Author Archives: Barb Schmitz
Young Kiwi Uses SOLIDWORKS to Design Home-Built Rally Car that Goes Zero-125 MPH in Seven Seconds
Alex Kelsey, a 22-year-old gearhead, lives in a small town on the North Island of New Zealand. His father, Richard Kelsey, was a successful rally car driver in his youth and shared his passion for going fast in cars with
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS World 2016 Session Preview: Deep Dive into the SOLIDWORKS Ecosystem
One of the things that differentiates SOLIDWORKS from other CAD systems is its extensive CAD ecosystem of solutions that provides users with the tools they need to optimize all areas of product development, not just design. SOLIDWORKS solutions focus on
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS World 2016 Session Preview: For SOLIDWORKS Veterans
SOLIDWORKS World 2016 will feature 224 tech-savvy, breakout sessions for everyone, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or advanced user. In these sessions you’ll learn new techniques from SOLIDWORKS experts that will help you take your design skills to the next
... Continued2015 SOLIDWORKS-Inspired Holiday Gift Guide
With every release of SOLIDWORKS new features and enhancements are added that enable our users to not only get their jobs done faster but to also innovate better. There’s no stronger evidence of the success of these efforts than to
... ContinuedElectric Vehicle Manufacturer Races to Market with SOLIDWORKS
While the media buzz proclaiming the imminent death of the internal combustion engine might be premature at this point, there is an end in sight. While the end of gas-powered cars won’t happen in the near term, many studies indicate that
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS World 2016 Agenda is Now Live
If you’re looking for tips and tricks to master everyday design challenges, want to expand your design and engineering knowledge or network with over five thousand of your peers, then be sure to register to attend SOLIDWORKS World 2016. The
... ContinuedAre Women Being Pushed Out of STEM Jobs?
We’re all aware that women are way outnumbered in the tech industry. According to the Verizon Foundation, while the need for tech skills will only increase in demand for all jobs in the future, the chances of women getting and
... ContinuedJuly’s Top Five Blog Posts
We are sometimes in awe of the ground-breaking products our customers are creating on a daily basis with SOLIDWORKS. This month, as we look back at our top 5 blog posts for July, we see some prime examples of these
... ContinuedPOLYRACK Creates Quick Concepts with SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Designer to Accelerate Time to Market
The early concept design phase of product development is critical to getting designs off to a good start. During this stage a number of design alternatives are discussed, vetted, and tested by a large group of design stakeholders, including customers,
... ContinuedMySolidWorks Training: Learn more about SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM Today
MySolidWorks Training allows you to learn about SOLIDWORKS features and functionalities on your own schedule, at your own pace and from the convenience of your desktop or mobile device. After creating a MySolidWorks account, more than 10 hours of MySolidWorks Training
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS-Designed Technology Comes to the Rescue of Children in Developing Nations
In many rural or impoverished pockets of the world, doctors are scarce and healthcare facilities are few and far between, leaving large populations of people without the medical resources available to the developed world. Faced with severe resource limitations, medical
... ContinuedBorn to Design: The Disposable Rapid Diagnostic Test for Ebola
The 2014 Ebola epidemic was the largest in history, affecting multiple countries in West Africa and killing over 11,000 people. The Center of Disease Control and its partners worldwide are working to prevent future outbreaks, but these efforts are easier
... Continued3D Printing and Injection Molding: Dynamic Duo Cuts Tooling Costs, Speeds Time to Market
The number of potential applications for 3D printing seems to grow on a daily basis. There’s almost nothing these additive manufacturing machines can’t build. They take nearly all traditional constraints out of the manufacturing equation, enabling the creation of products
... ContinuedHigh-Tech Solutions Focus on Fixing Eye Problems in Developing Countries
According to the World Health Organization, 285 million people in the world are visually impaired. Due to the rising costs of healthcare or the unavailability of medical facilities in some developing countries, many of these defects go uncorrected. Sadly, despite
... ContinuedIndustry Giants Partner with Makers to Foster Innovation
Many new technologies and platforms are converging today to lay the groundwork for the next revolution in manufacturing. New additive manufacturing technologies, such as 3D printing, are game changers, poised to put the power of innovation into the hands of
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