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in this discussion you can enter:

- useful links to solidworks users

-models 3d and/or pattern designs if not protected by rights

-tutorial for solidworks or training documentation, also made by users.

-files useful for managing solidworks configuration as document templates, mapping files for export in dwg/dxf, etc.

you can't insert links to other forums that treat solidworks


please users to be synthetic and not to ask questions in this discussion. is better for everyone if this discussion remains lean and fast to read.

start with the link to check the certified video cards: http://www.solidworks.it/sw/support/videocardtesting.htmlthe link for activation of licenses: http://www.solidworks.it/sw/support/software-licensing-registration.htm
 
this is what I collected in my favorite folder of windows

resource models and videotraining:
http://www.solidprofessor.comhttp://www.3dcontentcentral.com/default.aspxhttp://www.myigetit.com/home/home.aspxhttp://www.inspirtech.comhttp://www.solidworksmedia.com/3dviacomposer_training/index.htmlhttp://www.solidworkstutorials.com/http://blogs.driveworks.co.uk/http://www.driveworksxpress.com/http://www-users.aston.ac.uk/~smithdi/_private/models.htmhttp://www.practicalstudent.com/subjects/solidworks/es.htmlhttp://www.solidworkstv.blogspot.com/http://labs.solidworks.com/http://www.caddigest.com/subjects/solidworks/tutorials.htmhttp://www.auxcad.com/index.php?ind=downloads&op=section_view&idev=8http://www.aboutsolidworks.com/http://www.luxology.com/pv360/http://www.swconblogerate.com/http://rendercontest.com/news.phphttp://www.productdesignhub.com/tutorials/20-solidworks/16-solidworks-tutorials-archivehttp://www.ddicad.com/http://gxsc.typepad.com/https://forum.solidworks.com/http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com/projects-access.htmlhttp://www.digitaldesignsyndicate.com/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/euo/modules/year1/es174/studentresource/cae/swtut1http://www.genie-meca.ac-aix-marseille.fr/construction/index.htmlhttp://www.szkoleniasolidworks.pl/2073.htmlhttp://www.triaxialdesign.com/http://www.me.cmu.edu/academics/courses/nsf_edu_proj/statics_solidworks/index.htmhttp://www.intelligy.com.mx/http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/content/dsg322/solidworks_surface_tutorials.htmhttp://www.practicalstudent.com/subjects/solidworks/es.htmlhttp://www.cadvantage.pl/index_en.php?i=2http://www.jqoc.com/soft/solidworks-tutorial/http://www.ragde3d.com/http://www.zxys.com/swparts/http://www.swxdesign.com/http://www.pdmsolution.com/http://www.grsites.com/http://cgtextures.com/http://kbonk.com/http://www.aronsistemas.com/http://www.idsketching.com/http://www.designbetterproducts.in/blog/http://www.valhallagrafix.com/gallery.htmlhttp://www.traceparts.combloggers:
http://blogs.solidworks.com/http://solidworks.blogspot.com/http://blog.cati.com/http://www.dezignstuff.com/blog/http://www.solidmuse.com/http://gabijack.com/http://www.jeffmirisola.com/http://gupta9665.wordpress.com/http://www.intelligy.com.mx/blog/http://designsmarter.typepad.com/richardsblog/http://www.rickyjordan.com/http://www.fcsuper.com/swblog/http://rob-jensen.blogspot.com/http://rocksolidperspective.com/http://designsmarter.typepad.com/lennyworks/http://www.sheetmetalguy.com/http://www.solidworker.com/http://solidjott.com/http://blogs.solidworks.com/roadster/http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworks_uk/http://www.theswgeek.com/http://solidworksheard.com/http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksfrance/http://solidmentor.com/modules/news/http://www.blogcatalog.com/search.frame.php?term=solidworks+tips&id=80a08869acf25c1f0f8254d0821515cdhttp://www.robrodriguezblog.com/http://www.solidworks-apac.com/http://www.kastner.com.br/http://mountain-wave.blogspot.com/http://www.mikescadblog.com/http://www.solidworksunleashed.blogspot.com/http://www.solidsmack.com/http://pdmsolutions.blogspot.com/http://home.roadrunner.com/~zoerme/ctopher.htmlhttp://chris-solidworks.blogspot.com/http://www.scottjbaugh.com/http://www.mikejwilson.com/canali su youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/9ningk89http://www.youtube.com/user/langgengjayahttp://www.youtube.com/user/javelintechnologieshttp://www.youtube.com/user/engatechhttp://www.youtube.com/user/catichannelhttp://www.youtube.com/user/axemblehttp://www.youtube.com/user/tridaqhttp://www.youtube.com/user/solidworkshttp://www.youtube.com/user/atony74http://www.youtube.com/user/progressionsupporthttp://www.youtube.com/user/hutch0workshttp://www.youtube.com/user/m1turbohttp://www.youtube.com/user/pmf10http://www.youtube.com/user/solidworksjunkyhttp://www.youtube.com/user/glendriveworkshttp://www.youtube.com/user/pawelkeskahttp://www.youtube.com/user/incaman0140http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=graphicssystemscorphttp://www.youtube.com/user/behnthttp://www.youtube.com/user/cadudite
 
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mark it a simple and fast program that directly imports into solidworks clouds of 3d points from text file (.txt, but not only).
of course it is in English but of immediate understanding and does everything in a couple of clik/skmates:
http://www.sycode.com/products/points_import_sw/index.htmthere is trial free version for 10 days.
at the first start of the program just fill out the form and immediately send you in email the provisional keyword.

for those like me who know little about surfaces and want to try to do something with solidworks.

greetings
Marco:smile:
 
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I insert a library for "standard" profiles in fe.
had been created and posted taaanto time ago by the user gabriele swx. is well done and very useful:View attachment PROFILATI.rarsimply add them to the weldment profiles folder (or from options point the system directly to the new folder) and will be available in the "welding module" as structural members.

greetings
Marco:smile:
 
here is a small application to facilitate the process already known to activate realview using windows log for nvidia video cards and ati.
doesn't work with the integrated ones.
just launch, select the graphics card and everything is done with a simple click.
no viruses or any other kind of malware.
Good vision!

works with sw 2009, 2010 and 2011.

I remember that manipulating your hardware not illegal, you lose only the right to receive assistance and the warranty expires.
in this case then it only changes the registry.
this shows that the certified starboards or boards are identical to the consumer for games, even perhaps worse.

It has already happened that on the official forum of solidworks, to enable the anti-aliasing on the ati, an Italian user recommended the use of a modification to the registry.
the head of the developers of the rendering software part, did not recommend this manipulation only because you lost the right of assistance.
There is however the groin and then develop and adapt to what competition does, see inventor.
I also remember that it is perfectly in line with the vision of hirschtick (former solidworks crate), the use of cards used by gamers.
end: I replace with the latest version of the application that should solve those problems encountered by someone:
 

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I carry a very interesting English article, made by solidworks itself.
the case against using the /3gb switch on 32-bit windows

most of you probably know that on windows 32-bit, each process (exe) has access to only half (2gb) of the maximum possible of 4gb "addressable memory" and the other half is reserved by the os kernel (more background on this here). so when memory intensive applications like solidworks start reaching the 2gb addressable limit, the obvious reaction is why does the os need as much as half the address space. greedy windows, you think.


you start googling around or someone recommends using this magic switch windows has that lets you increase the available address space to 3gb. that's better - take that, windows. now you can open and create larger assemblies and drawings than you could before. fast forward to a few months later - you're starting to see the pinch in performance with your increasingly larger designs. you already have 4gb physical ram on your 32-bit os, so the only possible quick avenue of a performance boost (short of a full system upgrade) is to upgrade your graphics card.


so you spend time researching, spend money on the best graphics card for your money, install the latest and greatest certified drivers. since you're in a bit of downtime, you might also install the latest system upgrades and solidwork service pack. you can't wait to get back on your project.


except - disaster. solidworks is now crashing randomly. how can that be ? you have the best card - everybody on the forum and your var said so, you have the latest certified drivers, the latest system updates, the latest sw service pack... ah - that must be it. the latest service pack must be the fault. so you go back to your old service pack. but the crashes continue. stupid software - hosed my machine again, you say. your project is now way behind schedule and you have a bitter taste in your mouth.


what exactly happened here ?


think back to when you turned on the /3gb switch. it's not usually very well understood, even among software developers (because most software developers operate in the "user address space", not the "kernel driver space"), what the reserved kernel address range is for. it is required for mapping all the devices, drivers and device memory you have on your system. this is colloquially known as the pci memory hole.


on a test machine which has a mid-range workstation graphics card with 512 mb video ram, the memory holes the pci / agp buses and the video card resources take up a total of 1334mb.


now think back to that super duper video card you bought with 1 gb of vram - after that upgrade, windows probably ran out of kernel addresses to map the device resources to. so smaller assemblies/drawings work fine, but when you start going up in usage of graphics card memory, it can lead to unpredictable behavior, i.e. random crashes.


so why did microsoft introduce this /3gb switch in the first place ?


it was originally introduced for server-based processes such as sql server or exchange server and the like, before 64-bit became the common platform it is today. the key point here is that these server-based processes are cpu/ram-intensive, but not device-intensive and especially not graphics card-intensive. so the server hardware doesn't have the devices that need the kernel-reserved addresses. in this case, it is indeed "greedy windows" and the /3gb switch works well here. of course, today no respectable it admin would run a 32-bit server anyway, so this is no longer an issue. in fact, even at a consumer level you'd have to go to a lot of trouble to buy a new machine with 32-bit windows. at a solidworks-user level, more users use 64-bit than 32-bit today.


so do yourself a favor - push the right buttons to upgrade to 64-bit. but if you can't upgrade right away for whatever reason, at least don't use the /3gb switch as a stop-gap.

I attach a file that tells you if the 3gb you have activated you need or not.
 

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