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Topic		Replies	Views	Activity
About the SOLIDWORKS category SOLIDWORKS		0	70	May 1, 2025
Table Variables how to change? 2D Drawings		4	18	April 21, 2026
Sketch pictures and zoom to fit SW General		23	86	April 21, 2026
Cloud services - especially storage. Anyone using it? SOLIDWORKS DataManagement-PDM		1	37	April 21, 2026
Undo Make Virtual Enhancement Requests		8	87	April 21, 2026
"Today, solidworks decided to piss off ALL their 500 partners." SOLIDWORKS		53	1164	April 21, 2026
Linear Pattern - Add Direction 3 Enhancement Requests		0	25	April 21, 2026
Promote Enhancement Request Enhancement Requests		5	39	April 21, 2026
Clean up macro idea Macro Library		3	111	April 17, 2026
Linear dimension showing as foreshortened in detail of section view SW General		8	79	April 17, 2026
Side to cut arrow SW General		3	40	April 15, 2026
FPV for Perspective How To Questions		1	50	April 14, 2026
Suppress by Component Reference and Text File? How To Questions		5	55	April 14, 2026
Get which named model view is referenced by a drawing view? API		2	49	April 10, 2026
Add-in for Mouse Fwd/Back Button Support? API		16	206	April 10, 2026
Understanding the new PDM search syntax (and its documentation) API DataManagement-PDM		7	131	April 10, 2026
Breaking Extension lines? 2D Drawings		2	53	April 7, 2026
Advice Setting Up Student Use of PDM Standard SolidWorks PDM		21	6767	April 6, 2026
Makers - Is it just a paid alpha program? SW General		13	158	April 6, 2026
Path dimensions 2D Drawings		2	65	April 6, 2026
Elusive geometry problem on outside/inside angle gauge How To Questions		4	57	April 2, 2026
Auto-dimension from part origin only in drawing views API API-Macros-Add-Ins		6	69	March 31, 2026
What goes in what folders SOLIDWORKS		6	113	March 29, 2026
System option and document properties SW General		18	5707	March 29, 2026
Recording fixed points in a sketch How To Questions		8	81	March 27, 2026
Flat pattern for virtual parts SOLIDWORKS		17	129	March 27, 2026
SolidWorks API: translate assembly face selection to part document context API API-Macros-Add-Ins		8	44	March 26, 2026
Alex Lachance SOLIDWORKS		16	497	March 25, 2026
Circular Sketch Patterns being created with underdefined centers How To Questions		12	194	March 24, 2026
I thought the SW use the same sketchtool as the professional counterpart they are renting the 3D kernel from SW General		68	602	March 21, 2026