Enabling Simscape Multibody Link Plugin on Solidworks - Not Appearing in Add-In's on SW

I am currently trying to enable the simscape multibody link plugin on solidworks, I have followed the following guides:

https://uk.mathworks.com/help/smlink/ug/installing-and-linking-simmechanics-link-software.html

https://uk.mathworks.com/help/smlink/ref/linking-and-unlinking-simmechanics-link-software-with-solidworks.html

I don't get any errors when following the guides - it says "DllRegisterServer in C:\ProgramFiles\MATLAB\R2023a\bin\win64\cl_sldwrks2sm.dll succeeded." However, when I open SolidWorks and navigate to Tools->Add-Ins the multibody link plugin isn't there as shown in the image below.

I have MATLAB r2023a, Simscape Multibody v7.7, and SolidWorks 2022 Education Edition.

Any assistance with this issue would be greatly appreciated.

[Kautuk Raj]

Refer to this documentation page which states that Autodesk Inventor 2022 and higher versions are not supported: https://www.mathworks.com/help/sm/ug/installing-and-linking-simmechanics-link-software.html#:~:text=Autodesk%20Inventor%202022%20and%20higher

Answer 1

[Divyanshu]

Hi Matthew,

The steps mentioned in the documentation generates the dll successfully without any errors. However as the plug-in doesn't appear in SolidWorks -> Tools -> Add-Ins it can be because of some compatibility issue or SolidWorks 2022 version not being supported yet.

You can try with older versions of SolidWorks like 2021 or earlier.