{"id":2772,"date":"2015-01-19T11:43:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T11:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2772"},"modified":"2015-11-03T16:57:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T16:57:34","slug":"solidworks-support-monthly-news-january-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/01\/solidworks-support-monthly-news-january-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS Support Monthly News \u2013 January 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to this new edition of the SOLIDWORKS Support Monthly News, coauthored by members of the SOLIDWORKS Technical Support teams worldwide.<\/p>\n

The entire SOLIDWORKS Services team joins me in wishing you all a happy and prosperous year for 2015.<\/p>\n

Vote for the best enhancement ideas<\/h2>\n

792 enhancements ideas<\/strong> are available for voting in the SOLIDWORKS World Top Ten List. You\u2019re bound to fin many you\u2019ll adhere to. So vote for them to show your support.<\/p>\n

The voting rules are:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Any user with an active SOLIDWORKS Customer Portal login can vote. If you have only one seat of SOLIDWORKS but more than one registered user, all can vote<\/li>\n
  2. Go to this forum <\/a> and log in to vote<\/li>\n
  3. You can vote for as many ideas as you want<\/strong> (not just those you proposed) \u2013 no limit<\/li>\n
  4. You can vote an idea up (+1) or down (-1)<\/li>\n
  5. You can only vote until January 23, 2015<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    The SOLIDWORKS World Top Ten List is YOUR wish list. Make it what you want it to be<\/strong>. More than 90% of the enhancements in SOLIDWORKS are directly <\/span>req<\/span>uested by customers<\/span><\/a>. This is your chance to have your voice heard. You are likely to see your ideas or some you voted for in a future release of SOLIDWORKS!<\/span>Whether or not you\u2019re attending SOLIDWORKS World 2015 in Phoenix, we look forward to seeing your ideas and hope to see you there.<\/td>\n\"SWW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Service Pack News<\/h2>\n

    Service Pack 1.1 of version 2015 has been released. It fixes a SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP0 problem that can cause custom properties that are Date type values to have incorrect dates.\u00a0 This problem occurs on computers with a time zone setting behind UTC (GMT).
    \nIt is strongly recommended that customers upgrade all 2015 products to SP1.1<\/strong>.
    \nFor more details about this problem, please see Knowledge Base Solution <\/span>S-0677<\/span>08<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Spotlight on Feature \u2013 <\/span><\/span>Contact Visualization Plot in SOLIDWORKS Simulation<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

    A contact visualization plot allows you to detect easily the different types of contact in your model<\/strong> applied with global, component, or contact set definitions. The regions of the model where contact is defined are rendered in a color unique to each contact type. In the example below with only bonded contact, they are displayed in red.
    \n\"Contact
    \nNote: this feature is available for SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional and Premium.<\/p>\n

    Noteworthy Solutions from the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base<\/h2>\n

    \"icon In SOLIDWORKS\u00ae 2015 SP0, why do the values of \u2018Date\u2019 type custom properties change each time I open and save a file?
    \n<\/b>This problem only occurs in SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP0 on computers with a time zone setting behind UTC (GMT): any file containing a custom property value containing a \u2018Date\u2019 type value can have an incorrect value.
    \nSOLIDWORKS 2015 SP1.1 prevents new occurrences of the issue and is available for download as of December 16, 2014. If you use SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP0, we strongly recommend that you upgrade all 2015 products to 2015 SP1.1.
    \nFrom Solution Id:     S-067708<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"icon Why do I see a diameter symbol variable <MOD-DIAM> instead of the actual diameter symbol when I create a dimension?
    \n<\/b>Check that the \u2018Symbol Library File\u2019 under \u2018Tools\u2019 > \u2018Options\u2019 > \u2018System Options\u2019 > \u2018File Location\u2019 is set to the appropriate place.
    \nUsually the \u2018Symbol Library File\u2019 location points to the location of the gtol.sym file. This is located at c:\\ProgramData\\SolidWorks\\SolidWorks 20XX\\lang\\english
    \nFrom Solution Id:     S-067621<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"icon Why does SOLIDWORKS\u00ae CircuitWorks hang or not work when opening an ECAD file in SOLIDWORKS\u00ae 2015 SP1.1?
    \n<\/b>This is a known issue in SOLIDWORKS\u00ae 2015 SP 1.1 reported as SPR 845389.
    \nIt can be fixed with the hotfix attached to Solution Id:     S-067771<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"Icon What would cause the error \u201cFailed to obtain a license for SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM. License server system does not support this version of this feature.\u201d when trying to log in to a file vault view?<\/b>
    \nIf you are running Enterprise PDM 2015 or higher and the SolidNetwork License (SNL) server does not have any licenses matching the same major EPDM version activated, this error will be show and cause login to fail: \u201cFailed to obtain a license for SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM. License server system does not support this version of this feature.\u201d
    \nPlease see the PDF attached to Solution Id:     S-067447<\/a> for how to troubleshoot this error.<\/p>\n

    \"icon If I have a SOLIDWORKS\u00ae Premium or SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard license, can I define an Edge Weld connector?<\/b>
    \nYes, you can define an Edge Weld connector from the Connections Advisor in the \u2018Simulation\u2019 CommandManager. Please note that you will not see Edge Weld connectors in the right-click menu of the \u2018Connectors\u2019 folder of the Simulation study tree. This is because you must have SOLIDWORKS\u00ae Simulation Professional or higher to access full Edge Weld connector functionality. Please see the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Help for details. From Solution Id: \u00a0    S-067539<\/a><\/p>\n

    Originally posted by Julien Boissat in the SOLIDWORKS Tech Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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