If your part has an extrude, you’ll need to machine away all the material around it in order to produce it. Checking the 2.5 Axis Feature Type will be a common procedure when working with these features! Open Pockets Make sure to select “Face Feature” as the type, and then define the plane to machine up to. Tip: If SolidWorks CAM doesn’t recognize your face feature, right click on “Mill Part Setup” and then choose the “2.5 Axis Feature” in the dropdown menu. It is commonly used to machine down the stock to the top-most planar face of the part itself. Learn more about SOLIDWORKS in the tips and tricks below.A face feature is a planar face that is parallel to the mill part setup. To install SOLIDWORKS with the specific language right off the bat, select the desired language(s) in the “Product Selection” page of the installation, then follow steps 6 - 10 as discussed above. Installing Language in Brand New SOLIDWORKS Installation

Launch SOLIDWORKS and it will run in the wanted language.

Rename the English folder to “english.old” and the wanted language folder to “English”.

Once it successfully installed, open File Explorer and navigate to:.

Select 'Next' then 'Modify' on the last page.

Expand 'SOLIDWORKS Languages' (by selecting the arrow next to it) and check the box next to the language you would like.

Choose 'Modify your installation' and select 'Next' until you get to the Product Selection page of the installation.

As long as you have recently rebooted your computer, you can select 'Ok' on the pop-up that says “A Windows reboot is pending from a previous installation…” (this is a known bug in the Installation Manager).

Find the version of SOLIDWORKS to modify, right-click on it and select 'Change'.Select 'Programs' or 'Programs and Features', and choose 'Uninstall a Program'.Windows Start Button > type 'Control Panel'.Follow the instructions below to modify your SOLIDWORKS installation to install the full-file set for the desired language. There must be a full installation file set for the wanted language. The easiest way to change the language in an existing SOLIDWORKS installation is by tricking SOLIDWORKS into thinking the new language is English. Changing the Language in an Existing SOLIDWORKS Installation Did you know that you can change the language in SOLIDWORKS without needing to change the language of your system? It's possible and relatively simple.

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