SOLIDWORKS 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
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My SWW16 Agenda: CAD Manager's Boot Camp
One of my favorite parts of SOLIDWORKS World each year is deciding on my objectives and choosing my sessions. And my backup sessions. And my backup backup sessions. This year, I thought I’d share with you some of the sessions I chose
... 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
... ContinuedSWUGN Group Leader Spotlight – Dennis Miller
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
... 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
... ContinuedA Mostly Picture Post
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here are twenty-two thousand words from SOLIDWORKS User Group meetings around the world in December. Since I wasn’t at any of these meetings, I’ll have to let the pictures tell the story. Hopefully
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MBD 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
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Timeline: 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
... ContinuedSWUGN Group Leader Spotlight – Adam Green
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
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