SOLIDWORKS
Inspiring design
Isis in Hyde Park Simon Gudgeon, whose “Isis” sculpture was unveiled in Hyde Park by Halcyon Gallery and the Royal Parks Foundation in September, will use SolidWorks to model and SolidWorks Simulation software to validate kinetic sculpture designs
... ContinuedPeople @ SolidWorks World 2010: Jim Wilkinson
Jim Wilkinson is Director of User Experience here at SolidWorks. In this video he talks about what his team does, the research they do at SolidWorks World, and his (very nearly) 14-year history with SolidWorks.
... ContinuedHow do you change the world? Tinker with it.
It was with some excitement that I recently read an article in The Wall Street Journal stating that “tinkering is making a comeback.” That piece was followed a few days later by a similar one from National Public Radio. A
... ContinuedPeople @ SolidWorks World 2010: Sal Lama
Today I'm posting the first in a series of videos leading up to SolidWorks World 2010 in Anaheim CA. These are interviews with people here at SolidWorks who you might run into at the show, talking about what they do
... ContinuedEnter to win the SolidWorks World 2010 First Timer Contest
So maybe being the Official Internet Correspondent wasn't your thing (congratulations Chris). Maybe it was because you've never been to SolidWorks World before, and you weren't sure what you would be getting into. That's OK. Because here's another chance for
... ContinuedTips for engineers
10 tips for using Microsoft Office Excel, try these today and improve your design productivity. The screencast covers 10 tips for transforming Excel from a basic spreadsheet software into a powerful engineering application. You will learn how to input data
... ContinuedAnd the winner of the SolidWorks World 2010 Internet Correspondent Contest is…
Drum roll please….. Chris McAndrew, for the entry he submitted on his blog. I plan to hold him to his beet-throwing promise, so as you're wandering the Anaheim Convention Center, be on the lookout for flying root vegetables. Thanks to
... Continued$1 for Each Download of SolidWorks SustainabilityXpress Solution will go to Hybrid Auto Design competition
Dassault Systèmes (DS) SolidWorks Corp. has launched a donation program to promote environmental sustainability among designers of products as simple as water bottles and as complex as industrial machinery. SolidWorks will donate $1 for every download of its SolidWorks®
... ContinuedSustainable Design: it’s time to put yourself in the picture
Cycloc, a brilliant bike storage solution designed in SolidWorks by Andrew Lang and made from 100% recycled industrial plastic DesignTalks, the online community for UK designers and manufacturers, has launched a new image gallery where members can share and comment
... ContinuedTreehouse version 2 now available from SolidWorks Labs
Just in case you don’t subscribe to the SolidWorks Labs RSS feed, here’s a repost. As always, we thank you for your feedback and have updated Treehouse to version 2. Perhaps the most important new feature of Treehouse 2 is
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2010 is now available!
If you have a current SolidWorks subscription contract, you can now download SolidWorks 2010 in the SolidWorks Customer Portal. If you're using a SolidNetWork license, there's a slight change that affects you. You can learn about the activation process by
... ContinuedGet your SolidWorks models on your iPhone with 3DVIA Mobile
If you haven't already downloaded it, our sister brand 3DVIA now has an iPhone app that you can use to add 3D objects to pictures you take on your iPhone. If you haven't seen it yet, here's an idea of
... ContinuedMicroWind Technologies Gets National Attention
You may recall that I mentioned young entrepreneur Michael Easton and his company, MicroWind Technologies, in my keynote speech at SolidWorks World 2009 in Orlando. He had designed a new form of wind turbine that looks much more attractive than
... ContinuedJoin the SolidWorks Asia/Pacific team for Innovation Day 2009
Our Asia/Pacific group is doing something interesting this year for customers in that area. They're hosting an online virtual event, allowing you to learn about SolidWorks 2010 and hear from some of the people at SolidWorks who set the tone
... ContinuedThey Might Be Giants – Computer Assisted Design
"It takes an idea and makes 3D stuff…" Thanks to M. Buchino
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