Tag Archives: Toolbox

FeatureWorks, Hole Wizard & SolidWorks Toolbox in Enterprise PDM Vault Views

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Bill Mitchell

If a user has SolidWorks Toolbox stored in an Enterprise PDM Vault it is necessary to always have a locally cached version of the SolidWorks Data folder on the client. However, the SWBrowser.mdb database used by Toolbox is also used by the Featureworks add-in as well as the Hole Wizard feature. If a locally cached version of the SWBrowser.mdb file cannot be found the user will receive the following warning when SolidWorks launches:

This warning message will appear even if SolidWorks Toolbox is not enabled for start-up since the FeatureWorks add-in is always enabled with SolidWorks Professional and Premium and the Hole Wizard feature is available in all versions of SolidWorks.

The quick-fix for this issue is to log into the Enterprise PDM vault view, navigate to the SolidWorks Toolbox folder and use the ‘Get Latest Version’ command to reload the Toolbox data to the local cache. When SolidWorks launches again it will be able to find the SWBrowser.mdb file it requires.

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SW2012 What’s New: Enterprise PDM, Workgroup PDM, & Toolbox

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Cody Armstrong

This webcast covers some of the new features and enhancements to SolidWorks 2012. Topics include:

- Enterprise PDM
- Workgroup PDM
- Toolbox

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Configuring SolidWorks Toolbox

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Michael Nolte

This webcast discusses the tools and techniques available in SolidWorks to configure and customize the Toolbox add-in.  Some of the topics include:

- Toolbox Configure Tool
- Toolbox Favorites
- Custom Properties
- Creating Toolbox Standards
- Adding Parts to Toolbox

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Toolbox sizes not maintained in assembly, why?

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Joseph Richter

Have you ever opened an assembly, and all the Toolbox components were huge?  But last time you opened this assembly it was correct?  Continue reading →

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SW2009 What’s New: Add-ins

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Joseph Richter

This webcast covers the What’s New functionality in the SolidWorks Professional 2009 Add-ins.  Topics include enhancemants to:

- FeatureWorks
- PhotoWorks
- Design Checker
- SolidWorks Tools
- SolidWorks Utilities
- Toolbox

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