Customer Stories
How SOLIDWORKS is Helping LA Design
Functionality. Desirability. Innovation. It’s what separates good products from great products. Just ask LA Design. With an award shelf straining at the hinges and an enviously varied client base, it’s safe to say it has earned its’ design stripes. Best of all?
... ContinuedBrunswick Bowls a Perfect Game with SOLIDWORKS
Get a glimpse at how Brunswick Bowling Products is advancing bowling ball core research and development with SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD design software.
... ContinuedIF-Adamas – Advancing 3D Printing Technology with SOLIDWORKS
Ideas – they’re the protein that feeds innovation and product development. Without ideas, there wouldn’t be any problems for engineers and designers to solve. Now, 3D printing is perhaps one of the most astonishing ideas of this generation. SOLIDWORKS has
... ContinuedZero To Hero: How SOLIDWORKS Is Helping Great British Sports Cars Onto The Podium
Think great British sports cars and what comes to mind? The elegance of the Jaguar E-Type? The understated class of the Aston Martin DB5? For many, it’s Patrick McGoohan pelting along the London streets in the beautifully menacing Lotus Seven,
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS on Song For Premium Hi-Fi Manufacturer Bowers and Wilkins
Who said CAD software couldn’t surprise you? Elite hi-fi manufacturers Bowers and Wilkins needed a simple way to add product imagery and illustrations to its user guides. Then it realised that SOLIDWORKS Composer makes it a cinch. Result? Bowers and
... ContinuedDean Ovel: SOLIDWORKS and 24 Hours in a Human Hamster Wheel
Most people run in Lycra… Some run in fancy dress… Dean Ovel runs in a human hamster wheel, sealed inside a cage, in the middle of a busy high street in Southend. This is the story of how SOLIDWORKS became
... ContinuedHow SOLIDWORKS is Assisting Van Raam’s Bike Builds
Ah, the simple pleasures of a bike ride. It’s a freedom many take for granted but certainly not those with mobility issues. Step forward Van Raam, a Netherlands-based bike manufacturer for the disabled and the elderly. This family business originally
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Education Edition Academic Year 2016-2017 Innovation Platform For Educators & Students
The new SOLIDWORKS Education Edition, Academic Year 2016-2017 gives educators and students an innovation platform of software tools to make great designs happen. Based on SOLIDWORKS Premium 2016, we continue to prepare the best students for the best jobs for
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS is Helping Build the World’s Fastest Steam Locomotive: Part 1
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) T1 Steam Locomotive Trust is using SOLIDWORKS to build the world’s fastest steam locomotive, the PRR T1 5550, which represents the pinnacle of steam locomotive design in the United States. Evidence suggests that the T1 locomotives
... ContinuedHow SOLIDWORKS Helped Win the First Cycling Race to the South Pole
Some world record attempts are pretty odd, but it’s not every day you are involved in a race to become the first person to cycle to the South Pole. That’s what happened when SOLIDWORKS was used to design a bike
... ContinuedRecreating Classic Cars with CAD: Tucker Torpedo Project Update
Welcome to part six of a blog series covering how a group of car and engineering enthusiasts are bringing the Tucker Torpedo concept car to life. If you haven’t read the other Tucker Blog entries, you can get caught up
... ContinuedMission Everest: How SOLIDWORKS Helped Bear Grylls Achieve the Impossible
Revolutionary. Pioneering. Innovative. Lots of companies think they are, but few live up to the billing. That’s certainly not the case with Gilo Industries. On a sunny day in May 2007, they propelled ultralight aviation to new heights – 29,494
... ContinuedWills Wing Soars to the World Hang Glider Distance Record
Think about your last 11 hours. What did you do? Now imagine spending 11 hours on a hang glider. Wills Wing, manufacturers of world-class hang gliders, did just that over a 475-mile flight while setting the world hang glider distance
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS WORLD 2016 for Entrepreneurs
Are you thinking about a new product idea, need pointers on how to get funding, or want learn from other creative start-ups? SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2016 will feature a new event for entrepreneurs at all stages of development to help prepare you for business
... ContinuedHow 3D CAD is transforming the commercial automotive industry
It isn’t all crankshafts, engine blocks and muscle when it comes to trucks. There’s some incredibly sophisticated design and engineering taking place in the commercial automotive industry. 3D CAD is making it easier for businesses to drive innovation, value and
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