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SolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek: Reference Plane Normal Condition
SolidWorks 2014 will be officially unveiled on September 9, and while you’re waiting for the big reveal, we’re going to give you a few peeks at some of the new features. When creating or editing planes in SolidWorks, you will
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek: Sketch Picture Scale Tool
SolidWorks 2014 will be officially unveiled on September 9, and while you’re waiting for the big reveal, we’re going to give you a few peeks at some of the new features. Many products start as concept sketches, either hand-drawn or
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek: Path Length Dimension
SolidWorks 2014 will be officially unveiled on September 9, and while you’re waiting for the big reveal, we’re going to give you a few peeks at some of the new features. The Path Length Dimension is an entirely new dimension
... ContinuedIntroducing eDrawings for Android
Last year we released eDrawings for iOS. Thousands of people have downloaded the app have been getting a lot of use out of it, but there’s one request we heard from many of you–make it available for Android as well.
... ContinuedFersa Bearings shortens design cycles by 75% with SolidWorks
The global economy can be described by three key factors: quality, price and time. What does it mean for the production industry? Fersa Bearings, a Spanish family owned business in the automotive sector, faces the same challenges-but is perfectly positioned
... ContinuedCheck out the new features available on My.SolidWorks.com!
The team behind My.SolidWorks.com has just released some new functionality for the site that makes it even easier to use and introduces even more data sources. Here’s a brief explanation of what’s new starting today. We’ve added 3DContentCentral as a
... ContinuedRomotive turns your iPhone into a programmable robot
(Soon to be) San Francisco-based Romotive recently announced Romo, a programmable robot that uses your iPhone or iPod Touch as its brain. Using a simple app-based interface, kids as young as eight can program Romo to perform a wide variety
... ContinuedNew on Born to Design: Design That Matters uses SolidWorks to help save newborns with jaundice
The team at Design That Matters brings innovative solutions to underprivileged communities in developing countries. Using SolidWorks to develop their Firefly phototherapy machine, they found a way to bring affordable jaundice treatment to newborns in developing countries. You can see
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2013 technical presentations are now available on our proceedings website
Maybe you couldn't make it to every session you wanted to attend at SolidWorks World 2013. Or maybe you couldn't make it to SolidWorks World at all, but saw a session on the schedule that you really wish you could
... ContinuedLearn how USSC Group developed a breakthrough product in just four months after switching to SolidWorks
USSC Group is a leading manufacturer of world-class seating for many types of specialty vehicles, such as buses, locomotives, and fire trucks. To maintain its industry-leading engineering capabilities, USSC periodically assesses the effectiveness of its design and engineering tools. In
... ContinuedNew on Born to Design: BPGWerks uses SolidWorks to design the future of personal transportation
Even before his BPG Uno was named one of Popular Science’s Inventions of the Year in 2008, 23-year-old Ben Gulak constantly pushed the limits of mechanical design and engineering. Now he and his team have created the incomparable DTV Shredder
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2013: Day 3 General Session Video
It may be a bit later getting to you than the first two days, but better late than never. Catch up on the activity from the third and final general session of SolidWorks World 2013, minus the SolidWorks 2014 preview
... ContinuedThe SolidWorks World 2013 Top 10 list
Every year we let SolidWorks subscription customers make suggestions for enhancements they would like to see in future versions of SolidWorks. Historically, 70% of these suggestions end up making their way into the software at some point. Here is the
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2013: Complete Day 2 General Session Video
The second day of SolidWorks World was exciting as always, with presentations from Dr. Vijay Kumar and Festo talking about the future of robotics research. See all the action in this video.
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2013: Complete Day 1 General Session Video
Today was a busy day in the general session. Watch the video below to see everything that happened, including SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot’s keynote address The announcement of My.SolidWorks Dassault Systemes CEO Bernard Charles on his vision for the future
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