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Magic Wheelchair is a non-profit organization that builds costumes for children in wheelchairs, at no cost to their families. Last month we shared Magic Wheelchair’s story through an interview with executive director Christine Getman. This ...
19-year-old Danielle Boyer shares how she began teaching STEAM through robotics.
The greatest business minds know that working together as a collective team is more beneficial than working separately in silos. Even Steve Jobs, who thought very highly of his own ideas and abilities, said that, ...
The 3DEXPERIENCE World conference (formerly known as SOLIDWORKS World) is the premier CAD conference for SOLIDWORKS users, and is attended by thousands of CAD enthusiasts each year. With the new show format, Dassault Systèmes is ...
Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE is a collaborative platform where community members can share ideas as well as access tools to build on these ideas. The dashboard is the landing page where your company’s members access this ...
Communities join forces to build wheelchair costumes for children with disabilities.
What do you really need to know to get started?
The 3DEXPERIENCE Platform gives mechanical designers and other SOLIDWORKS users the ability to create, collaborate and control designs on a public or private cloud through a user’s browser. This is a dramatic shift from the ...
When SOLIDWORKS introduced the Boundary Surface feature in 2008, I was just finishing writing the first SOLIDWORKS Surfacing and Complex Shape Modeling Bible. It was a new feature, and it was being added to the ...
“The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is a business experience platform available on premise and in public or private cloud to enable our clients to create an EXPERIENCE for their ultimate customers or consumers.” --Dassault Systèmes
The software is broad, and so are the training resources available online.
Focusing on geometry that isn’t straight and square, but which can be swoopy, curvy or organic.
Learn how to troubleshoot slowdowns in SOLIDWORKS.
Most engineers and designers are clear about understanding failure from tension or bending loads. However, buckling is a form of structural instability—and ultimately failure—caused by compressive forces. A normal stress analysis won’t provide any sort ...
Right now, working from home is not just one way to work; it’s the only way to work. Luckily with SOLIDWORKS, there are several options to use the software remotely. So, here is the definitive ...
Three use cases for nonlinear static analysis in SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium, with examples.
Practical, yet simple tips and tricks to improve customer experience and first impressions, such as materials, views, environment settings, and web page layouts.
In my previous article What’s New SOLIDWORKS PDM 2020, I covered many of the enhancements that are available in the 2020 release of SOLIDWORKS PDM. In that article, I focused on improved performance and the ...
Since its addition to the SOLIDWORKS family of products, SOLIDWORKS Manage has seen substantial development, and the 2020 release continues along that path.
Have you seen cool 3D-enabled online products with augmented reality? Here is the latest 3D commerce development and how 3D content can be built.
Designers are increasingly being expected to produce extremely complex geometry.
There are few things that engineers and designers dislike more than performing clerical tasks, especially data entry.
Engineering managers are sporadic SOLIDWORKS users, but play a key role in the design process.
Web AR has gained strong adoption thanks to its practical benefits and ease of use.
This article will focus on a special import problem that is usually experienced by manufacturing companies that provide wire bending solutions.
The most significant enhancement to SOLIDWORKS PDM 2020 is performance. The developers at SOLIDWORKS have redefined how data is loaded, so that the amount of time required to access information is greatly reduced. Following performance, ...
How to design mechanisms that fit within size constraints and move smoothly.
Nowadays, most of the functionality within SOLIDWORKS is very well-known. It’s rare to come across functionality that’s powerful but rarely spoken about. However, I did come across a cool tool that tackles a bunch of ...
7 tips to get started on creating IP Illustrations.
The best enhancements are the ones that require no reading, testing or training.
Using 3D sketches to check complex geometric models.
Detailing Mode allows a user to load a drawing, without having load the referenced components.
How many times have you been asked to make a new part with the same features as an older, existing part?
Save time on your next inspection report by automating it.
10 Ways to Save Time Using the Assembly Visualization Tool.
Here are 10 tips every SOLIDWORKS user needs to know.
How to see personalized digital products in your room on Android devices.
How smart software like SOLIDWORKS CAM contributes to Industry 4.0 smart manufacturing.
