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CADimensions thinks it’s important to have the technical help you’re looking for readily available when you need it, which is why we have created an extensive library of blogs that will assist you through best practices, skills sharpening, and technical issues you may be facing. Our team of experts also writes about industry trends, new products, and tools that can help take your company to the next level.

CADimensions Inc. Announces Free 3D Printing Design Digital Training for Manufacturing Engineers

Written by: Adam Fasnacht

Published in: Manufacturing, News, Additive Manufacturing

CADimensions, Inc. is proud to announce a brand new digital training offering. On Thursday, July 23, at 1:00PM (EST), we will be hosting a live one-hour 3D design training for manufacturing and design engineers. We have been distributing engineering tools such as 3D design software, 3D printers, and 3D scanning equipment for decades. The majority

Mockups and Floor Layouts: SOLIDWORKS For Architecture Part 4

Written by: Dave Murray

Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD, Uncategorized

Tags: Solidworks, mock-up, architecture, layout

Project Mockup Important details easily overlooked in a construction project can be numerous. For that reason, it is difficult to overstate the importance of creating a mock-up or a virtual prototype of your project. Mistakes can be avoided and rework eliminated by creating your project in SOLIDWORKS first. In the image which follows, the mock-up

8 Reasons 3D Scanners Crush Traditional Quality Control

Written by: Adam Fasnacht

Published in: Manufacturing, 3D Scanners

Quality control is an essential step for every manufacturing company. However, so many businesses still use manual inspection tools like gauges and calipers. Operations that require more precision have used Coordinate Measurement Machines (CMM’s) for decades. That is destined to change, and quickly. 3D scanners are being adopted by companies everywhere looking for an alternative

PDM Dispatch: Connecting the Add-In to Your Vault

Written by: Nate Mitts

Published in: Data Management

Dispatch is a very powerful add-in for SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional; we can add to our vaults that give us access to the creation of administrative actions. Some of the possibilities include renaming files with part numbers or automatically checking in important files to the vault when they are added. Before we begin discovering all of

3D Printer Tip Change: How To Change Tips On Your Stratasys 3D Printer

Written by: Dylan Switzer

Published in: 3D Printers

Every so often, a 3D printed part will look like it printed successfully, but when removed from the build tray, it will crumble when any stress is put on it. Other times, the printer will repeatedly show a “failure to load” error. When this happens, the most common fix is simply to replace the tips