Troubleshoot

Make Z-up or Y-up as Default View Orientation

1 views March 27, 2026 0

Incorrect Drawing Revision Zone

1 views March 27, 2026 0

Show or Hide Lines in SolidWorks Drawing

2 views March 18, 2026 0

Create Bend or Jog at Ordinate Dimension in SolidWorks Drawing

3 views March 18, 2026 0

“Allow component files to be renamed from FeatureManager tree” is grey out

0 views November 26, 2025 0

SOLIDWORKS Issue – Missing Lines When Exporting Drawing to PDF

239 views October 16, 2025 0

Issue – Toolbox Lock-Rotation for Concentric Mates Issues

24 views October 15, 2025 0

Issue – Blank Error Box on Startup (Toolbox Path Missing)

20 views October 15, 2025 0

Issue – Toolbox-caused Crashes and Icon Persistence Issues in Assemblies

22 views October 15, 2025 0

RealView Graphic in SolidWorks Missing

5 views July 25, 2025 0

Swdocumentmgr Missing During Opening Toolbox

39 views July 25, 2025 0

SolidWorks Graphic Stuck During Rotating Components

2 views July 22, 2025 0

No Edit Material Option in SolidWorks

282 views July 22, 2025 0

SOLIDWORKS.exe file cannot be found

0 views May 29, 2025 0

Mirror entity display incorrectly when zoom out in DraftSight 2020.

6 views May 20, 2025 0

Icon displays issue in SOLIDWORKS

0 views March 27, 2025 0

SolidWorks Crashes When Using the Section View feature in Lightweight mode

1 views March 6, 2025 0

SOLIDWORKS Freezing on Splash Screen

36 views December 24, 2024 0

Line Command in Sketch Not Continuous

10 views December 17, 2024 0

Using Section View Keep Crashing in SolidWorks

6 views December 5, 2024 0

Cannot Rename Part/Sub-Assembly File in FeatureManager Design Tree

10 views November 19, 2024 1

Filter Out STEP File Components in SolidWorks

4 views November 13, 2024 0

Component Pattern Movement Does Not Synchronized in SolidWorks

46 views November 13, 2024 0

Set Save as Default Option in SolidWorks

2 views November 13, 2024 0

Clicking Entities Does Not Highlight Feature Tree in SolidWorks

44 views November 11, 2024 0

Cursor Does Not Highlight Edges in SolidWorks Drawing

5 views November 11, 2024 0

Cannot Create Transparency Effect in SolidWorks Visualize

20 views November 11, 2024 0

SOLIDWORKS Data Recovery: Auto-Recovery and Backup Settings

109 views September 8, 2024 0

SolidWorks unable to open Macro .swp file

133 views July 30, 2024 0

Visualize Error When Starting or Exporting a Project

28 views March 1, 2024 0

Configure Internet Explorer to open an eDrawings ActiveX HTML

84 views February 14, 2024 0

SOLIDWORKS Part Become Envelope Icon

27 views January 10, 2024 0

Clicking Entities Does Not Redirect to Tree Items

22 views January 10, 2024 0

User unable to change the AutoCAD DWG file state. Error message shows “Could not perform transition on the file “’B:\…\….’ The file format is not recognized.”

14 views December 26, 2023 0

Unable delete workflow while there is not any file that using the workflow in the vault folder.

113 views December 26, 2023 0

SolidWorks DPI Scaling Issues

8 views October 11, 2023 0

Custom Crosshatch for Material in SolidWorks

11 views September 12, 2023 1

Set Default Crosshatch in SolidWorks

15 views September 12, 2023 0

Dimension Cannot Snap to The Drawing

66 views August 14, 2023 2

SolidWorks Prompts “The SOLIDWORKS Document Manager Library Is Invalid. Please See Your Administrator.” When Trying To Pack and Go

2 views June 14, 2023 0

Cursor Missing During Typing Notes in SolidWorks Drawing

3 views May 31, 2023 0

Customizing Hole Callout

8 views March 13, 2023 0

Toolbox/ Hole Wizard Greyed Out During SolidWorks Installation

9 views March 13, 2023 0

SolidWorks Windows 10 Security Update Error

17 views January 27, 2023 0

SolidWorks Clock Difference Too Large Error

13 views January 27, 2023 0

Symbol Library File (GTOL.SYM) is Missing

391 views November 21, 2022 0

Cannot Delete Components in STEP Assembly

21 views October 31, 2022 0

Filter Symbol Appears on SOLIDWORKS

467 views September 21, 2022 0

Hole Wizard Does Not Affecting Part File

155 views August 22, 2022 0

SOLIDWORKS Compare Tools

160 views August 15, 2022 0

SOLIDWORKS Activation Error – ‘Failed to obtain a computer identifier. You can continue, but you might have activation or transfer issues in the future’?

1083 views July 29, 2022 0

VSTA Error During Installation SolidWorks

957 views July 19, 2022 0

VBE6EXT.OLB Error When Opening SolidWorks

357 views July 19, 2022 0

SolidWorks CAM Post Processor Invalid Messages

352 views June 2, 2022 0

Unable to Pack and Go under full folder structure

5 views April 19, 2022 0

Unable to Add Features/Sketches into SolidWorks Folder

3 views April 19, 2022 0

Missing Solid Bodies Folder in FeatureManager Design Tree

788 views April 12, 2022 0

General Guide on Handling SOLIDWORKS Corrupted Files

82 views April 5, 2022 0

Understand Zero-Thickness Geometry in SOLIDWORKS

425 views April 5, 2022 0

Could not load SOLIDWORKS DLL: sldshellutils

2127 views April 4, 2022 0

eDrawings Preview Not Working in the PDM Vault View

86 views March 24, 2022 0

Unable open DraftSight file with error message “file not found – genltshp.shx”

1 views March 22, 2022 0

How to add Custom tab to the CommandManager

25 views March 16, 2022 0

How to change SOLIDWORKS standalone license

9 views March 9, 2022 0

SolidWorks Installation Manager blank Interface

16 views February 15, 2022 0

SOLIDWORKS application crashes or freezes after the ‘Initializing VBA engine’ during start up

8 views December 23, 2021 0

How to remove automatic border in SOLIDWORKS drawing

3 views December 23, 2021 0

Transparency functionality in SOLIDWORKS does not work

2 views December 23, 2021 0

VCRUNTIME Error when opening SolidWorks

294 views November 10, 2021 0

SOLIDWORKS unable to locate the Assembly Components

23 views November 10, 2021 0

Could not load SOLIDWORKS DLL: GdtAnalysisSupport.dll

4532 views November 3, 2021 0

SOLIDWORKS Installation | Blank Installation Screen?

376 views October 25, 2021 0

“the operating system is not properly configured to run this application” messages pop-out after closing SolidWorks

99 views October 11, 2021 0

Error “Cannot use selection. Allowing this selection would create conflicting context”

31996 views September 3, 2021 0

How to Resolve Missing SOLIDWORKS File Utilities Menu in Windows File Explorer

12 views August 24, 2021 0

‘Could not obtain a license for SOLIDWORKS CAM. Error Invalid block name (-5,147,0)’

3 views August 16, 2021 0

How to resolve Rotate Context Toolbar missing in Assemblies

9 views August 2, 2021 0

3DQuikForm Renew Activation

123 views July 21, 2021 0

Workaround with Misalign Mate not display using shortcut keys

156 views June 25, 2021 0

SOLIDWORKS Thumbnail missing (Solution)

769 views June 25, 2021 0

133 views June 24, 2021 0

Error ‘Can’t find calloutformat.txt.’ after upgrading SOLIDWORKS version

7 views June 18, 2021 0

How to foreshorten dimension in SOLIDWORKS drawing detail view

2 views June 18, 2021 0

Cannot Save drawing to PDF

3188 views June 17, 2021 0

Command Manager missing

45 views June 16, 2021 0

How to proper renaming of files in SOLIDWORKS

4 views June 14, 2021 0

What thermal expansion coefficient need to input in SOLIDWORKS MATERIAL?

160 views June 4, 2021 0

Unexpectedly very high stresses when applied thermal load into study.

1 views June 4, 2021 0

How to resolve Task Pane that missing

9 views June 3, 2021 0

Error ‘No Excel application found. Cannot perform operation.’ when exporting Inspection project to Microsoft® Excel® in the SOLIDWORKS® Inspection add-in.

9 views May 31, 2021 0

Troubleshooting – An error was encountered while trying to open file. Contact Technical support for a possible solution.

12193 views May 20, 2021 0

How to update multiple SOLIDWORKS files with a new version of decal?

2 views April 29, 2021 0

Failed to export drawing to PDF: The font “Arial Unicode MS” is not installed correctly

818 views April 13, 2021 0

The files not open in the DraftSight when double-clicking a DWG or DXF file in Windows File Explorer

15 views March 23, 2021 0

DraftSight ‘Error 1714’ during Installation

7 views March 23, 2021 0

Error ‘Failed to load modules. The application will close. Please reinstall the application.’? when opening Draftsight

4 views March 23, 2021 0

‘cosworks.dll could not be loaded’ error when trying to access SimXpress

1 views March 19, 2021 0

SolidWorks API: Compile error: Can’t find project or library

828 views March 17, 2021 0

SolidWorks Macro: Cannot open macro

1124 views March 17, 2021 0

The program can’t restart because MSVCP140.dll is missing from your computer.

0 views March 2, 2021 0

SolidWorks | Error : ‘A newer version of this application is already installed’

10903 views February 11, 2021 0

SolidWorks | Error : “This version of SolidWorks has not been commissioned properly, please contact your supplier”

6063 views February 11, 2021 0

Decal Selective Color Mask Fringing

34 views February 9, 2021 0

SolidWorks API: Compile Error: Can’t Assign To Array

200 views February 9, 2021 0

Nothing happen when going to File > Publish to eDrawings?

2 views February 2, 2021 0

SolidWorks CAM | Simulation lagging or slow

1310 views January 29, 2021 0

DraftSight | Recovering Drawings

1433 views January 24, 2021 0

SolidWorks API: Macro causes SolidWorks to freeze up | Force stop SolidWorks Macro

1591 views January 22, 2021 0

SolidWorks API: Run-time error ’91’: Object variable or With block variable not set

5760 views January 22, 2021 0

SolidWorks API: Run-time error ‘438’: Object doesn’t support this property or method

1330 views January 22, 2021 0

SolidWorks API: Compile Error: User-defined type not defined

1317 views January 22, 2021 0

DraftSight | Checking Integrity of Drawings

546 views January 16, 2021 0

‘The file contains no display data.’ error when open SOLIDWORKS file in eDrawing

2976 views January 5, 2021 0

How to Deactivate SOLIDWORKS If You Cannot Launch the Products?

20 views December 30, 2020 0

“Model is Unstable” Errors in Simulation Study- Soft Spring

1242 views December 21, 2020 0

When I save a file with SOLIDWORKS® Simulation study data, what can I do if I receive the error ‘Simulation cannot create temporary file in the directory [c:\[ file path]…]’?

2023 views December 21, 2020 0

Unable to create rib

3474 views December 17, 2020 1

Error “G8B: Image Idices are not proper…Plz Check the order in enums and the images”

2323 views December 1, 2020 0

Error : ‘Failed to initialize visual basic for apps’

3258 views December 1, 2020 0

“Could not access the item in the database” error for specific user

25 views November 27, 2020 0

Unable to remove/delete component in Assembly

7 views November 27, 2020 0

How to Show Breadcrumbs to be Always Shown beside Your Mouse Pointer?

2 views November 16, 2020 0

How to resolve Task Pane keep popping out

3 views November 16, 2020 0

Why my appearance didn’t look as I input?

88 views November 13, 2020 0

Why do I receive the error ‘Expected SOLIDWORKS monitoring program is closed (-97,121,0)’

95 views November 13, 2020 0

The licenses does not support this feature with code (-18,147,0)

219 views November 13, 2020 0

Why do I receive the error “Stop! Unable to find ALPH & MU from curve fitting”?

231 views November 13, 2020 0

How to Resolve Configuring Sounds Error in SOLIDWORKS?

3 views November 13, 2020 0

How to Turn Off the Rectangular Box Region in SOLIDWORKS Graphics Area?

5 views October 30, 2020 0

How to Change the SOLIDWORKS Drawing Sheet Background?

7 views October 23, 2020 0

How to Change the Display Resolution in SOLIDWORKS Visualize?

5 views October 23, 2020 0

How to Organize Dimensions and Annotations in SOLIDWORKS Drawings Neatly?

2 views October 16, 2020 0

Why does SOLIDWORKS hang when saving any file in SOLIDWORKS?

3 views October 16, 2020 0

How to Translate Feature Tree Name in SOLIDWORKS 2020?

4 views October 16, 2020 0

Does a license borrow display the time zone of the server or the client computer?

1 views October 16, 2020 0

Why do assembly components not appear in the graphics area unless zoom in or zoom out?

8 views October 5, 2020 0

How to resolve Missing Font error in Solidworks

6 views September 25, 2020 0

How to resolve “The operating system is not presently configured to run this application” error

4 views September 22, 2020 0

When editing or creating BOM in a SOLIDWORKS drawing file, why do I receive the error ‘Close method of Workbook calls failed’.

2 views September 17, 2020 0

The ‘Help’ menu item missing after installing SOLIDWORKS 2020 SP03

0 views September 17, 2020 0

Does AMD Radeon ProRender supported in SOLIDWORKSVisualize 2020?

4 views September 17, 2020 0

SOLIDWORKS 2020 installation fails with .NET Install error 0x800F0954

1 views September 17, 2020 0

Why the ‘Enhanced graphics performance’ option is grayed out?

15 views September 4, 2020 0

Unable to open SOLIDWORKS Visualize project after Windows 10 upgrade

7 views August 28, 2020 0

Script Error troubleshoot

7 views August 19, 2020 0

Rename, Move, and Replace options missing from SOLIDWORKS shortcut options in Windows Explorer

7147 views August 13, 2020 0

Activation error ‘Activation Wizard initialization issue code 72’ when launching SW Student Edition

9 views July 17, 2020 0

‘Failed to obtain a computer identifier. You can continue, but you might have activation or transfer issues in the future’?

8 views June 25, 2020 0

Not able to see the image when publishing to 3D PDF from SOLIDWORKS MBD

1 views June 16, 2020 0

How can I display thumbnails in Windows® File Explorer for PDF format files?

0 views June 16, 2020 0

How do I resolve the error ‘A 3D data parsing error has occurred’ when opening a 3D PDF file ?

1 views June 16, 2020 0

‘3D Measurement Tool’ option not available in the PDF view toolbar in SOLIDWORKS MBD

0 views June 15, 2020 0

“Cannot load SOLIDWORKS settings information from [username]” troubleshoot

7 views June 2, 2020 0

Newly added custom properties not added in the property tab builder

4 views June 1, 2020 0

Excel table linked to ‘Custom Property’ attributes created via the ‘Property Tab Builder’ not available from the ‘Custom Property’ pane pull down?

3 views June 1, 2020 0

SOLIDWORKS assembly file failed to export or ‘Save As’ to a *.step* or *.ifc* file format

0 views May 27, 2020 0

In an assembly environment, how do I select bodies that imported far away from the origin?

1 views May 27, 2020 0

Fault Module : vcruntime140

4 views May 19, 2020 0

“swbrowser.sldedb” missing error

60 views April 20, 2020 0

“Could not initiate the transaction ” while launching SW or license activation

1052 views April 16, 2020 0

How to “soft” reinstall SOLIDWORKS with Windows Registry

1347 views April 14, 2020 0

Mouse pointer seems to be slow when working in SolidWorks.

3 views April 9, 2020 0

No Results After Running the SOLIDWORKS Performance Benchmark Test?

1151 views April 9, 2020 0

DraftSight Installation Error 1721

14 views March 30, 2020 1

Some edges or lines missing in Hidden Lines Removed (HLR) but show correctly when views are set to Shaded With Edges.

3 views March 25, 2020 0

Drawing views disappeared after creating a part drawing in SolidWorks.

5 views March 25, 2020 0

When I insert SOLIDWORKS® components, why do I see the error ‘This part has been opened , do you want to use existing part’?

1 views March 24, 2020 0

When using SOLIDWORKS® to convert a drawing to .DXF or .DWG format, what can cause the error: “There was an error in creating precise geometry for the following drawing views. They may appear empty”?

20 views March 24, 2020 1

STEP and IGES File Import Issues

4 views March 24, 2020 0

Add New SOLIDWORKS License to the Server

6 views March 24, 2020 0

OpenGL option in SOLIDWORKS

2267 views March 23, 2020 0

“Solidworks the view orientation has been changed”

165 views March 16, 2020 0

Command Manager Blank in Assembly

8 views March 12, 2020 0

“A journal file could not be created” Error Message Troubleshoot

55 views March 9, 2020 0

Reset DraftSight Default Setting

3940 views February 17, 2020 0

Error Message; The Parameter is incorrect when adding material

5350 views November 28, 2019 0

Design Library and forming tools missing

608 views October 31, 2019 0

Error when installing SOLIDWORKS: “Error 1935”

348 views October 16, 2019 0

How to check your server/client IP address

945 views September 26, 2019 0

Reinstalling .Net Framework ;SOLIDWORKS Instability

2361 views September 18, 2019 0

How to Repair Corrupted Windows System Files with the SFC and DISM Commands

363 views September 17, 2019 0

To prevent User(s) from Borrowing Licenses

5 views August 28, 2019 0

Installing and Configuring SOLIDWORKS Visualize and Visualize Boost

797 views August 19, 2019 0

Using Process Monitor to capture and submit Process Monitor Logs (PML) to SOLIDWORKS® Technical Support?

45 views July 18, 2019 0

When starting the SOLIDWORKS Student Edition software, what causes the error ‘This Student Edition has expired’?

1659 views July 17, 2019 0

Failed to write ToolboxStandardsXML

1723 views July 15, 2019 0

Error: “Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Web,Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a’ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.” when trying to download Act!

790 views July 5, 2019 0

‘Couldn’t copy the file ‘Part.prtdot’ to the destination ‘c:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp\ SOLIDWORKS PDM\(vaultname)SWpart.ctf.prtdot’.

3040 views May 28, 2019 0

Description option missing on Save as dialog box.

520 views May 27, 2019 0

SOLIDWORKS Toolbox Database Wrong Version

1051 views May 27, 2019 0

The Internal ID Does Not Match

2239 views May 27, 2019 1

“Encountered invalid record index” error Troubleshooting

3153 views April 10, 2019 0

Troubleshooting of SolidNetWork License (SNL) Manager

1139 views April 9, 2019 0

Could not obtain a license of Solidworks

4299 views April 9, 2019 0

How To Show SOLIDWORKS Thumbnails or Previews?

6645 views March 29, 2019 0

Default Templates are Not Valid

475 views March 28, 2019 1

MOD-DIAM is showing rather than diameter symbol Ø

633 views November 27, 2018 0