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Dimension Tangent to an Arc or Circle
When adding sketch dimensions from one circle or arc to another, a dimension will be added between the center points by default. However, by selecting the circle and/or arc when adding the dimension, the properties for that dimension now have
... ContinuedCreating manufacturing jobs through innovation at Yaris
Creating jobs has been a hot topic these days in the weak global economy. Many answers are out there, but innovation is a proven engine to the economy as shown by Apple who created or supported over 500,000 jobs for U.S.
... ContinuedBig Ass Fans Move Big Volumes of Air With Help from SolidWorks
Whether you’re trying to cool off your living room, restaurant, industrial plant or business, you’ll probably need a “big ass fan” to circulate high volumes of air and get the job done right. Big Ass Fans, a Kentucky-based manufacturer, produces
... ContinuedCP Manufacturing: Efficient Engineering and Recycling Manufacturing
As recycled materials become the new norm in many paper and plastic products, an efficient recycling facility is key for managing the influx of recycled items. CP Manufacturing designs plants that divide paper, plastic, rubber and all sorts of recyclables
... ContinuedBosch Designs Across Industries with SolidWorks Software
Car maintenance is a necessary evil for most car owners – you know you have to do it, but many of us avoid it or put it off until the car needs repair. While going to the auto mechanic may
... ContinuedeDrawings for iPad: new features are available now
We introduced eDrawings for iPad on May 1, and the response has been amazing. However, many of you have let us know about features and capabilities you would like to see, and our development team has been listening. A major
... ContinuedBalloons and Excluding from Bills of Materials
I recently took a support call from a customer who noticed that he was seeing asterisks instead of item numbers when he added balloons to a purchased sub-assembly inside of his assembly drawing. I thought that it might make for
... ContinuedYou Can’t Prototype This: The Power of Mechatronic Design
Yesterday I took the family to the airport for their semiannual flight back to the UK to visit friends and family. And as I watched the luggage go down the conveyor belt I started to wonder what went on behind
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Mark Gibson of SolidWorks
Name: Mark Gibson Title: Principal interactive design engineer Company: DS SolidWorks Corp. Job Description: I'm a member of DS SolidWorks’ user experience group, which works with the product definition group to address SolidWorks users’ needs with elegant solutions. My primary
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Jeremy Singley
Name: Jeremy Singley Title: Owner Company: Jeremy Singley Industrial Design 1. Why do you choose to do the work you do?It's what I was born to do. I’ve been designing stuff since I could hold a pencil. When
... ContinuedNaim Audio, creating a high-end audio component with SolidWorks
Naim Audio designs and manufactures a familiar range of audio equipment, but don’t look for Naim on the shelf at the mall electronics store. Naim’s tuners, amplifiers, CD players, loudspeakers and digital-audio converters are for high-end audiophiles, the kind of
... ContinuedOlympic skeleton racer’s comeback trail ran through SolidWorks
Skeleton sleds aren’t the kind of item you pick up at the local Dick’s Sporting Goods. Sleds have to respond precisely to subtle body shifts that racers use to steer them around sharp curves as the racers shoot down icy
... ContinuedAmtrak has arrived at ‘World’
If you’ve luxuriated in the sleekness of Amtrak’s Acela, you can thank two SolidWorks Worlds 2010 attendees, Bruce Hoffman and John Campbell. They and their teams use SolidWorks software not to design new train cars – those last for decades
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2010 Presenter Spotlight: Phil Sluder
Back in February, I sat in one of Phil Sluder's presentations recording it for this blog. There were several hundred people waiting to get into the room, and once Phil started, all of the seats in the very large room
... ContinuedThe Future of SolidWorks Simulation?
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a simulation blog as I’ve been busy looking after my new daughter. As proof, here’s a picture showing just what a fan of SolidWorks she’s already become :-). So enough about me, let’s
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