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How SOLIDWORKS Turned Ernesto Mosqueda’s Life Around

By Connor Burke October 22, 2018
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How SOLIDWORKS Turned Ernesto Mosqueda’s Life Around

Some people do not realize what they’re truly passionate about until much later in their lives. You might think you want to be in a certain industry or field for the rest of your life, until that back fires and

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MBD Implementation Dos and Don’ts: Trust but Verify

By Oboe Wu December 16, 2016
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MBD Implementation Dos and Don’ts: Trust but Verify

In 2D drawing oriented manufacturing processes, there is a common step called “drawing review” to check the drawing quality, such as conformance to the 3D model, view layouts, units, callout styles and standard compliances. This review step is vital to

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Custom Designs in Half the Time: Paranthaman Exporters goes from 2D to 3D

By SOLIDWORKS August 2, 2016
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Custom Designs in Half the Time: Paranthaman Exporters goes from 2D to 3D

PRD Rigs, an award-winning Indian manufacturer of drilling rigs for oil and gas exploration, has designed, manufactured, and exported more than 350 drilling rigs to more than 30 countries around the world through its Paranthaman Exporters division. However, as the

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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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MBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DON’Ts – Don’t Skip Critical 3D Dimensions and Tolerances (Part 2)

By Oboe Wu March 22, 2016
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MBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DON’Ts – Don’t Skip Critical 3D Dimensions and Tolerances (Part 2)

Part 1 of this topic covered four benefits of calling out critical 3D dimensions and tolerances explicitly in Model-Based Definition (MBD), or the downsides of not doing so. Here let’s look into two more. Downstream data consumers may not be

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Powerful Tools for Complex Products – Visualize, then Realize with SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD tools

By Alyson Savelle March 14, 2016
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Powerful Tools for Complex Products – Visualize, then Realize with SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD tools

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MBD Implementation 10 DOs and DON’Ts – Don’t Skip Critical 3D Dimensions and Tolerances – Part 1

By Oboe Wu March 4, 2016
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MBD Implementation 10 DOs and DON’Ts – Don’t Skip Critical 3D Dimensions and Tolerances – Part 1

Missing critical dimensions and tolerances is one of the major complaints against MBD in production, especially among suppliers. Some machine shops dismiss MBD as “irresponsible laziness” because their clients provided only 3D models with no 2D drawings, 3D dimensions or tolerances

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MBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DON’Ts – Upgrade infrastructure

By Oboe Wu January 14, 2016
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MBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DON’Ts – Upgrade infrastructure

In a previous blog on Drawingless or Paperless, we clarified that MBD Implementations don’t require heavy upfront investment on digital equipment. However, there are indeed MBD manufacturers around the world who are also very successful with paperless processes. This post will

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MBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DON’Ts – Don’t Rely on 2D Drawings as the Master Anymore

By Oboe Wu December 15, 2015
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MBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DON’Ts – Don’t Rely on 2D Drawings as the Master Anymore

My last post on Model-Based Definition (MBD) implementation, “Measure progress” touched upon NIST’s MBD capability assessment, where drawing-centric or model-centric is a key distinction between level 0 and level 1. In this blog, let’s expand this topic a bit further

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SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2016 – OCR Editor

By Mathieu Fourcade November 16, 2015
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SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2016 – OCR Editor

The main goal of using SOLIDWORKS Inspection is to streamline and automate the creation of ballooned drawings and inspection reports (AS9102, PPAP, etc.). Most of our customers experience a productivity gain of between 70-90 percent, whichoften translates to the ability

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Sneak Peek: 15 Features coming in SOLIDWORKS 2015 – Drawing Zones

By Jeremy Regnerus August 29, 2014
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Sneak Peek: 15 Features coming in SOLIDWORKS 2015 – Drawing Zones

Each year SOLIDWORKS releases a new version of its flagship product. This year, during the 15 days prior to the release of SOLIDWORKS 2015 we’re taking a look at 15 of our favorite new tools coming in this feature packed release. To

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New in SolidWorks 2014: Angular Running Dimensions

By Matthew West October 8, 2013
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New in SolidWorks 2014: Angular Running Dimensions

SolidWorks 2014 introduces the ability to quickly and accurately document circular hole patterns and other radial features in a clear and concise way. You can automate creation of angular ordinate dimensions, finish drawings faster while meeting documentation requirements, and match

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New in SolidWorks 2014: Assembly Explode

By Matthew West September 12, 2013
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New in SolidWorks 2014: Assembly Explode

SolidWorks 2014 adds some great new features to Assemblies. Now, you can add rotation to components so you can communicate product assembly processes clearly on drawings and in animations. This gives you more flexibility over part orientation in exploded views,

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SolidWorks Drawing Tip: Convert View to Sketch

By FISHER/UNITECH September 3, 2013
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SolidWorks Drawing Tip: Convert View to Sketch

I’ve been asked a couple of times if there was an easy way to tweak, change, or ‘fudge’ a drawing view. Some people want to change a line style, some may want to change a thickness, and some may just

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SolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek: Replace Model View

By Matthew West September 3, 2013
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SolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek: Replace Model View

SolidWorks 2014 will be officially unveiled on September 9, and while you’re waiting for the big reveal, we’re going to give you a few peeks at some of the new features. You can now easily replace the model references in

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