This is done when you install / modify Solidworks. Naturally German or some other language should be installed in Solidworks. You can manually, but it's more convenient through a bat-file.Īn example of a bat file for launching in German. To run Solidworks in these languages, you must change the locale in Windows. When installing Solidworks, you can select several localization languages: French, German, Polish, etc. Start "Solidworks_eng" "C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\SLDWORKS.exe" Reg ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2016\General" /v "Use English language feature names" /t REG_DWORD /d "00000001" /f Reg ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2016\General" /v "Use English language" /t REG_DWORD /d "00000001" /f Listing the bat-file (sw_eng1.bat) of the launching Solidworks in English Start "Solidworks_rus" "C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\SLDWORKS.exe" Reg ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2016\General" /v "Use English language feature names" /t REG_DWORD /d "00000000" /f Reg ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2016\General" /v "Use English language" /t REG_DWORD /d "00000000" /f Listing the bat-file (sw_rus1.bat) of the launching Solidworks in Russian It can be done only through a bat-file, without a reg-file, a little more complicated. Thus, when you start sw_eng.bat, Solidworks will start in English, and when you start sw_rus.bat in Russian. "C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\SLDWORKS.exe" Use safe modes to narrow the range of possible causes: "C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\sldworks.exe" /SWSafeMode /SWDisableExitApp The command line for this mode is as follows: If this security mode fixes the problem, you may need to fix the SolidWorks configuration or add-ons. It uses the ready-made SolidWorks settings and disables all add-ins. "C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\sldworks.exe" /ForceSoftwareOGL /SWDisableExitAppĪnother safe mode is "Ignore Tools / Options" for the next session.
If this safe mode resolves the problem, it becomes clear that your problem is related to your card and you need to get a new driver or replace the old video card. This can help to eliminate the problem with the video card. The choice of the first ignores the video card driver and runs SolidWorks in OpenGL mode for the next SolidWorks session. At the bottom of the diagnostic page, there are two safe modes.