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This guide explains how to create and use a Library Feature in SOLIDWORKS to quickly reuse commonly applied features by saving them as a "Lib Feat Part" and placing them via drag and drop. It highlights best practice such as minimising external references, defining locating and size dimensions, and configuring references properly to ensure fast, flexible placement in new designs.

This Start-Up Spotlight explores how Schoolhouse Workshops blends traditional craftsmanship with modern digital design to create bespoke furniture and kitchens. It also highlights how SOLIDWORKS and SWOOD support their design process, from early concepts through to manufacture, enabling precision, efficiency and confidence on complex, high-end projects.

In this guide we'll show you how to create and use configured weldment profiles in SOLIDWORKS, highlighting why configurations are essential when working with the Structure System. It walks through defining a profile, setting up configurations and saving it correctly so it can be used reliably as a structural member in your designs.

In this guide we explain how to archive SOLIDWORKS Electrical projects into a single file for backup, sharing or support purposes - we also walk through the unarchiving process, including restoring projects and managing how associated library data is updated.

This guide walks through the steps required to install SWOOD within SOLIDWORKS, including licence transfers, uninstalling previous versions and activating the add-ins. It also explains how to complete the initial setup by selecting the correct SWOODData directory to ensure your design and machining libraries are ready to use.

Outgrown SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional? Discover how Visiativ PLM and PDM Gateway enable seamless PDM to PLM integration without migrating your data or disrupting CAD users.