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To Globe or to Quadball, that is the Question
Learn how, when and why behind deciding whether to Globe or Quadball when creating spheres in SWID.
... ContinuedThe Process of Going From Art to Part
At some point in your life you’ve inevitably heard the phrase “art to part.” It’s a succinct, and borderline trite, way to describe the struggle of turning a creative spark into a physical product. It’s a multi-faceted process and rarely
... ContinuedMoving Industrial Design In House
A manufacturer of equipment green spaces, from grape picking machines to tree pruners, Pellenc has heavily invested in R&D to enable its growth. While Pellenc used 60 licenses of SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD and SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation for product development, most
... ContinuedEvolutionary Design – Intuitive, Featureless Modelling in 3D
Since the company was founded in 1994, the name Canto stood for quality and innovation in development, design, prototype and tool engineering. As a service provider, the company’s development is characterized by steady growth, constant adaption to the needs of
... ContinuedRedesigning a Remote in SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer
I got the assignment to redesign a remote control for a combined light and Bluetooth music player. Opening the original SOLIDWORKS model in Industrial Designer, I can quickly and easily see what space constraints I have to work with in
... ContinuedDesign Refinement in SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer
If you have been following along with the past two blog posts in this series (A New Way to Capture Concept Ideas Quickly and Freeform Modeling in SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer), you have seen how SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer (SWID) empowers designers to freely
... ContinuedFreeform Modeling in SOLIDWORKS Industrial Design
Conceptual design of stylized products often starts with hand sketches, and may involve several disconnected software applications for sketching, surface modeling, and sharing the concepts with others. SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer streamlines that process with a unified workspace where hand sketches,
... ContinuedA New Way to Capture Concept Ideas Quickly
Every great product began as a design concept, right? Well, maybe not every product… So, how do we begin the process of capturing design ideas and sharing them with a team? With SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer on the 3DExperience Platform, ideas
... ContinuedFreeform and parametric design tools: a match made in CAD
When using many design tools you need to make a choice about how you are going to design your next great product. The choice is either you make as you are designing in your chosen tool, or it is the
... ContinuedRealistic renderings bring your design to life…
As a dyed in the wool engineer why should I render my designs? Surely everyone can see how great they are using standard materials. But let’s face it they can’t, so if you are ready to share your great new
... ContinuedAccelerating Industrial Design Concept Development with SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer
Marc McCauley and Jesse Hahne, co-owners of the Center for Advanced Design (CAD), never know what projects are going to come through their doors. The product development firm has been involved in bringing more than 1,700 products to market. To
... ContinuedIndustrial Design: Many Solutions, One SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer
Today industrial designers use many tools to get their job done. From initial hand and digital sketching, 3D concept modelling, 3D detailing, through to PowerPoint presentations and 3D printing proposals. There is no ‘one tool fits all approach’, rather the
... ContinuedNot all Clouds Are the Same
The other day, while the dense, grey clouds were dumping enough snow in Boston to push the winter snowfall over the “100th inch” mark, I was relaxing on the beach in Miami looking at the fluffy, soft clouds scattered across
... ContinuedFebruary’s Top Five Blog Posts
February has come and gone, but the snow remains in frosty Winterfell Waltham. Much like the snow, our blog posts continue to persist and since you may have missed some content in a flurry of SOLIDWORKS World 2015 posts, we
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE Solutions: The Safe Choice for Data Interoperability
When your product development involves the use of multiple design tools, the smooth flow of design data from one tool to another is critical. At SOLIDWORKS we understand how important this is to you and this is why we are
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