The Lions Tour SOLIDWORKS Challenge
Why Compete: With the upcoming British and Irish Lions Tour of South Africa, MECAD Systems from South Africa and Solid Solutions from the United Kingdom have decided to partake in a 3-part series of challenges of our own. A fantastic
... ContinuedUpdating SOLIDWORKS Composer Files
Have you ever been working away on a project, only to be told the CAD file you’ve been using is out of date? Going back to square 1 and starting again is probably the last thing you want to consider
... ContinuedAssembly Delighters with SOLIDWORKS 2021
On every new release of SOLIDWORKS, we are always looking forward to those subtle but yet very useful changes that affect our everyday SOLIDWORKS life. We all know that SOLIDWORKS is always looking for great ways to increase your productivity
... ContinuedMechanism Library: Multicolor Pen
I’ve had the privilege of interviewing over 50 engineers while co-hosting the “Being an Engineer Podcast.” I’ve noticed a trend of senior mechanical engineers mentioning that tearing apart and reverse engineering products/gadgets is one of the optimal ways to improve
... Continued2021 Toyota Supra – Turbo Manifold – Part 2
As mentioned in the first part of this blog post, a backup manifold needed to be designed and built in time for Round 7 of the FD season. The schedule left approximately 48 busy hours for design and programming of
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Online Licensing Discontinuation
Dear SOLIDWORKS Online Licensing User, SOLIDWORKS Online Licensing is a named-user licensing model that was introduced with SOLIDWORKS 2018 SP0.0 as an alternative to machine-based licenses. However, the vast majority of our clients continue to use machine activation. Given
... Continued3D Printed Bee House Tutorial
This is a SOLIDWORKS Tutorial to create a Bee House for 3D printing. With Spring here and Summer fast approaching this Bee House is a perfect addition to your garden. Follow the tutorial to see how Fill Pattern and Move Face was used to create the honeycomb design.
... Continued2021 Toyota Supra – Turbo Manifold – Part 1
This is the first blog post of a series, so make sure to sign up to the mailing lists if you want to see how our partners at SOLIDWORKS, Creaform and Jabil Inc. are helping us to bring new ideas
... ContinuedSix SOLIDWORKS Solutions – PDM Part II
Next chapter in “Six SOLIDWORKS solutions”, this time with the subtitle PDM Part II. In this blogpost I will cover some more SOLIDWORKS solutions that i have come across in my works as a technical supporter at PLMGroup Some of
... ContinuedAdding a New PDM Standard License
Have you just purchased a new license with a PDM Standard CAD Editor, or a Contributor/Viewer license and need to get up and running with it ASAP? Providing you already have a PDM Standard installation, these quick and easy to
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