Upcoming SWUGLY Events and Meetings

Summary: Shella Kline expresses enthusiasm for attending more SOLIDWORKS User Group meetings in the Lynchburg area and seeks community input on preferred topics and schedules. They share their interest in learning pro tips for managing large assemblies, reducing load time, and using reference geometry effectively in SolidWorks. Additionally, they are preparing to transition from SolidWorks 2020 to SolidWorks 2025 and are interested in learning about features that could ease this process.

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We’re excited to hear that you’re interested in attending more SOLIDWORKS User Group meetings in the Lynchburg area! As someone who recently visited the StarCity Swug in Roanoke, your input is invaluable in helping us plan future events and gatherings.

We’d love to know more about what kind of meetings or events you’d find most beneficial. Are there specific topics, workshops, or presentations you’d like to see? What are the ideal times and locations for you?

Your feedback will help shape our upcoming event schedule. Please share your thoughts and experiences with us!

I would really like Pro tips and tricks of managing large assemblies and reducing load and rebuild time/memory. Better or quicker ways to use reference (convert entities) geometry without maintain a link to the reference. I am currently using SolidWorks 2020 and will be going to SolidWorks 2025. What are some highlights of things to watch out for or things that could make this transition easier?

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Jeremiah Isaacs

1 month ago

Shella, great questions and welcome to SWUGLY! We are working on putting together our next meeting for the end of this month so stay tuned! We plan to have a hybrid meeting with meeting in-person at Liberty University's School of Engineering.

Some quick tips from previous meetings, managing large assemblies is important as it can really impact your day to day. One way to optimize your work can be by using the best assembly mode (Here is a reference video going over the different levels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZGqxNXqA0I). Overall, my perspective is that your design intent on the part file level can also greatly impact your assembly experience. Several examples include reducing polygons by removing threads from fasteners, applying appearances to full bodies instead of surfaces, and using the freeze bar on each components to reduce rebuild time.

From SW2020 to SW2025 you have a lot of performance updates and introducing assembly performance tools like interference detection and display state tables which are a great use for reducing configurations and load time.

Thank you for your feedback and look forward to seeing you at our events!