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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.
... ContinuedKaris 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/
... ContinuedCelebrate 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.
... ContinuedTaking 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.
... ContinuedLearn 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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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
... ContinuedWill 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
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS 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
... ContinuedHow 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.
... ContinuedSolidWorks Simulation Helps Explain Race Car Drafting
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.
... ContinuedNew 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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