SolidWorks 1995 to 2012 – The Evolution of a 3D CAD System
Last Tuesday at our annual press day, VP of Product Management Fielder Hiss gave a presentation discussing the history of SolidWorks. As part of this, he discussed the initial release of SolidWorks 1995, and then discussed new features that were
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2012: Reduce Rebuild Times With Feature Freeze
A new enhancement for SolidWorks 2012 that created a lot of excitement at SolidWorks World is something we're calling Feature Freeze, which lets you control whether specific features will rebuild or not. Additional features can be added without having to
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2012: Estimate Costs Quickly With Design Costing
One of the biggest updates for SolidWorks 2012 is a new capability called Design Costing. This new integrated tool lets you quickly estimate costs for sheet metal and machined components using built-in templates or customized data. You can calculate manufacturing
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2012 is here – find out what’s new and exciting!
After a year of development, the latest update to the SolidWorks product line has been unveiled. Our 20th release features over 200 enhancements — 90% of which were the result of user feedback — in areas such as as assembly
... ContinuedSolidWorks Veterans on SolidWorks 2012 – Paul Chastell
Did you know that SolidWorks 2012 marks the 20th release of SolidWorks? To help celebrate that milestone, we've asked some long-time employees to talk about their time at SolidWorks, from the early days to the present. Today we're hearing from
... ContinuedAt Long Last–Passing the Certified SolidWorks Professional Test
Back In March I wrote about how I was challenged by Matt Lorono to pass the Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) test. In April I talked about taking (and passing) the first segment of the test, and in June I discussed
... ContinuedSolidWorks Veterans on SolidWorks 2012 – John Sweeney
Did you know that SolidWorks 2012 marks the 20th release of SolidWorks? To help celebrate that milestone, we've asked some long-time employees to talk about their time at SolidWorks, from the early days to the present. Today we're hearing from
... ContinuedSolidWorks customers chime in on SolidWorks 2012 at the annual media day
On September 6, we'll officially unveil SolidWorks 2012—but today, here at SolidWorks HQ, we gave a few of our friends in the press a sneak peek of the 20th release of our product. The day started off with a look
... ContinuedSolidWorks Veterans on SolidWorks 2012 – Eric Leafquist
Did you know that SolidWorks 2012 marks the 20th release of SolidWorks? To help celebrate that milestone, we've asked some long-time employees to talk about their time at SolidWorks, from the early days to the present. Today we're hearing from
... ContinuedSolidWorks Veterans on SolidWorks 2012 – Joy Garon
Did you know that SolidWorks 2012 marks the 20th release of SolidWorks? To help celebrate that milestone, we've asked some long-time employees to talk about their time at SolidWorks, from the early days to the present. Today we're hearing from
... ContinuedCalculating earthquake effects on the Washington Monument with SolidWorks Simulation
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook the East Coast of the United States on Tuesday. While the resulting structural damage has not been extensive, there is always the danger of loss of life and extensive loss of property in such natural
... ContinuedSolidWorks Veterans on SolidWorks 2012 – Ian Baxter
Did you know that SolidWorks 2012 marks the 20th release of SolidWorks? To help celebrate that milestone, we've asked some long-time employees to talk about their time at SolidWorks, from the early days to the present. Today we're hearing from
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2012 is coming soon!
It's hard to believe that SolidWorks 2012 marks our 20th release of our flagship SolidWorks CAD software. In less than two weeks, we'll take the covers off this landmark release to let you see what's coming. Stay tuned for more
... ContinuedSolidWorks Veterans on SolidWorks 2012 – Ron Bates
Did you know that SolidWorks 2012 marks the 20th release of SolidWorks? To help celebrate that milestone, we've asked some long-time employees to talk about their time at SolidWorks, from the early days to the present. Today we're hearing from
... Continued3DVIA Composer V6R2012 Rendering Enhancements, Visual Effects and HTML Publishing Options
For this blog post, I'd like to take a deeper dive into 3DVIA Composer V6R2012 and show you how to use some of the great new rendering enhancements, visual effects and HTML publishing options mentioned in my previous post. In
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