Author Archives: SOLIDWORKS
Concept 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
... ContinuedEight Things You Need to Know About SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual
1. It’s all about concept design. Innovative conceptual design is the core of any successful product. SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual, powered by Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, removes the constraints of traditional structured design programs with a flexible, intuitive, powerful modeling environment
... ContinuedSolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual: The New Way to Tackle Concept Design Problems
Today at SolidWorks World 2014, the world got their first detailed look at SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual. Tasked with enabling and streamlining the concept design phase for mechanical design SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual is more than just a CAD tool, it delivers
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2014 Partner Spotlight: NVIDIA
Every year in the weeks leading up to SolidWorks World, we give attendees a chance to learn about some of our Solution Partners attending the event and setting up booths in the Partner Pavilion. Our partners play a big role
... ContinuedDraftSight V1R5.0 includes new features for free, Enterprise and Professional versions
Discover what’s new in the Enterprise Pack Offering for DraftSight. The new release of DraftSight, V1R5.0, includes new, user-driven features to help companies and educators reduce software compliance issues and deployment challenges, and enhance customization and integration. Highlights of New
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2014 Partner Spotlight: C&G Systems Inc.
Every year in the weeks leading up to SolidWorks World, we give attendees a chance to learn about some of our Solution Partners attending the event and setting up booths in the Partner Pavilion. Our partners play a big role
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2014 Partner Spotlight: Anark Corp.
Every year in the weeks leading up to SolidWorks World, we give attendees a chance to learn about some of our Solution Partners attending the event and setting up booths in the Partner Pavilion. Our partners play a big role
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2014 Partner Spotlight: 3Dconnexion
Every year in the weeks leading up to SolidWorks World, we give attendees a chance to learn about some of our Solution Partners attending the event and setting up booths in the Partner Pavilion. Our partners play a big role
... Continued