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SolidWorks Veterans on SolidWorks 2012 – Joy Garon
Did you know that SolidWorks 2012 marks the 20th release of SolidWorks? To help celebrate that milestone, we've asked some long-time employees to talk about their time at SolidWorks, from the early days to the present. Today we're hearing from
... ContinuedCalculating earthquake effects on the Washington Monument with SolidWorks Simulation
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook the East Coast of the United States on Tuesday. While the resulting structural damage has not been extensive, there is always the danger of loss of life and extensive loss of property in such natural
... ContinuedSolidWorks Veterans on SolidWorks 2012 – Ian Baxter
Did you know that SolidWorks 2012 marks the 20th release of SolidWorks? To help celebrate that milestone, we've asked some long-time employees to talk about their time at SolidWorks, from the early days to the present. Today we're hearing from
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2012 is coming soon!
It's hard to believe that SolidWorks 2012 marks our 20th release of our flagship SolidWorks CAD software. In less than two weeks, we'll take the covers off this landmark release to let you see what's coming. Stay tuned for more
... ContinuedSolidWorks Veterans on SolidWorks 2012 – Ron Bates
Did you know that SolidWorks 2012 marks the 20th release of SolidWorks? To help celebrate that milestone, we've asked some long-time employees to talk about their time at SolidWorks, from the early days to the present. Today we're hearing from
... ContinuedHot Rod Baby Buggy Episode #4 is available now!!!
The Let's Go Design team has been taking some well-deserved vacation over the summer, but they got back into the swing of things recently to put together the next episode in the Hot Rod Baby Buggy project. Swing on over
... ContinuedMeet the Let’s Go Design Dream Team: Fred Koehler
We're well into the summer vacation season here at SolidWorks, and Jeremy Luchini and the Let's Go Design team have been taking some well-deserved time off. But we haven't forgotten about all of the fans out there. While we anticipate
... ContinuedHeading back to school this month? Take SolidWorks with you.
As hard as it is to believe, many colleges and high schools go back into session in just a few weeks. No more lazy days by the ocean, no more hours spent throwing rocks into the old quarry (hey, we
... ContinuedMeet the Let’s Go Design Team: Boris Raskin
We're well into the summer vacation season here at SolidWorks, and Jeremy Luchini and the Let's Go Design team have been taking some well-deserved time off. But we haven't forgotten about all of the fans out there. While we wait
... ContinuedRegistration for SolidWorks World 2012 is now open!
It may be six and a half months away, but that doesn't mean it's too early to start thinking about SolidWorks World 2012. In fact, the new website for the event just went live moments ago, and all of you
... ContinuedMeet the Let’s Go Design team: Al Hernandez
We're well into the summer vacation season here at SolidWorks, and Jeremy Luchini and the Let's Go Design team have been taking some well-deserved time off. But we haven't forgotten about all of the fans out there. While we wait
... ContinuedDesign That Matters: accelerating development and saving lives with SolidWorks
Back in 2009, former SolidWorks CEO Jeff Ray wrote about Design That Matters, a local non-profit organization that leverages volunteer engineers and designers to come up with life-saving products for use in the developing world. SolidWorks has been a long-time supporter of Design That Matters, and the group even appeared on stage at SolidWorks World 2009, showing off an infant incubator designed using car parts.
... ContinuedSolidWorks on the sand and surf of design
Fun in the sun is a summer pastime with a whole host of familiar accompaniments: the bucket and sand shovel, paddleball, beach chairs and sunglasses, to name a few. Sure, those are fun, but we took a look around the
... ContinuedSolidWorks Partner Profile: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Leading up to SolidWorks World 2011, we posted a series of blog entries spotlighting some of our SolidWorks Solution Partners. A lot of you told me that you found these interesting, so we're trying to post more of them as we can. Today, we have a feature on a partner many of you probably know–AMD.
If you're not familiar with them, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a manufacturer and developer of processor technology, with products that include CPUs and graphics hardware. Some of their most popular products for SolidWorks customers include the ATI FirePro workstation graphics accelerators and the Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors.
Antoine Reymond, Sr. Strategic Alliances Manager at AMD, was nice enough to respond to a few questions for us.
... ContinuedBe a presenter at SolidWorks World 2012 and get in for free!
For many of us, it seems like SolidWorks World 2011 just ended last week. And while we're still seven months out from SolidWorks World 2012 in San Diego, things are already starting to happen. While SolidWorks World always has lots
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