In late 2017, microsoft updated the book line with the surface book 2, available in the. The surface book and surface studio are shown as tested and able to run solidworks but not certified and there is no mention of the surface pro. Microsoft surface book 2 15 touchscreen 2in1 notebook. Hopefully the surface studio 3 will have this option which would work for everyone. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. Surface battery wont charge or surface wont run on battery. Helping ringbrothers reimagine classic cars by katherine weekes surface builds devices that empower people to be more productive and create without removing limitations is especially important for engineers, architects and designers who depend on powerful hardware and software to streamline their workflow and bring. Make solidworks portable on a microsoft surface book. Learn solidworks 2020 with these popular books and textbooks. I am trying to install sw into an external ssd because my local disk c. Surface dial lets you view model attributes and zoom, pan, or rotate models. The solidworks software supports the microsoft surface dial.
How well does solidworks work on a microsoft surface book. However, the installation stopped and displayed this message. Hey yall, im a student going into industrial design and i am wondering how well solidworks would work on a microsoft surface book 2. Is autocad and solidwork work fine in microsoft surface. I was wondering if anyone knows how this program will run on it. Surface book 2 is the most powerful surface laptop ever. Extremely poor performance with brand new surface book 15. I currently am using the surface book as a desktop attached to the surface dock and 2 24 dell u2415d monitors. Though its not perfect, the sheer versatility of the book has quite possibly spoiled me for other laptops. Surface book 2, the most powerful surface ever, goes on sale today. The surface book typically has a i5 6th gen processor, around 8gb ram and the intel graphics 520. I have had no issue with my graphics card until today. For nonlinear studies, a surface to surface contact option is available in the contact set propertymanager. Surface archives page 2 of 37 microsoft devices blog.
It is ultrathin, meticulously crafted, with an incredible. Optimizing surface book corei7dgpu for 3d modeling. Extremely poor performance with brand new surface book 15 i am seeking advice on my new surface book running windows 10 pro running solidworks 2017. Since the first day it was installed on this machine it has operated at crawling speed, often freezing, crashing and warning me of low available system memory even when running solidworks as the. Up to 17 hours of battery life for local video playback. The opportunity to listen and learn from the thousands of engineers and designers who live and breathe solidworks helps build the type of devices can bring their creations to life. This is a highspeed and durable laptop that can easily turn into a tablet with a press of a button. After all, designing organic shapes typically requires surface modeling in solidw orks, which they dont teach in most classes and is notoriously difficult. Our previous machines just didnt have enough power.
We recently received a support call where a customer had added a surface finish appearance but it did not appear on his model. Hands on with microsoft surface dial on the surface studio duration. Doesnt seem like it is approved by solid works at all. He has been running solidworks on his microsoft surface book for approximately a year and has found it to be an extremely useful tool in his design work. They said, once again, that there was nothing they could do to help me a part from offering an out of warranty replacement with a surface pro 5 for about.
That and the cad you do work on will be very small. Potentially using solidworks 202014 and up on surface. If anyone has any insight on this or if anyone has another tablet they can recommend that can run it with little to no problems that would be great. Solidworks 2019 on microsoft surface pro 6 solidworks forums. Being able to use the largescale format on surface studio and then go home and sketch a drawing on my surface book 2 at the kitchen table its a game changer. Solidworks surfacing and complex shape modeling bible. Joshua finds the removable touch screen to be a significant advantage.
Featuring an intel core i7 processor, nvidia geforce gtx 965m 2gb gddr5 memory and a 512gb solid state drive. Select from a variety of surface devices and accessories to find help. The new surface book 2 is a versatile laptop, powerful tablet, and portable studio in one. Microsoft surface book i was looking for laptops and i have liked the looks of the new surface book with the performance base. How to pick the best microsoft surface pc 2020 wired. Microsoft surface book with performance base is built for power. I am a 3d cad engineer and dream of the day microsoft will understand that having a geforce graphics is for gaming. Solidworks has a lot of great options for adding surface finish appearances to give your models a more realistic feel.
Today, i noticed my computer was not running solidworks very well, so i ended up looking in device manager and found that the only driver under display adapters was the intel uhd graphics 620. Microsoft surface book with geforce gpu solidworks setup hints 1. Creating a fine mesh in the contact area improves the results for this option. Microsoft surface book with geforce gpu solidworks setup. Can solidworks 20182019 run on microsoft surface 6. Weve seen users using solidworks on their surface book with performance base.
Ringbrothers has started using surface in their shop for everything from reading emails to making revisions on renderings in solidworks. Just like any other ultrabook with comparable specs. You can still use the other contact options, node to node and node to surface under advanced options in the contact set propertymanager. Surface book and surface pro 4 certified to run siemens. Solidworks surfacing and complex shape modeling bible lombard, matt on. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the header.
How to get the most out of surface modeling in solidworks. I am a heavy user of solidworks for work and sometimes have to travel to various suppliers. Adding a surface finish appearance to a solidworks part. Whether youre in the office or on the road, the microsoft surface book 2 runs on windows 10 pro, and can run a variety of professional software and gaming programs quickly and efficiently. Hi, i am a high school student who has been heavily using the microsoft surface book for over a year doing school work, intense gaming and casual web browsing. Obviously microsoft is telling him as well that they received the surface already damaged. The ssd seems reliable and has a typec port if that matters and reads and writes very fast. You may want to consider not throwing a whole lot of money at a laptop, whether it be a surface book or p50. I have a microsoft surface book 2 running windows 10. I contacted microsoft and sent both pictures, my broken surface pro 4 and this broken surface pro 6. Hello, im updating my laptop and id like a laptop that is capable of running solidworks cad. Microsoft surface pro 128 gb w windows 8 and solidworks. I will be testing solidworks 20182019 on the microsoft surface pro 6.
I have a 2018 microsoft surface book 2 with nvidia gtx1050 graphics card. I have a surface book with the corei7dgpu and the 512gb hdd. I picked up a surface book, and ive used it as my daily driver ever since. Our books are perfect for professionals or as a textbook for classroom use. Hello all, this is my first post on this forum so please bear with me if im not aware of this forums etiquettes. I know that the previous incarnation of the surface book was a bit of a nonstarter in this area from all accounts and that really you need a quadro card to fully get the the full experience but microsoft are advertising that the sb2 can run solidworks and solidworks state that the sb2 is tested. Follow these steps if youre having trouble charging your surface, or it turns off immediately when you remove the power supply. A quadro card, especially a high end one, is needed to run software such as solidworks effectively. Maybe you took a solidworks class or two, maybe you didnt. This should work perfectly fine with the new surface book 2.
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