Terrafugia’s car/airplane hybrid soars on latest FAA ruling
SolidWorks customer Terrafugia is one step closer to bringing aircraft to a garage on your street. Maybe even your own driveway. News comes from the UK publication The Register that the FAA recently designated Terrafugia’s Transition combination aircraft/road
... ContinuedFormula SAE Events
Recently I have had the opportunity to attend a couple of Formula SAE events around the country. One of the things I noticed first was the complexity of the cars that the students had built and designed. The first event
... ContinuedGet Involved…
SolidWorks Forums One of the best ways to get involved in the SolidWorks community is through the SolidWorks Forums. Ask questions, help others and make use of the masses of helpful info posted by other uses and SolidWorks employees. Visit
... ContinuedWelcome to a better way to read, write and share DWG files – and the place to do it all.
Download our free* software and start working with your DWG files. Then start sharing, connecting and interacting with the 3DSwYm DraftSight™ community members. The DraftSight 2D CAD Product. Public Beta Now Available. DraftSight is a professional-grade, open 2D CAD product for users
... ContinuedOf snow and tarmac
Although it’s sweltering in New England, Shawn Watling’s mind is on ice and snow. The Canadian snow machine racer and SolidWorks user has just won a Popular Science Award for inventing a way to make sleds faster, greener, and more
... ContinuedIntroducing DraftSight, a free 2D drafting tool-new from Dassault Systèmes
As much as we all love 3D, it's no secret that a lot of you out there still use, reference, edit, even create, 2D files now and then. It's also no secret that Dassault Systèmes hasn't been in the 2D
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2011 Beta is coming…
July sees the start of the SolidWorks 2011 Beta! Don’t forget to sign up for notifications by adding Beta News to your Customer Centre profile. With the Beta coming very soon it has made me think of the last release
... ContinuedSolidWorks Sustainability: A View from Monterey
We're quietly changing the world over here at SolidWorks. How do I know this? I'm the new sustainability guy here — "Product Manager, Sustainability" is my official title. In case you missed my official introduction you can read about my
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Simon Booker of SolidWorks
Name: Simon Booker Title: European Marketing Manager, DS SolidWorks Corp. Hometown: Henley-on-Thames, UK 1.Why did you choose to do the work you do? At school I studied Design and Communication which led me on a path into engineering. The great
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Applying dead loads to fatigue
I was recently asked how to apply a dead load in a fatigue study (a none varying load that is applied to a structure all of the time, as opposed to a live or dynamic load that generates an alternating
... ContinuedAll buckled up!
I recently did a simulation product demo for a Norwegian customer and the question of buckling came up. I realised this was an excellent example of understanding the assumptions of the solutions you are producing plus the physical implications of
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Jeremy Luchini of SolidWorks
Name: Jeremy Luchini Title: Manager, SolidWorks Worldwide Certification Program Hometown: Barnstable, Mass. About: When not enlisting new users into the SolidWorks fold, Jeremy hosts the Let’s Go Design web series, where designers from all over the world collaborate to design
... ContinuedEmpire Cycles’ innovative downhill mountain bike
Empire Cycles Uses SolidWorks to Develop New Lower-Cost Method for Producing High-Performance Mountain Bikes A maverick U.K. cycle company used SolidWorks® CAD software to create a mountain bike that defies conventional design techniques and didn’t need endless prototyping to
... ContinuedDonJoy braces minimize knee misery
Knee problems prompt an estimated 12 million doctor’s office visits each year in the United States alone. More than 600,000 arthroscopic surgeries are performed annually, 85 percent of which are on knees. Nearly 300,000 knees are replaced every year here.
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