Tips and Tricks
Engineering Tips and Tricks from the YouTube Engineer Jeremy Fielding
In this Born to Design podcast, we talk with Jeremy Fielding, who turned his interest for engineering into the creation of a successful YouTube Channel, which evolved into actual engineering jobs.
... ContinuedWhat’s The Recipe For A Great Engineer?
Great writers have a strong inner monologue. Great illustrators have an eye for detail. Great marketers know how to capture the imagination, but what’s the recipe for a great engineer? If you are considering a career in engineering, here are
... Continued8 tips for budding engineers
The battle for engineering roles in the UK is as competitive as ever. Our eight tips will help to make sure yours is one of the names that stands out from the pack. 1 – Choose a sector. Like
... ContinuedSWW15 Preview: Jeremy Singley’s Design Secrets Revealed
SOLIDWORKS World 2015 features more than 200 sessions led by design and engineering experts. These sessions will bring you up to speed on the latest SOLIDWORKS features as well as give you the best training to make the most of
... ContinuedSee What You Missed: Top Webinars of 2014
I’ve been guilty of binge media consumption. If I get hooked on a TV or book series, I cannot stop until I’m caught up. I went through Breaking Bad in a week, the Winds of Winter arrived in no time
... ContinuedNovember’s Top 5 SOLIDWORKS Blog Posts
November has come and gone in the blink of an eye. Chances are it moved so fast that you may have missed some of the month’s most popular blog posts across the SOLIDWORKS network. The good news is that we’ve
... ContinuedSmartcut: Using Power Select in Simulation
I recently was working on a somewhat complex model from a customer in Simulation, and I used the Power Select tool in SOLIDWORKS to help make the job easier. Here’s a cut view of an example model so that you can
... ContinuedRecorded Webinar Spotlight: Unleash the Power of SOLIDWORKS Solutions for Fast, Productive Workflows
Product development is about a lot more than simply designing products. It encompasses all the tasks necessary to take a new product idea from fruition to production, which requires tools to conceive, collaborate, visualize, test, document, and innovate. Fortunately, SOLIDWORKS solutions
... ContinuedAugust’s Top 5 SOLIDWORKS Blog Posts
It seems that much of the world is on holiday in August, so it’s understandable if you decided to tear yourself away from the SOLIDWORKS blogs for a few weeks. Certainly it was a difficult decision to make, but the
... 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
... ContinuedThe Unknown “Golden Tools” in SolidWorks Simulation
I visited a SolidWorks Simulation customer few weeks ago to get his feedback on using SolidWorks Simulation solutions. After a brief introduction of what they are designing and who is using which engineering tools, they showed me a pretty long
... ContinuedSolidWorks Drawing Tip: Convert View to Sketch
I’ve been asked a couple of times if there was an easy way to tweak, change, or ‘fudge’ a drawing view. Some people want to change a line style, some may want to change a thickness, and some may just
... ContinuedWorking with Multibodies in SolidWorks
SolidWorks have always been a leader when it comes to multibody modelling- since its introduction in SolidWorks 2003 developers have continued to strive and improve the way that we can work with them- so much so that multibody modelling rivals assembly modelling
... ContinuedTractor Trailer Aerodynamics in SolidWorks Flow Simulation
As time progresses and fuel prices increase, you might have noticed some changes to the tractor trailers you see on the highway. Fairings on tractors have been common for quite a while; however, side skirts and extended “tails” on the
... ContinuedCheck out the new features available on My.SolidWorks.com!
The team behind My.SolidWorks.com has just released some new functionality for the site that makes it even easier to use and introduces even more data sources. Here’s a brief explanation of what’s new starting today. We’ve added 3DContentCentral as a
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