SOLIDWORKS
New 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
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2011 Helps Turn Good Ideas into Great Results
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. (DS SolidWorks) unveiled the SolidWorks® 2011 product line, delivering new ways to speed product design, deepen collaboration, and strengthen designers’ engagement with manufacturing. The new SolidWorks 2011 family of products includes hundreds of improvements
... ContinuedIntroducing the SolidWorks 2011 product line
September 1 has finally come, and we're happy to finally unveil the SolidWorks 2011 product line. There are lots of updates, enhancements and improvements, ranging from the really big to the really small. We'll dig into some of the bigger
... ContinuedComing Wednesday – The New SolidWorks 2011 Product Line
See this picture? That's what you'll find if you visit the SolidWorks 2011 website right now. Of course, the time you see will be different, but that's just academic, now isn't it? We're counting down to the unveiling of our
... ContinuedLet’s Go Design – Your Ideas Needed!
I just got back from vacation today, and I hear that Jeremy Luchini and his team have finished up the ultimate CAD chair/office and completed filming on the fifth and final episode. I haven't had a chance to get downstairs
... ContinuedLet’s Go Design – Steel vs. Aluminum
Hey all, I'd like to take you on a deeper dive from a sustainability perspective into the "steel vs. aluminum" design question that's being debated in Episode 4 of Let's Go Design. Let's start with the punchline from my goofy
... ContinuedSix More Tips for Using Microsoft Excel with SolidWorks
A few months back, we released a screencast that gives you ten tips for using Excel with SolidWorks. It was so popular, the masterminds behind it came up with six more. So if you want to check it out, just
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