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Announcing the SolidWorks World 2011 Early Bird Contest!
So the first big deadline for SolidWorks World 2011 is coming up at the end of this week. If you register by this Friday, October 29, you can save $200 on registration for the show. So to call attention to
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Christine Longwell of Proterra
Name: Christine Longwell Company: Proterra, maker of zero-emission commercial transit solutions Title: Manufacturing Process Engineer. I facilitate communication between engineering functions and a brand new electric bus manufacturing line. Hometown: Greenville, S.C. 1. Why do you choose to do
... ContinuedNew for 2011 – SolidWorks Enterprise PDM Enhancements
At SolidWorks, we develop more than just CAD. Enterprise PDM is our flagship data management product, and it helps teams keep track of design data and more. For 2011, folders in the vault are enhanced to include file previews, data
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Janson Pace of NuQuest
Name: Janson Pace Company: NuQuest Title: Industrial Designer 1. Why do you do the work you do? I graduated from Utah Valley University in 2005 with a BS in Technology Management with an emphasis in Drafting Technology. I had begun
... ContinuedSolidWorks customers play vital roles in the Chilean mine rescue effort
Late last night, after being underground for over 69 days, the last of the 33 men trapped in a mine in Chile made the 2,041-foot journey back to the surface. No one in recorded history has ever survived so long
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2011 – Weldment Enhancements
SolidWorks 2011 introduces some new weldment features that we're pretty excited about. For example, the new Weld Bead tool, which lets you weld plates to tubes and a lot more. Watch the video below to learn more, and be sure
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2011 – Defeature
The new Defeature function in SolidWorks 2011 was a big hit when we pulled the covers off last month. If you haven't taken a look yet, now's your chance. Defeature lets you remove intellectual property from models, while maintaining the
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Ross Taylor of SolidXperts
Name: Ross Taylor Company: SolidXperts Inc. Title: Account Manager for the New England area Hometown: Milford, NH 1. Why did you choose to do the work you do? I started my career in engineering developing new products and processes.
... ContinuedFollowing up on announcements we made at SolidWorks World 2010
Eight months have passed since we took the stage at SolidWorks World in Anaheim and talked about cloud technology and the benefits it can bring to the product design process. As I travel around the world talking to companies and
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Tom Salomone of Hewlett Packard
Name: Tom Salomone Title: Segment Marketing Manager Company: Hewlett Packard 1.Why did you choose to do the work you do? I love doing my job as a Segment Marketing Manager for HP, because I meet so many interesting people in
... ContinuedLet’s Go Design – An Update On The Ultimate CAD Chair
If you've been following Jeremy Luchini and his design team as they work on building the ultimate CAD chair environment, you may have noticed that things have been a little quiet lately. Jeremy just posted an update to the Let's
... ContinuedSolidWorks Helps The 2011 Tech Pioneers Turn Ideas Into Reality
Earlier this month, the World Economic Forum (WEF) recognized several companies from around the world as 2011 Technology Pioneers. The award recognizes startup companies whose innovative products or services could have a big impact on the world. We were proud
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2011 – 2D Planar Simplification
Many problems can be idealized to the study of a 2D section under load; Plane Stress (thin extrusions), Plane Strain (long extrusions) and axisymmetric (revolved geometry). The new 2D planar simplification tool allows users to create a 2D analysis by
... ContinuedNew for 2011 – 3DVIA Composer Enhancements
3DVIA Composer 2011 has been shipping since earlier this summer, and there are a lot of enhancements that are really exciting. The blog crew was particularly excited about the new Magnet Line functionality when they saw it last week. Check
... ContinuedNew in SolidWorks 2011 – Drawings Enhancements
For the new release of SolidWorks, the development team spent a good amount of time working on Drawings functionality, particularly with regard to things that will speed up the dimensioning process. It's now possible to automatically align, stagger, or center
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