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Lips and grooves are a great and simple way to safely fasten plastic shells together.
Are you running simulations with models of non-SOLIDWORKS formats? Check out how 3D Interconnect can help.
Copenhagen Suborbitals uses SOLIDWORKS to design rockets for its amateur space program.
Save time bending sheet metal by not having to look up data in handbooks.
What MBD benefits did Johnson Controls observe? How did it manage the transition from 2D drawings to MBD?
An example of automatically integrating design changes into a weldment simulation study.
This guide describes how to use SOLIDWORKS Composer to properly document a project.
Fab Foundation Director Sherry Lassiter discusses the role that SOLIDWORKS has had in the spread of digital fabrication.
An inescapable truth is that 3D modeling is an inherently complicated activity. Anyone who has done it knows that. Why? It’s because 3D modeling is all about building high-quality, accurate digital representations of real-world or ...
The author describes the process of creating a 3D-printed drone with embedded electronics.
How do ultraportable devices compare to “full-figure” mobile workstations? Let’s compare.
What is STEP 242? Why is it important? How is SOLIDWORKS supporting it?
A closer look at DFMPro, which can be used to streamline design for manufacturability.
Johnson Controls is convinced of the 3D GD&T advantages over 2D drawings in the MBD process.
Adopting 3D PDF doesn’t necessarily mean a successful MBD implementation. On the flip side, a successful MBD implementation doesn’t necessarily need 3D PDF either.
When creating a pattern in SOLIDWORKS, should I use a feature pattern or a sketch pattern?
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 ...
