"I Could Not Believe This Event"
That was the reaction from Gary R. after the SWUGN Summit – Nashville. He was reporting back to the new Southern Kentucky Solidworks User Group as one of two SolidWorks users that came in all the way from Kentucky. In
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks Simulation 2012: Beams in Linear Dynamics
SolidWorks Simulation 2012 brings several enhancements with regard to beams. In particular, Beam elements are now supported in Linear Dynamic studies, which include: Modal Time History, Harmonic, Random Vibration, and Response Spectra analyses. You can use beams to simplify problems
... ContinuedSolidWorks Simulation On Umbrellas and Mary Poppins
Last weekend saw me and the family at our favorite lake. While the kids swam and fished I sat under a beach umbrella trying to keep my pallid English skin out of the strong New England sun. I don’t tan,
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2012: Large Design Review
One of the coolest new enhancements in the SolidWorks 2012 release is something called Large Design Review. Included with SolidWorks Premium, this lets you open massive assemblies in seconds without the need for a high-end workstation. The view is fully
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2012 has arrived!
Design that drives your business! The 20th release of SolidWorks is here. New functionality will make your designs go more smoothly with less work and powerful new tools give you insight on how design changes impact profitability. Now, you can
... ContinuedStrategic Retreats: Transforming Technology into Product
Let’s start by assuming that your goal is to come up with products that your customers are compelled to buy and use to extract some important value to them.
In general, the best way to pursue this is to:
- Identify your target customer
- Identify an important need or frustration that they have
- Find, invent, or tweak technology to craft an effective product for these customers
The Problem – Starting with a specific technology overly influences the product we deliver
In many cases, companies start with a “great” technology they intend to productize and make millions. But “Great” depends a lot on whose perspective is being considered, and what their most important priorities are. Even if you were once one of these customers in a previous life, how similar are your current priorities to that of your current customers? There may be some similarities in priorities, but also many differences. It’s this common disconnect that can result in the development of products that customers find “useful”. But rarely produces products that customers absolutely love.
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2012: Expanded Full User Name Display
Sometimes it's the small improvements that make the biggest difference. For example, in SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, user names are displayed to indicate who has checked out or created files, sent or received mail messages, or initiated actions performed on files.
... ContinuedMeet the Let’s Go Design Team: Stephen Endersby
Regular readers of this blog will recognize Stephen Endersby as a regular contributor, writing about SolidWorks Simulation and interesting analysis problems. But Stephen is also a core member of the Let's Go Design team, helping Jeremy on every project to
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2012: Automated Motion Optimization & Other Simulation Enhancements
The SolidWorks 2012 product line includes lots of new enhancements in the area of simulation and design validation. Some of these include the ability to: Optimize complex flows of fluids and gases with SolidWorks Flow Simulation Easily apply bearing loads,
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2012 – The Wow Feeling
As SolidWorks celebrates its 20th release, SolidWorks 2012 fills me with another “wow” feeling. The “wow” feeling of that this release contains something special. This SolidWorks 2012 release will change behavior on how you design.
New in SolidWorks 2012: Enhanced Equation Editing
For SolidWorks 2012, the Equation Editor has been completely revamped for easier navigation and use, with a completely redesigned dialog box for creating and editing equations. Now you can perform all tasksrelated to equations in one dialog box without needing
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2012: Enterprise PDM Highlights
The SolidWorks 2012 release brings a lot of new enhancements for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. Some of the news things you can do include the ability to: Track “where used” information for every version of every file Preview any document Manage
... ContinuedSolidWorks 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
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