Meet the Let’s Go Design Dream Team: Fred Koehler
We're well into the summer vacation season here at SolidWorks, and Jeremy Luchini and the Let's Go Design team have been taking some well-deserved time off. But we haven't forgotten about all of the fans out there. While we anticipate
... ContinuedHow SolidWorks Saved My Camping Trip
Somehow (and don’t ask me how) my family have turned into avid tent campers, going every couple of weeks over the New England summer. But as with anything in my family, nothing ever goes smoothly; let me tell you about
... ContinuedHeading back to school this month? Take SolidWorks with you.
As hard as it is to believe, many colleges and high schools go back into session in just a few weeks. No more lazy days by the ocean, no more hours spent throwing rocks into the old quarry (hey, we
... ContinuedPromote Your Company and Products & Get More Value from Your SolidWorks Models
SolidWorks is currently looking for customer datasets (models/assemblies) that we can use to generate visual assets that can be used for marketing collateral, videos, blogs, web, SolidWorks World imagery, demos, packaging imagery, etc. What you might not know are the
... ContinuedMeet the Let’s Go Design Team: Boris Raskin
We're well into the summer vacation season here at SolidWorks, and Jeremy Luchini and the Let's Go Design team have been taking some well-deserved time off. But we haven't forgotten about all of the fans out there. While we wait
... ContinuedRegistration for SolidWorks World 2012 is now open!
It may be six and a half months away, but that doesn't mean it's too early to start thinking about SolidWorks World 2012. In fact, the new website for the event just went live moments ago, and all of you
... ContinuedCreate your best detailed views ever with the Digger!
Hi – this week I want to tell you about some more cool (but valuable) functionality in 3DVIA Composer – the Digger. The Digger is patented technology that allows you to quickly create sophisticated detailed views of your 3D models.
... ContinuedMeet the Let’s Go Design team: Al Hernandez
We're well into the summer vacation season here at SolidWorks, and Jeremy Luchini and the Let's Go Design team have been taking some well-deserved time off. But we haven't forgotten about all of the fans out there. While we wait
... ContinuedDesign That Matters: accelerating development and saving lives with SolidWorks
Back in 2009, former SolidWorks CEO Jeff Ray wrote about Design That Matters, a local non-profit organization that leverages volunteer engineers and designers to come up with life-saving products for use in the developing world. SolidWorks has been a long-time supporter of Design That Matters, and the group even appeared on stage at SolidWorks World 2009, showing off an infant incubator designed using car parts.
... ContinuedSolidWorks on the sand and surf of design
Fun in the sun is a summer pastime with a whole host of familiar accompaniments: the bucket and sand shovel, paddleball, beach chairs and sunglasses, to name a few. Sure, those are fun, but we took a look around the
... ContinuedBrainstorming … Fast & Fun
How many times have you come out of a brainstorming session feeling unsatisfied with the results? The team never felt like it got into a rhythm. The idea flow felt like a drizzle versus a storm. None of the ideas that the team spent much time on seemed especially good (BTW, you should never spend a lot of time on any one idea in a brainstorming session). There was one or two people that insisted on dominating the conversation and ended up speaking way too much. This to the frustration of the rest of the group. The good news is that there are just a handful of things you need to do to run a productive and fun brainstorming session.
... ContinuedMinneapolis Just Keeps Setting Records
The three most attended SWUGN Summit events have one thing in common – they were all in Minneapolis. We're back here today with 184 SolidWorks users – another new record. I asked the crowd this morning….why? The answer is simple -
... ContinuedSolidWorks Partner Profile: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Leading up to SolidWorks World 2011, we posted a series of blog entries spotlighting some of our SolidWorks Solution Partners. A lot of you told me that you found these interesting, so we're trying to post more of them as we can. Today, we have a feature on a partner many of you probably know–AMD.
If you're not familiar with them, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a manufacturer and developer of processor technology, with products that include CPUs and graphics hardware. Some of their most popular products for SolidWorks customers include the ATI FirePro workstation graphics accelerators and the Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors.
Antoine Reymond, Sr. Strategic Alliances Manager at AMD, was nice enough to respond to a few questions for us.
... ContinuedCEOs perspective: an update on the recovery in Japan
Last month, I went on a week-long trip to Japan. This was the first trip I have made to the country since the earthquake and tsunami earlier in the year, and I was particularly interested in seeing how our customers and reseller partners were doing.
On the flight over, I noticed that only 2/3 of the seats in the airplane were occupied. I have been to Japan many times in my years at SolidWorks, and have never seen a plane that was less than full. However, one of the flight attendants told me that only a month earlier, most flights were only 1/3 full, and that they have been seeing a noticeable improvement in travel to and from Japan. So that gave me some small bit of hope.
... ContinuedBe a presenter at SolidWorks World 2012 and get in for free!
For many of us, it seems like SolidWorks World 2011 just ended last week. And while we're still seven months out from SolidWorks World 2012 in San Diego, things are already starting to happen. While SolidWorks World always has lots
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