If you are a frequent SOLIDWORKS user, then getting familiar with SOLIDWORKS keyboard shortcuts (also known as hotkeys) is perhaps the easiest way level up your SOLIDWORKS game by designing faster and more efficiently. Keyboard shortcuts allow you to navigate SOLIDWORKS and launch commands with the press of a key rather than wasting time hunting …
Quick tip: you can get rid of the pink filter / funnel cursor icon by pressing the F6 hotkey to turn off SOLIDWORKS Selection Filters. The infamous, frustrating pink filter / funnel icon by the cursor – every SOLIDWORKS user has accidentally experienced this at one point or another. While this tool is frustrating when you first …
The Problem: rollback state error message when trying to insert a subassembly into another assembly in SOLIDWORKS “One of the components of this assembly is in rollback state. Cannot add now.” This error message shows up when you try to insert a subassembly into another assembly in SOLIDWORKS when the subassembly has a component that …
Compared to proprietary, native file formats which restrict the opening and editing of files to native software like CATIA or SolidWorks, STEP files are neutral and interoperable. This means that they can be opened and edited across a variety of CAD and CAM software. STEP, which is short for Standard for the Exchange of Product …
