Like last year I am testing sw 2024 sp5 before installing it in our company. This time I have also the PDM two server to rebuild so I have more time until the final deployment.
Like last time I am going to post 1 reply for every bug i encountered and the KB references I am aware of.
every other contribution is welcome!
LIST for future update here.
First day playing with a rough admin image and I stumped already into a bug. I have a machine with two Hot Fixes installed and the install process stopped after the pre install batch.
I preventive uninstalled one HF with a preinstall batch and still a popup stopped the deployment.
It seem that the second HF got in the way and no matter I try to uninstall silently from the command line (hotfix.exe /r /s).
And it is just day 1
BR10000388985
āYou are about to terminate all instances of process sldworks_fs.exe, sldworks.exe. Please select YES to continue or NO to exit HotFix installation.ā message when installing via Admin Image if previous release hotfixes are installed
Portfolio / Domain: SOLIDWORKS Desktop / E-Apps
Product: Integration
OS: Windows 11
Detected level(s): SOLIDWORKS 2024 SP5
Platform: n/a
Description
Install an old release of SW in a client pc
Install one or more hotfixes for this release
Create an Admin Image from SW2024 SP5 media files
Edit the Admin Image Option Editor
Under āClient Installation Optionsā be sure to select āCreate a new major version.ā and āDo not uninstallā any older major version of SOLIDWORKS
Deploy the admin image on the client machine (with already the old relesae + hotfixes installed), by launching āstartswinstall.exeā
During the installation, you get message:
āYou are about to terminate all instances of process sldworks_fs.exe, sldworks.exe. Please select YES to continue or NO to exit HotFix installation.ā
fixed in sw2025 sp1
system optionāexport is partially broken.
Export format changed in the drop down menu is not reflected in the export option screen.
Still testing the UI and the installation process, and I am just tired of the stupid things they broke this time.
what a pRoFeSsIoNaL sOfTwArE.
BR10000370684
STL/AMF/3MF/DXFā¦/TIFā¦/SMG formats appear in Solidworks 2024 File Format drop list before open any components but with no option available
Portfolio / Domain: SOLIDWORKS Desktop / E-Apps
Product: User Experience (UX)
OS: Windows 11
Detected level(s): SOLIDWORKS 2024 SP1
Platform: n/a
Description
1.Open Solidworks 2024SP1 > Tools > Options > System Options > Export > expand File Format drop list > find STL/AMF/3MF/DXFā¦/TIFā¦/SMG appears in the list > select any one of them > notice the visible option are still about IGES These 6 new options are not visible in 2023 before open a part or assembly, this seem is a regression issue.
I dunno if it classifies as a bug, but I have my struggles with the change in the way dimensions are reattached in SW2024 in drawings. The grips for the (old) manual way of moving the extension lines and reattaching still show up, but are doing nothing anymore. This is at least annoying in the case of populating complicated / busy drawings. This is still the same in SW2025 I saw.
Unfortunately thatās their intended wayy that reattach works now. Thereās some push to get it to be able to use the drag handles to move the dimensions in the 2025 Top Ten list
When they meant to have the handles not working, they should have removed the handles alltogetherā¦ But besides reattaching I also used these handles to adjust the gap between the model and the extension line sometimes; this is also not possible anymore. Too bad. I work around this now (as I need to do more oftenā¦ 
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I think I found one. (Or maybe it is a āFeatureā)
I do not know for sure if anyone asked for this, or if it is in any way useful to anyone,ā¦
The āLock Rotationā option on Concentric mates has been removedā¦!!
These screengrabs are from my 2022 SP5.0 version.
These below are from my 2024 SP2.0 Version.
Lock Rotation-N1.png
Lock Rotation-N2.png
Unless, it has been moved to somewhere else that I cannot find.
Iām sure you all know how it is to scan down the feature tree looking for the tell-tale Minus sign in parentheses to confirm that everything is fully defined.
Iāve often just used the Lock Rotation feature to achieve this when rotation of the part is not relevant.
Now we need another separate and different mate to have the same function I used to get with 2 quick clicks.
Why would anyone want thisā¦?
The lock rotation feature is there in 2024 SP5. Typically, when that feature isnāt available, it means SW thinks there are already existing constraints locking rotation about that axis.
This is interestingā¦ I definitely did not have other mates defining it. It was showing up in the feature tree as (-).
Butā¦ This morning it is now there. I can lock the rotation.
The pics I posted yesterday were of the exact same assembly I opened this morning to find it now working.
Now I assume it was either: as you say, there is a new something that determines whether or not to disable the option.. 
Or it was simply a glitch. 
Glitches and work-arounds are the core foundation of SW, IMO.
Has anyone else on this version been subjected to this nonsense??
From what Iāve read, its got something to do with 3D experience, but we donāt run any of those add-ins.
This is the only part Iāve configured that has changed to this terminology at a random time.
There was NOTHING wrong with calling them configurations / derived configurations!
Were there rebuild errors within the assembly, that could be a cause for the icon not being offered.
Just Dassault taking something simple and making it complex for no reason, as theyāve always done. It indeed has to do with 3DXperience, I think it was introduced in 2024 but Iām not sure, but I definetly read about people not being happy of that and encountering issues linked to that.
Do you have either of these add-ins turned on?
No, I do not - all 3DX add ins are disabled. Its weird, the part wasnt even updated to the latest version upon saving. The library component in which i started with still shows the classic configuration icons and terminology, and has recently been modified in 2024, so is current.
The epitome of āchange for the sake of change.ā No one would ask for that, the classic way is already crystal clear.
Absurd.
Maybe you already know this, but you can right-click on the main Mates folder (below the inserted components and above assembly features) and Lock all concentric mates, instead of doing them individually. I typically insert a group of hardware, and then do that to lock all the concentric mates.
Iād post a screenshot, but Iām using a loaner computer today and it doesnāt have SW installed.
I do not believe so. Thereās always something going on..
I actually have other instances of this particular quirk again today.
I cannot as yet make sense of it. TBH, Iāve been having several issues with mates on this version.
It seems it gets a bit flustered when I want to fully define multiple components with concentric mates across several assemblies.
No, I did not know that. I can see it there and after having clicked on it, it works a treat.
Despite never being surprised at how little I actually know, it is always a good day to learn something new.. 
Thank you Glenn
I honestly always had issues with locks on concentric mate when the mates are not done as SolidWorks wants them to be done. Iād rather add a parralel mate instead, I found that it often removed rebuild issues that would be fixed by toggling off and on the concentric lock from the Mates Folder as Glenn pointed out.