



You need to go to Tools, Options, System Options, File Locations and select Thread Profiles.įirst, you must delete the existing location. I would recommend moving your custom threads into the new folder but I will show you how to point to the original folder. Let’s take a look.Īll I need to do to bring back my custom thread profiles is to point it to the original location OR to move my custom profiles into the 2017 folder. However, my custom threads were still in my 2016 folder. When I installed SOLIDWORKS 2017, some of my file locations updated to point to the 2017 locations. I didn’t actually lose the work that I had done, SOLIDWORKS is looking in the wrong location for it. Where did it go? This is a fairly common occurrence when upgrading or installing. What happened to it? I spent a fair amount of time putting it together and now it’s missing. Notice in the above picture that Feed Screw Profile is not available. I am looking for a thread profile named Feed Screw Profile. I went use the thread feature and noticed that the custom threads that I had created were missing. When I installed 2017, everything installed fine. In this case, I have created some custom threads that I used in 2016. Sometimes when you upgrade or install the latest version of SOLIDWORKS, you lose or can’t find your custom features.
