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The Evolution of Online Shopping
Join us as we breakdown the entire lifecycle of a unique project—showcasing all the ways SOLIDWORKS helped bring it to life quickly and efficiently—offering key insights into how the SOLIDWORKS Design to Manufacturing solution can do the same for you.
... 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
... ContinuedShape Search and then Some: Part One
In the early days of the Internet, circa 1993, the nascent world wide web was facing a huge problem – how to find what you were looking for. The distributed architecture of the web meant that the information you were
... ContinuedWhat my thermostat taught me about experiential design
Those who attended SOLIDWORKS World may recall our mission to help the SOLIDWORKS community move beyond creating products and into the realm of designing experiences. Thanks to trends like big data and the Internet of Things, products can be so
... ContinuedDiversity Makes 3D Printing Great
Last month, Amazon invited its legions of customers to shop the future with the launch of a 3D Printing Store. Although the products range from quirky conversation pieces (personalized figures, phone accessories) to odd gimmicks (bird masks and a 3D-Rex
... ContinuedRecently in…3D Printed Food
Science fiction has wet our appetites with visions of what will be served for dinner in the decades to come. These culinary prognostications range from the realistic, food packets and moon sandwiches in 2001: A Space Odyssey or food pills
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2014 Partner Spotlight: Lenovo
Every year in the weeks leading up to SolidWork 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
... ContinuedNew interactive SolidWorks workstation selection guide
Ever wonder which workstation you need to optimize the value of your SolidWorks software? We did too, so the team at Intel sat down with SolidWorks’ engineering and pre-sales teams to help decipher what you may need and why. The
... ContinuedEnter The Ocean Cleanup Contest for a chance to change the world (and win prizes)
Millions of tons of plastic are polluting the world’s oceans. It reaches the oceans through rivers and waterways, and then accumulates in five high-concentration areas called gyres. Boyan Slat, a student at the Delft University of Technology, and his Ocean
... ContinuedLooking for tricks and tips? Check out the SolidWorks Tech blog!
Over the past year, the amount of technical posts we’ve been able to offer has grown by leaps and bounds. Much of that has to do with the growing number of contributors from the SolidWorks reseller channel. Some of it
... ContinuedCatching up with the SolidWorks community at Maker Faire NYC
This past weekend, I went on a spontaneous trip to Maker Faire in New York City with some friends working in the Lewis Research Group at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. We woke up at the crack
... ContinuedColorado teenager Easton LaChappelle 3D prints the next generation of prosthetic limbs
A coworker recently sent me a story about Easton LaChapelle. Easton is a 17-year-old student from Colorado (in the western US) who has been doing some incredible work designing advanced prosthetics. Without telling the whole story, Easton met a young
... ContinuedThe era of mass customization is here. Is your company ready?
Mass customization – where customers can modify a product’s appearance, features or content to their specification – has been the “next big thing” for a very long time. Even as far back as the 1970s, futurist Alan Toffler predicted the
... ContinuedSolidWorks Toolbox Browser: Adding Property Values with the Help of Excel
The SolidWorks Toolbox Browser is one of the most used add-ins by SolidWorks users, and supports international standards, including: ANSI and ISO. You can use the Toolbox Browser directly from the Toolbox Design Library task pane, in order to access
... ContinuedCan spatial aptitude tests help predict your success as an engineer?
Do you enjoy taking these tests? I know I do. On reviewing results from similar types of spatial aptitude tests, the results are basically: men test better than women, and those who test well make good engineers. This may be
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