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SolidWorks 2011 Helps Turn Good Ideas into Great Results
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. (DS SolidWorks) unveiled the SolidWorks® 2011 product line, delivering new ways to speed product design, deepen collaboration, and strengthen designers’ engagement with manufacturing. The new SolidWorks 2011 family of products includes hundreds of improvements
... ContinuedIntroducing the SolidWorks 2011 product line
September 1 has finally come, and we're happy to finally unveil the SolidWorks 2011 product line. There are lots of updates, enhancements and improvements, ranging from the really big to the really small. We'll dig into some of the bigger
... ContinuedComing Wednesday – The New SolidWorks 2011 Product Line
See this picture? That's what you'll find if you visit the SolidWorks 2011 website right now. Of course, the time you see will be different, but that's just academic, now isn't it? We're counting down to the unveiling of our
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Kara Krisanic of ModernTech Mechanical
Name: Kara Krisanic Title: Marketing Specialist Company: ModernTech Mechanical. ModernTech Mechanical is a value-added reseller of 3D CAD and Engineering Technology for manufacturers in the Southeast including Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Hometown: St.
... ContinuedLet’s Go Design – Your Ideas Needed!
I just got back from vacation today, and I hear that Jeremy Luchini and his team have finished up the ultimate CAD chair/office and completed filming on the fifth and final episode. I haven't had a chance to get downstairs
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Todd Turner of Macro Plastics
Name: Todd Turner Title: Senior Product Engineer Job description: Total product development responsibility, from concept to production Company: Macro Plastics, a producer of large plastic material handling bins, primarily for agriculture Hometown: Denver, Indiana 1)Why did you choose to do
... ContinuedSix More Tips for Using Microsoft Excel with SolidWorks
A few months back, we released a screencast that gives you ten tips for using Excel with SolidWorks. It was so popular, the masterminds behind it came up with six more. So if you want to check it out, just
... ContinuedDo you have the skill to design the 2012 Olympic torches?
The 2012 summer Olympics are being held in London, and it looks like the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) needs a team of designers to create the Olympic torches. According to the Design Council website, these are
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Robbie Liotta of SolidWorks
Name: Robbie Liotta Title: Senior Technical Support Manager, DS SolidWorks Corp. 1. Why did you choose to do the work you do? I really enjoy the mix of challenges that technical support presents. In technical support you have the opportunity
... ContinuedSolidWorks teams up with the Boy Scouts of America on the Inventing Merit Badge
The Boy Scouts of America came into being 100 years ago, way back in 1910. And until 1915, there was a merit badge for inventing. The story goes that the BSA retired it because only ten boys ever earned the
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2011 hotel deals
The ladies of the SolidWorks event team asked me to share something with everyone. The San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk and Rivercenter hotels have a special rate available to SolidWorks World attendees that expires on August 25. The rate for a
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2011 registration is now open!
Just a quick follow-up from last week's post. Registration for SolidWorks World 2011 opened up on the SolidWorks World website at noon today, so go ahead and get signed up. But if you're thinking you'll be the first person, you're
... ContinuedRegister for SolidWorks World 2011, and maybe even get in free!
Are you a SolidWorks World regular? Or are you intrigued by stories your coworkers tell of SolidWorks Worlds gone by, whispered in back rooms and dark alleys? Either way, you’re in luck. Because the SolidWorks World 2011 website is live
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Devon Sowell
Name: Devon Sowell Title: Owner, Designer, PDM Consultant Company: 3-D Design Solutions and PDMSolution.com Hometown: Carlsbad, CA 1) Why did you choose to do the work you do? My father was a mechanical genius. He taught me well! I grew
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Brian McElyea
Name: Brian McElyea Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer at Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation. Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation (INTUITIVE), a certified 8(a) Company and Small and Disadvantaged Business, supplies a wide range of services including programmatic support, systems engineering, product
... Continued