Benefits of Virtual Simulation vs. Hand Calculations and Physical Prototypes
Finding a balance between innovation‚ cost‚ time‚ and quality during development is the difference between new product success and failure. Effectively balancing this equation requires a deep understanding of product behavior as quickly as possible. In Aberdeen Group‘s research report‚
... ContinuedUsing the Cloud Offline
Let me be upfront about it, I think the ‘cloud’ is great. I use it in my personal and professional life all the time, and it’s not a stretch to say I could not live the way I do without
... ContinuedBionic World: Better Living Through Technology
These days there is no shortage of amazing stories demonstrating how engineers are making huge strides in the medical device field. From “Iron Man” Robert Downey Jr. donating a 3D-printed prosthetic arm to destroying cancer cells with revolutionary proton therapy,
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Subscription Users: Activate MySolidWorks Professional Today
SOLIDWORKS Subscription users have a host of new professional development and productivity features at their fingertips by activating their free MySolidWorks Professional serial number. Once you have contacted your reseller to sign up for MySolidWorks Professional, you can follow the
... ContinuedThe Most Innovative Cancer Treatment is Designed in SolidWorks
Designers are by nature “problem solvers.” Sometimes designers are focused on making a product more aesthetically pleasing, but usually engineers are focused on this one fact – to solve a need, and solving the huge need to eliminate cancer is
... ContinuedIndustrial Design: Many Solutions, One SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer
Today industrial designers use many tools to get their job done. From initial hand and digital sketching, 3D concept modelling, 3D detailing, through to PowerPoint presentations and 3D printing proposals. There is no ‘one tool fits all approach’, rather the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS and the Tucker Torpedo Part 4
If you haven’t read the other Blog entries on the Torpedo please go here to get caught up on what’s happened to date: Part One: https://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2014/08/solidworks-and-the-tucker-torpedo.html Part Two: https://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2014/10/solidworks-and-the-tucker-torpedo-part-2.html Part Three: https://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2014/12/solidworks-and-the-tucker-torpedo-part-3.html Blog #3 focused on the Torpedo body fabrication by Rob Ida.
... ContinuedLearn For Free, Get Certified For Free
Note: this offer is now closed. The Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Certification has been earned by over 85,000 people worldwide. Aimed at SOLIDWORKS users with less than a years’ worth of experience using SOLIDWORKS, the CSWA is a great entry into
... ContinuedThe SWUGN Summits are Back!
After a one-year hiatus, the SWUGN Technical Summits are back. The one day learning and networking events are quite popular with SOLIDWORKS users, and we’re glad to be able to once again provide this valuable resource. Attendees will get a
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS at NPE2015: The International Plastics Showcase
Later this month, more than 60,000 plastics industry professionals will descend on Orlando, Florida for NPE2015, the world’s leading plastics tradeshow. NPE is not your mother’s Tupperware party. Taking place March 23-27, it’s one million square feet of plastics prowess
... ContinuedGet Zooming with SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
This post sets out to introduce more people to a very useful, but not well known, feature in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation that is colloquially known as “Zooming.” There are a couple of mentions of this technique in the documentation, but
... ContinuedNot all Clouds Are the Same
The other day, while the dense, grey clouds were dumping enough snow in Boston to push the winter snowfall over the “100th inch” mark, I was relaxing on the beach in Miami looking at the fluffy, soft clouds scattered across
... ContinuedThe Boston Group Transitions its Design of Market Merchandising Displays from 2D to 3D
The Boston Group is responsible for bringing big marketing and merchandising ideas to life – in other words: taking things from concept to reality. Presentation is key to selling products and creating the best and coolest displays for customers is
... ContinuedFebruary’s Top Five Blog Posts
February has come and gone, but the snow remains in frosty Winterfell Waltham. Much like the snow, our blog posts continue to persist and since you may have missed some content in a flurry of SOLIDWORKS World 2015 posts, we
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