SOLIDWORKS
Learn What’s New for Structural Simulation in SOLIDWORKS 2016
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2016 delivers enhanced power performance and accuracy to our users while adhering to the SOLIDWORKS mantra of ease of use. This year we have returned to the fundamental foundations of finite element analysis, the mesh. Put simply good
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS World 2016 Session Preview: New Perspectives
6,000 peers and 200+ training sessions are ready to give you new perspectives at SOLIDWORKS World 2016.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Women in Engineering Series: Lauren Lee
I was absolutely fascinated by Lauren’s nomination, and I’m excited to introduce you to this amazing woman. Lauren Lee is a Product Manager at Shield Casework where she oversees the products Shield is producing from beginning to end. When I set out
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS World 2016 Session Preview: For SOLIDWORKS Veterans
SOLIDWORKS World 2016 will feature 224 tech-savvy, breakout sessions for everyone, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or advanced user. In these sessions you’ll learn new techniques from SOLIDWORKS experts that will help you take your design skills to the next
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS World 2016 Top Ten Ideas list voting now open!
Each year at SOLIDWORKS World, we present the SOLIDWORKS World Top Ten list. This list represents the ten ideas that received the most votes from a body of user submissions. Most ideas that make it into a final SOLIDWORKS World
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Meets Star Wars
What happens when SOLIDWORKS Meets Star Wars? Around here, we’ve been celebrating and preparing for Fridays’ release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens for a while now. If you’re following us on Instagram, you might remember the Darth Vader pumpkin from
... ContinuedMBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DON’Ts – Don’t Rely on 2D Drawings as the Master Anymore
My last post on Model-Based Definition (MBD) implementation, “Measure progress” touched upon NIST’s MBD capability assessment, where drawing-centric or model-centric is a key distinction between level 0 and level 1. In this blog, let’s expand this topic a bit further
... ContinuedTimeline: Celebrating 20 Years of Kick-Ass CAD
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE TIMELINE Where were you in 1995? Surfing the World Wide Web? Creating mix tapes? Paying fees for not rewinding VHS rentals? Certainly design and engineering had a much different look and feel – at least
... ContinuedMay the CAD be with you: it always is on 3D ContentCentral!
Whether you need some power converters or assemblies to take down an Imperial space station, 3D ContentCentral has the parts you’re looking for. With its powerful search, featuring more than 800 suppliers, it will take you no time to find
... Continued2015 SOLIDWORKS-Inspired Holiday Gift Guide
With every release of SOLIDWORKS new features and enhancements are added that enable our users to not only get their jobs done faster but to also innovate better. There’s no stronger evidence of the success of these efforts than to
... ContinuedHarnessing the Power of 3D to Drive Sales
Sell more products, cut costs, increase throughput or diversify – business leaders are faced with many options and challenges when it comes to growing and managing their business. Increasingly, however, 3D is being used as a key differentiator for many companies
... ContinuedMBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DON’Ts – Measure Progress
The prior post on the 10 Dos and Don’ts of MBD Implementations, Don’t be Confined to Design Department Alone, concluded the first chapter regarding the People aspect in Table 1. Today we are starting the second chapter on Process, specifically
... ContinuedVisiting Singapore’s Future Design and Technology Leaders
One of my favorite parts of my job as CEO of SOLIDWORKS is visiting with users across the SOLIDWORKS global community. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Singapore where I met students and educators at The Singapore University of
... ContinuedMBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DON’Ts – Don’t Be Confined to Design Department Alone
Model-Based Definition (MBD) often starts with Design department, but to fully realize its value, many other departments and teams are needed, such as manufacturing, inspection, purchasing, and supply chain, which is partly why this initiative must be driven from top
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS 2016: Helping Enhance the Design Detail in Your Product
As designs get more complex they often also involve more mechanical/electrical and electronic dependencies. This typically requires packaging all of the systems and controls more tightly together, while still maintaining enough space for installation and future servicing. In the past,
... Continued