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The Boston Group Transitions its Design of Market Merchandising Displays from 2D to 3D
The Boston Group is responsible for bringing big marketing and merchandising ideas to life – in other words: taking things from concept to reality. Presentation is key to selling products and creating the best and coolest displays for customers is
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS 2015, 3D scanning, and 3D printing: the perfect combination
You check your watch, and you have only five minutes until your favorite television show starts! You race to the TV and reach over to the spot where your remote control always is…well, almost always is. You snag, what you
... ContinuedEDU Users: Stay Connected with the New Mobile App
The SOLIDWORKS Education team has created a way for Students, Teachers, and others in the Education community to more effectively connect with us and enhance your experience as a SOLIDWORKS user. The new SOLIDWORKS Education App is available for download
... ContinuedQ&A: CEO Gian Paolo Bassi and Former CEO Bertrand Sicot
Last week Dassault Systèmes announced that Gian Paolo Bassi has been appointed CEO of SOLIDWORKS, replacing Bertrand Sicot, who was promoted to Vice President Sales of Dassault Systèmes’ Value Solutions sales channel. Coming out of last week’s announcement, we connected
... ContinuedDebunking the Myths of 3D CAD
Transitioning from 2D design tools to 3D CAD can appear to be a significant undertaking, especially for small- to mid-size companies with limited IT resources, tight budgets and small design teams. For smaller organizations, dealing with the productivity downtime of
... ContinuedConcept Before CAD Episode 4: Detail Design in SOLIDWORKS CAD
We left off a few weeks ago in episode 3 with the promise to finish detailing out our giant touch-display mounting system. So how exactly did we get from concept design to production-ready deliverables? Check out episode 4 of Concept
... ContinuedJoin us at the 2014 Offshore Technology Conference
The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is the biggest event in the oil & gas industry, and this year’s show takes place May 5-8 at the Reliant Center in Houston, TX. It’s one of the most-attended trade shows in the US;
... ContinuedConcept Before CAD Episode 3: Designing a Mount for a Giant LCD
While I was hard at work last week, Brian attended the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, California. He told me about a 70” LCD interactive touchscreen display that could take the place of the LCD monitors and whiteboards
... ContinuedDon’t pay thousands to upgrade your 2D CAD software
On April 8,2014, Microsoft will end support for their Microsoft XP operating system. According to their website: If you continue to use Windows XP after support ends, your computer will still work but it might become more vulnerable to security
... ContinuedConcept Before CAD Episode 2: Designing a Better Whiteboard
Concept Before CAD is all about what designers and engineers do before they begin detailed CAD design. We’ve been learning from our customers about the tasks they perform and the tools they use for conceptual design. It turns out there
... ContinuedBest Start-Up Practices for SOLIDWORKS Newbies
You were ecstatic when the company approved the purchase of SOLIDWORKS and training for your staff. In no time, you had the software, the manpower and the skills. Then, one day, you realized your team wasn’t delivering as expected. You were
... ContinuedSolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual: Concept Before CAD – Episode 1
Many of you in the SOLIDWORKS community have seen or heard of a new tool we’re releasing this spring, SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual. All of us at SOLIDWORKS are stoked to be getting deeply hands-on with it as we prepare to
... ContinuedAnnouncing SolidWorks Inspection
The automotive, aerospace, defense, oil & gas, and medical device industries have strict safety regulations and requirements. Most companies working in these industries must provide industry-standard reports including inspection documents such as AS91002 or PPAP forms. Many SolidWorks users are
... ContinuedSolidWorks Launches SolidWorks Plastics Advanced
Since its initial launch in April of 2012, SolidWorks Plastics has been deployed by hundreds of customers around the world as the solution of choice to optimize their plastics part and injection mold designs for manufacturability. Many customers start with
... ContinuedeDrawings updates announced at SolidWorks World 2014
You may recall that we released eDrawings Viewer for Android last summer, but many of you have been asking for a Professional version, with features comparable to the ones available in eDrawings Professional for iOS. Today, we’re happy to announce
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