Customer Stories
Engineering a New Human Experience with the Prosthesis Anti-Robot
Is our humanity being sacrificed at the altar of automation? Jonathan Tippett, founder of the Prosthesis project, a 7,500 pound, 15-foot tall, anti-robot believes this to be true. It’s not that wild of an opinion if you think of it.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS-Designed Technology Comes to the Rescue of Children in Developing Nations
In many rural or impoverished pockets of the world, doctors are scarce and healthcare facilities are few and far between, leaving large populations of people without the medical resources available to the developed world. Faced with severe resource limitations, medical
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Women in Engineering Series: Kristen Railey
When I first met Kristen Railey, Assistant Staff at Lincoln Labs and founder of Girls Who Build Wearable Workshop, I was impressed by how much she had accomplished in just two years out of college. While focusing on her main
... ContinuedMeet Argentina’s 10-year-old self-taught SOLIDWORKS star
When Hernan Malleret began working at home parttime he never expected SOLIDWORKS would become a full-time interest for his 10-year-old son Tomas. Hernán’s inquisitive son would often stand near his father’s workstation fixated on the design work transpiring before his
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS-Designed Robots Are the New Face of Some Japanese Businesses
Imagine rolling into a hotel late at night, bleary-eyed from a long day of travel, and instead of a perky hotel clerk you are greeted by an android. Sounds like something you might see on the SciFi channel, but it’s
... ContinuedOnsite User Visit: Reinventing the Prescription Lens
Nightmare scenario for those who wear contact lenses or glasses: lost contacts/broken frames away from home with no backup. Driving home would be an adventure. To add insult to injury, just getting work done would be near impossible if you’re
... ContinuedBreakthrough Cancer Treatment Through Innovative Design
As the portfolio manager for SOLIDWORKS Electrical, I have the opportunity to visit many companies and see many remarkable designs and products that our customers create. Recently, I visited ProNova and from the minute I walked in the building, I
... ContinuedThe Most Innovative Cancer Treatment is Designed in SolidWorks
Designers are by nature “problem solvers.” Sometimes designers are focused on making a product more aesthetically pleasing, but usually engineers are focused on this one fact – to solve a need, and solving the huge need to eliminate cancer is
... ContinuedGet Ready for SOLIDWORKS World 2015 with This Playlist!
We are officially three days away from SOLIDWORKS World 2015, jam packed with cool presentations from Bre Pettis at MakerBot, Michio Kaku and Jinsup Li; SOLIDWORKS brand updates from CEO Gian Paolo Bassi; and awesome technical sessions to help improve
... ContinuedQ&A: Jade Crompton’s New Approach to 3D Printing – Part 2
Note: this is part two of our Q&A with artist Jade Crompton. To learn about her new approach to 3D printing, please read part one. Master’s Candidate Jade Crompton is using SOLIDWORKS and 3D printing to modernize ceramic making. Her
... ContinuedSWMC: A Message from the Coal Face on Working in the Cloud
The last blog on the SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual Lighthouse customers’ feedback is focusing on the aspect of working on the cloud. Read part one to learn about the conceptual design process. Read part two to hear how customers are using
... ContinuedSWMC: A Message from the Coal Face on Social Collaboration
Last week’s blog discussed how the SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual Lighthouse customers were designing and innovating faster than ever before using SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual. Today we will hear how Social Collaboration is transforming the way they design their products. Romain Gaillet,
... ContinuedJeremy Singley Industrial Designs Provides a New Perspective on Innovation with SOLIDWORKS
What do goggles, innovation and the SOLIDWORKS community have in common? Jeremy Singley Industrial Designs. Jeremy Singley, a long-time SOLIDWORKS customer and owner of his own design firm, implemented SOLIDWORKS Professional, Flow Simulation and SOLIDWORKS Gold Solution Partner Power Surfacing
... ContinuedSWMC: A Message from the Coal Face on Concept Design
Since the announcement at SOLIDWORKS World 2014 there has been a lot of information about SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual coming from SOLIDWORKS Corp…now I am not saying we are biased but there’s another more neutral source of information on SOLIDWORKS Mechanical
... ContinuedEngineering is Art: Q&A with Artist and Engineer Shane McKenna
Shane McKenna has more than 30 years of experience in mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and product design. In that time he’s established a reputation as a CAD expert, valuable design resource, and a problem solver. A cursory scan of his LinkedIn
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