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Behind the Design: Amy Hamilton, “Raised by a Generation of People Who Don’t Quit”

By Margherita Bassi March 17, 2025
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Behind the Design: Amy Hamilton, “Raised by a Generation of People Who Don’t Quit”

Join us for our Behind the Design series, presenting the stories behind both the designs and the people who created them. Meet Amy Hamilton, a long-time teacher who has overcome every challenge in her life with grit and determination.

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What’s New in 3DEXPERIENCE DraftSight R2024x FD02

By Diego Perez May 15, 2024
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What’s New in 3DEXPERIENCE DraftSight R2024x FD02

This update to 3DEXPERIENCE DraftSight enables you to work faster with large and complex drawings, customize your bill of materials, and more.

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Karis Increases Design Reuse by 30 Percent and Reduces Design Cycles by 15 Percent

By SOLIDWORKS June 5, 2023
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Karis Increases Design Reuse by 30 Percent and Reduces Design Cycles by 15 Percent

SOLIDWORKS connected to the cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE platform boosts productivity, accelerates time to market, and safeguards product data from the threat of cyberattacks.

https://www.solidworks.com/customer-story/karis-increases-design-reuse-and-reduces-design-cycles/

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Celebrate the 12 Days of DraftSight

By Meaghan Murphy December 13, 2022
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Celebrate the 12 Days of DraftSight

To celebrate the holidays, the DraftSight team will be sharing a video series of the 12 days of #DraftSight over the next 2 weeks.

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Taking 2D to a Higher Level—the Cloud!

By SOLIDWORKS November 4, 2021
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Taking 2D to a Higher Level—the Cloud!

See how despite the growing use of 3D parts and assemblies, many companies continue to rely on 2D drawings.

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Learn How 2D DraftSight Complements 3D Design Tools

By SOLIDWORKS January 6, 2021
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Learn How 2D DraftSight Complements 3D Design Tools

See how Young Industries maximizes 3D design productivity by using DraftSight Enterprise software for 2D tasks.

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Collaborate and Manage Your Drawings with 3DEXPERIENCE DraftSight

By Oboe Wu July 8, 2020
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Collaborate and Manage Your Drawings with 3DEXPERIENCE DraftSight

DraftSight has introduced a new role called 3DEXPERIENCE DraftSight to further serve its users and respond to the needs beyond drafting.

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Building General Notes from the Bottom up

By Matt Lorono July 28, 2016
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Building General Notes from the Bottom up

There’s many old rules in Drafting. Some rules have obsolesced since the popularization of CAD. Other rules are now less common, but still have value for those who employ them. One such rule states that notes and tables may be

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Will Drafting Help a Road Cyclist? A Flow Simulation Study

By Kapil Gaitonde July 22, 2015
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Will Drafting Help a Road Cyclist? A Flow Simulation Study

I am an amateur road cyclist working on improving my speed. This involves not only raw muscle power but many smart tactics as well. Over a period of time, and as a part of my discovery-based learning, I was told

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SOLIDWORKS Women in Engineering Series – Rachel York

By Kim Richardson October 20, 2014
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SOLIDWORKS Women in Engineering Series – Rachel York

  Getting into Engineering:  Rachel was introduced to the engineering world at a young age, growing up around the field. Her father, a mechanic and “fixer of anything”, kept her involved with his work. She was the official “gopher” fetching

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How to overline text on a SolidWorks drawing

By Matt Lorono December 24, 2012
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How to overline text on a SolidWorks drawing

Remastered from SolidWorks Legion article entitled How to overline text on a SolidWorks drawing. Occasionally, a SolidWorks user may need to state a number or variable as approximate within an annotation note.  The mathematical symbol for this is an overline. 

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SolidWorks Simulation Helps Explain Race Car Drafting

By Matthew West May 17, 2011
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Have you ever wondered why race cars tend to follow one another so closely? If you're reading this, you're probably familiar with the basic principles behind drafting, and how following a car closely helps reduce drag on your own car.

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New SolidWorks tutorials page available on SolidWorks.com

By Marie Planchard February 16, 2011
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New SolidWorks tutorials page available on SolidWorks.com

One of the things I learned from being a college professor is that people learn in different ways; perhaps you like to read, watch a video, or follow along with the 100’s of step-by-step tutorials inside SolidWorks software and SolidWorks

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