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Facing digital MBD data in place of 2D drawings, how should we build trust in the data?
A tool within SOLIDWORKS can enable users to create macros and help automate some tasks.
With so many MBD variables such as models, annotations, configurations, display states, annotation views, orientations and zooming scales, how should we capture and retrieve them?
As the capabilities of SOLIDWORKS MBD grow, more and more commands are emerging. You can customize the software’s UI to your liking.
SOLIDWORKS best practices and drawing tips to help produce better drawings more quickly.
Great design and engineering ideas have to go through manufacturing to reach fruition. Let’s find out how Gulfstream uses the MBD data to empower downstream manufacturing.
What to look for when selecting a new laptop to run SOLIDWORKS.
Facing the ocean of digital airplane representation data and tough FAA regulations, how does Gulfstream ensure data integrity?
How did Gulfstream implement MBD? What are the lessons learned and recommended practices from the software and hardware setup?
An explanation of two great tools you can leverage to speed up the process of modeling in SOLIDWORKS.
After defining the MBD data of sheet metal parts, how should we present it?
Sheet metal is widely used in our daily lives. Let’s see how SOLIDWORKS MBD can help you define sheet metal MBD data.
Gulfstream designed two jet models concurrently, reduced barrel joining time from 3.5 days to 15 minutes, and cut part numbers by more than 50 percent. How did Gulfstream do it?
An advanced overview of the Variable Size Fillet, the Face Fillet and the Full Round Fillet commands.
Improved wrap features, new offset options and 3D curves promise easier design for users.
Recommended practices of 3D PDF views to make MBD data more organized and consumable.
Multiple 3D PDF attachments upon publishing, supplementary geometry displays in 3D PDF and the configuration-specific property update.
Easier 3D callouts, polar dimensions for GD&T and conical surfaces as datum features. Let’s explore further the new DimXpert enhancements.
Product and manufacturing information conveys critical design and engineering requirements. How can we take full advantage of it?
An advanced overview of the various options available in the Fillet feature tool.
Customizable annotation text scales and 3D PDF accuracy controls have been added. Let’s see how these new features serve a tower crane assembly better now.
3D PDF is a PDF file with 3D content embedded that lowers the 3D communication barrier and facilitates MBD implementations. Facing the rich content and capable functionalities inside a 3D PDF, how should we get ...
SOLIDWORKS 2017 adds several new modeling features, but is it enough to make you upgrade?
First full release of SOLIDWORKS PCB includes a collection of tools and a collaborative workflow.
Version overwriting, group permissions and rollbacks are just a few updates that users can look forward to.
A professional 3D PDF template determines the ultimate 3D PDF presentation. The 3D PDF template editor in SOLIDWORKS MBD 2017 has added many new enhancements to help.
Forget about CAD formats or translations. Let’s focus on design and simply use the third-party data when needed.
Drawings are getting a few new features for 2017. What can users expect to see?
SOLIDWORKS MBD 2017 is coming. Let’s check out the new enhancements right off the bat.
New release of the mobile viewer expands file compatibility and introduces virtual reality.
Let’s walk through a shaft example and explore several practical ways to present its MBD data.
SOLIDWORKS 2017 introduces new features to make component mating easier, including magnetic mates.
People do judge a book by its cover. How can we make MBD data consumable, actionable and professional?
Silhouette edges on a shaft are easy to pick in 2D drawings, but they don’t actually exist in 3D drawings. How can you dimension them?
SOLIDWORKS can be used to exchange data between different CAD programs.
Shafts are often used to transmit torques and rotation. Here are some tips for defining them.
An overview of design tables and how to use them in SOLIDWORKS.
SOLIDWORKS Simulation product manager talks thermal analysis.
Should you think about moving to mobile CAD? What can it do for you, what solutions are available and what are the pitfalls?
Jim Wilkinson, vice president of User Experience Architecture at Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS, discusses the changes made in SOLIDWORKS 2016 to increase usability.
