Alerts & News

This service pack is now available to Subscription Service customers. To download, click here. Or log into the SolidWorks Customer Portal at https://customerportal.solidworks.com and click Download Software and Updates to access the update.

For a listing of SPR's fixed in this Service Pack, click here..

Starting with SolidWorks 2012 SP2 the process has changed for upgrading a previous major version SolidWorks Toolbox dataset to 2012 when Toolbox is being managed by SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. In addition to the Toolbox upgrade procedure being revised, SolidWorks 2012 SP2 also contains fixes to ensure vaulted Toolbox datasets are properly updated to the new 2012 folder structure.

If you are updating a previous major version Toolbox to 2012 and that Toolbox is managed by SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, then this update should be done using SolidWorks 2012 SP2 to avoid Toolbox folder structure and Toolbox file location problems.

Please see Knowledge Base Solution S-058099 for the revised SolidWorks 2012 Toolbox upgrade procedure when Toolbox is managed in a SolidWorks Enterprise PDM vault.
 

This service pack is now available to Subscription Service customers. To download, click here. Or log into the SolidWorks Customer Portal at https://customerportal.solidworks.com and click Download Software and Updates to access the update.

For a listing of SPR's fixed in this Service Pack, click here..

This service pack is now available to Subscription Service customers. To download, click here. Or log into the SolidWorks Customer Portal at https://customerportal.solidworks.com and click Download Software and Updates to access the update.

For a listing of SPR's fixed in this Service Pack, click here..

The SolidWorks Model Mania files are now posted in the forums.  Since we get so many requests for these models, we thought we would share with everyone the models from years past.  This is a great way to check out what the models were like previously and get you geared up and ready to go for this year’s Model Mania contest at SolidWorks World!

Voting for the SolidWorks World 2012 Top Ten list is now open!

You now have the ability to vote each idea up or down by clicking on the arrows that appear next to number of votes on each idea. You can only vote on each idea once.

We are pleased to announce updates to the Support, Forums, and Resource Center areas of solidworks.com. They have been improved to provide a better experience when you are looking for answers to questions, or want to learn more about our products or services.

SolidWorks Subscription Service customers can now start creating and commenting on ideas for the SolidWorks World 2012 Top Ten list at https://forum.solidworks.com/community/general/solidworks_world_2012_and_the_top_ten_list?view=idea.

This list is open for creating and commenting on idea only during December. Voting will open in January. For more details, see https://forum.solidworks.com/community/general/solidworks_world_2012_and_the_top_ten_list/blog/2011/10/31/solidworks-world-2012-top-ten-list.

This service pack is now available to Subscription Service customers. To download, click here. Or log into the SolidWorks Customer Portal at https://customerportal.solidworks.com and click Download Software and Updates to access the update.

For a listing of SPR's fixed in this Service Pack, click here..

With SP01, learn all about the Part Reviewer and check out the first set of examples!

If you haven’t already run the SolidWorks performance benchmark test and shared the results – now is the time to do it! The Share Your Score test is a performance test to help test your system for performance, share your score on the Share Your Score site, and compare your score with other users.

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This service pack is now available to Subscription Service customers. To download, click here. Or log into the SolidWorks Customer Portal at https://customerportal.solidworks.com and click Download Software and Updates to access the update.

For a listing of SPR's fixed in this Service Pack, click here..

This is a two day instructor lead hands-on workshop on Enterprise PDM XML Import Tool. This class has pre-requisites. You must attend a one hour mandatory webinar where a quick reintroduction of the XML import tool will be given along with exercises to work on, at your own time, to prepare you for the hands-on workshop. Webinar registration information is provided in the agenda. Similar Workshop for EMEA and possibly other regions will be announced shortly.

Two problems have been identified that can impact some customers upgrading a previous major version's SolidWorks Toolbox installation to 2012 SP0.0.

SPR 627126 (Toolbox data upgraded on an operating system that uses commas as the decimal symbol will result in unusable Toolbox parts.). For more details regarding this problem, please refer to Knowledge Base Solution S-056855.

SPR 627178 (Toolbox customized part numbers and descriptions are no longer displayed after upgrading to SolidWorks 2012.) For more details regarding this problem, please refer to Knowledge Base Solution S-056856.

***A Hotfix is now available for 2012 SP0.0. The Hotfix (HotFix_627753.exe) and instructions are attached to Knowledge Base Solution S-056921. ***

The issue will be also corrected in 2012 SP1.0 which is currently targeted for mid-November. The SP1.0 solution will prevent the problems for customers that have not yet upgraded to 2012 and will also correct the issue for customers who have already upgraded to SP0.0.

This service pack is now available to Subscription Service customers. To download, click here. Or log into the SolidWorks Customer Portal at https://customerportal.solidworks.com and click Download Software and Updates to access the update.

For a listing of SPR's fixed in this Service Pack, click here..

Please be advised that as of October 30, 2011, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation (“DS SolidWorks”) headquarters has moved to a new campus in Waltham, Massachusetts.  Accordingly, all correspondence, notices and the like, whether or not contractually required, should be directed to the appropriate DS SolidWorks contact at the following address:

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                Attention:  (Name of Contact)

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To the extent that contractual notice of an address change is required, please consider this letter as constituting such notice.