10 Ways to Reduce Product Development Costs
“How do we make it cheaper?” It’s an all too familiar question. Engineers face constant pressure to reduce the cost of product development, and yet some “cost-saving” strategies are counter-productive, leading to increased costs and damaged projects. The thing is,
... ContinuedRemove the Wall Between Design and Manufacturing With SOLIDWORKS Certified Gold CAM Partner Solutions
In the first of our series of eBooks on Integrating Design and Manufacturing with SOLIDWORKS, we discussed the advantages offered by adopting an integrated design and manufacturing solution. In the second eBook, we discussed the advantages offered by SOLIDWORKS CAD.
... Continued20 Years: The Seattle Area SOLIDWORKS Power User Group
Recently, the Seattle Area SOLIDWORKS Power User Group (SASPUG) celebrated its twentieth anniversary. You read it correctly…20 years of meetings have been held in the Great Northwest educating, connecting, and inspiring users from all over the region. For our latest guest
... 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
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Women in Engineering Series: Marnee Palladino
Marnee started off her career as a project manager, but after getting involved in her husband’s business, she recognized that representatives in the manufacturing industry can, and need to help smaller businesses grow within New England. “I feel engineering, manufacturing, and
... 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
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Role in 3D Printing: How “a RELENTLESS Focus on User Experience” Drives an Industry
Like many in industry, I find myself quite reflective as 2016 begins. Perhaps this is due to wrapping up my first year leading Product Introduction at SOLIDWORKS and planning the year ahead or maybe because this year marks my the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Helps Seal the Deal for Nomiku
Nothing makes you hungrier than seeing some delicious food on television. It might have been a fast food commercial or a professional chef competition, but they both often cause your stomach to start rumbling. It often looks so easy, but
... ContinuedDesigning for Manufacturability: Five Ways SOLIDWORKS Makes It Easier
Promotion of Integrating Design for Manufacturing eBook Chapter 4
... ContinuedEvolutionary Design – Intuitive, Featureless Modelling in 3D
Since the company was founded in 1994, the name Canto stood for quality and innovation in development, design, prototype and tool engineering. As a service provider, the company’s development is characterized by steady growth, constant adaption to the needs of
... ContinuedSWUGN Group Leader Spotlight – Cory Derico
Since 1996, SOLIDWORKS User Groups have been a valuable resource for SOLIDWORKS users all over the world. The SWUGN Committee and DS SOLIDWORKS provide ample support, but the real stars are the SOLIDWORKS User Group Leaders. Every week or so we’ll
... ContinuedTake High-Tech Products from Design to Manufacturing Faster with SOLIDWORKS
You probably already know that SOLIDWORKS is the industry leader for 3D CAD. But what you may not know is that SOLIDWORKS is much more than just CAD. It’s a full suite of best in class productivity tools that allow
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Xdesign Spring Meeting Tour
Executive tours of SOLIDWORKS User Group meetings aren’t a new thing. I remember the first time I heard such a thing as a user group leader – I was blown away. You mean I can just ASK the CEO to swing
... ContinuedMBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DON’Ts – Don’t Skip Critical 3D Dimensions and Tolerances (Part 2)
Part 1 of this topic covered four benefits of calling out critical 3D dimensions and tolerances explicitly in Model-Based Definition (MBD), or the downsides of not doing so. Here let’s look into two more. Downstream data consumers may not be
... ContinuedTwo Crucial Questions Every Design Engineer Should Ask (and How SOLIDWORKS Can Provide Answers)
Promotion of Integrating Design for Manufacturing eBook Chapter 3
... Continued