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SolidWorks World 2014 Wednesday General Session Recap
The final general session of SolidWorks World 2014 kicked off with Mark Schneider revealing the winners of the 2014 Model Mania contest, where attendees are presented with a finished model and compete to see who can recreate and analyze the model from
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2014 Session – Will it Blend?
It’s not easy to be selected as a first-time presenter at SolidWorks World. The initial abstract is very important, and must convey the intent of the session clearly. The topic must be current and highly relevant, and it helps a
... ContinuedCholly Nachman: SolidWorks Changed His Life
When I first met Cholly, we talked about his obsession with building things. The man always had a project going on, with the next project already started in his mind. Since the time I started working with him, he
... ContinuedCan I run SolidWorks on my computer?
Maybe you’re getting ready to install SolidWorks for the first time, but you’re not sure if your computer is up to the task. Or maybe you’re ready to upgrade to the latest model workstation, and want to ensure that you’re
... ContinuedMy Introduction to SolidWorks: Drawing a Pressure Plate
The last time I did any sort of design work was back in 1999, using a drafting board with a drawing arm, T-square, pencil and paper. Modeling a part in SolidWorks was a new experience for me, and to be
... ContinuedTake the Stress Out of Holiday Shopping with the Third Annual SolidWorks Holiday Gift Guide
As the snow begins to fall in Boston and Christmas quickly approaches (it’s only two weeks away), the holiday season and gift giving are on my mind. As I’m scrambling to compile a personalized gift list that is designed to
... ContinuedAnd…I'm Back
And just in time. This is a great time to talk about what’s going on in the SolidWorks Community. SolidWorks 2014 has been out for a couple of months, and I was fortunate to attend several reseller roll-outs and watch SolidWorks users
... ContinuedStudents At Lycée Victor Duruy Take On The Challenge Of Mars Exploration
Douglas Quaid and his dream about going to Mars in Total Recall isn’t just a story reserved for the big screen. The students at the Lycée Victor Duruy high school in Bagnères-de-Bigorre also dream big when it comes exploring the red planet; minus
... ContinuedNectar Product Development Combines Elegance And Technology with SolidWorks
With the world’s fossil fuel supply decreasing, solar power is becoming a more popular and cost-effective options for American homebuyers, according to an article in the Huffington Post in August. Nectar Product Development is paving the way to the solar energy
... ContinuedDramatically reduce design errors by using SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology
As the complexity of your engineering problems, design, and assemblies increases, so do the chances of making a costly mistake that may lead to many hours of re-work and may cause you to pull your product out of production. You’ll
... ContinuedDesigning for Precision on the Shop Floor at Wamore, Inc.
Apparently, before the idea of a “precision air drop” was invented, there was only the standard “air drop,” which was military-speak for dumping tons of supplies from an airplane and keeping your fingers crossed that at least some made it
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2014: Fixed Length Spline
In SolidWorks 2014, you can set a dimension to fix the length of a spline. You can reference this dimension in custom properties, configurations, equations, and tables, including design tables and BOMs. Previously, you could not dimension splines to a
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2014: Selective Part Section View in Assemblies
SolidWorks 2014 gives you the ability to select the components you want to include (or exclude) when creating a section view, and quickly develop multiple ways to investigate assemblies. This lets you do faster sectioning with greater flexibility. You can
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2014: Contact Pair Visualization in SolidWorks Simulation
SolidWorks 2014 includes the ability to naturally visualize all contacts and connections defined in a SolidWorks Simulation analysis to clearly understand contact relations between the different components of an assembly. This helps give you a clear understanding of what contacts
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2014: Solar Access Study
SolidWorks 2014 includes a really interesting new feature that allows you to set a defined date, time, and geographic location to create high-fidelity renderings that accurately simulate lighting from the sun. You can easily account for real-world shadow and light
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