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Unless you have been living under a rock for the better part of a decade, SOLIDWORKS (and Dassault Systemes) have been offering an amazing 2D CAD product, FOR FREE. DraftSight has been around since February 2011. The idea was to allow customers to free up monies that were typically allocated to maintaining legacy AutoCAD, so
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
Ever wish there was an easy way to keep detailed revision notes, pictures, or other relevant, non-CAD data with your model? In the “old days” of paper drawings, there would be a packet of information (now called metadata) that would travel with a print. SOLIDWORKS PDM does a great job of tracking this metadata if
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If you watched the 2017 Solar Eclipse yesterday, and are reading this, then you likely watched it safely. In the days leading to the eclipse, I was running around (like all good procrastinators) trying to find proper safety glasses. Well, guess what? They were sold out… EVERYWHERE! Not to be deterred, I got to googling
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Getting our kids into STEM has always been a priority for our family. What better tool to jumpstart their love for engineering than SOLIDWORKS? When our trip to several stores to buy the latest toy craze left us empty-handed, I was able to turn it into a “teachable moment.” I was able to teach them
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For those of you who haven’t noticed, SOLIDWORKS is really big on “data reuse.” That’s because recreating information is likely one of the largest contributors to lost time and designer frustration. I was recently on a call with a customer who was using the “Smart Components” feature in SOLIDWORKS in a really cool way. It
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If you attended any of our SOLIDWORKS 2017 Rollout events we hope you learned a lot, laughed a bit, and connected with other SOLIDWORKS users as excited as you. You also got a first look at our new plug-in to SOLIDWORKS that we created here at CADimensions! We call it the CADimensions Task Pane. The
Published in: SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Back in April of 2015, I wrote a blog on how to overlay your SOLIDWORKS Simulation Plots onto a rendered image of your assembly. If you haven’t read that article, check it out here. Now that you read it, forget it, and upgrade to SOLIDWORKS 2017. There is a new feature in 2017 named “Simulation Display”.
Published in: SOLIDWORKS Simulation
When Derek came up to me with the question “What will cool a hot room down faster, window fans that point in or out?” I had to think for a minute. It’s been a while since I lived without A/C, but I remember always pointing the fans OUT, to “push” out the warm air. But
Published in: SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Eleven years ago (wow that makes me feel old), Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Jr. took the stage at SOLIDWORKS World 2005 in Orlando. They discussed how SOLIDWORKS helped them in their custom design and fabrication of motorcycles (choppers). Unless you lived under a rock, I’m sure you have heard of their show American Chopper, or
Published in: SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Yes, you read that correctly. No, I did not change companies to work a for 2D CAD Company. Sometimes, though, if the proper conditions apply, a 2D Simulation analysis can save huge amounts of time and processing power. SOLIDWORKS Simulation has the ability to simplify certain cases from large, complex meshes to lightweight 2D meshes
