SOLIDWORKS errors

3 recurring problems engineers report in SOLIDWORKS, ranked by impact.

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Recurring SOLIDWORKS errors, by impact

  1. 1Saving an assembly can trigger rebuilds that break mates and randomly alter mate dimensions.MCAD · Stability · 1 report70
  2. 2Large assemblies can lock up on open with the feature tree failing to populate.MCAD · Performance · 1 report67
  3. 3Even simple save/check-in operations can take minutes on capable hardware.MCAD · Performance · 2 reports60

How it fails

  1. Performance2
  2. Stability1

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