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Much has been written on general management techniques but very little of it directly applies to CAD administration and even less applies to mentoring young enthusiasts. CAD Admin is Different from Other Management Jobs Part ...
Engineering is a journey that ends with “good enough.” Good enough is subjective, amorphic—and perfectly appropriate place to call it quits. A good enough design, product or outcome satisfies the stated objectives and is a ...
When CAD meant 2D AutoCAD, and CAD standards meant naming layers and assigning line thicknesses, the job of the CAD Admin—or more likely, the drafting manager—was a lot simpler. Even more advanced topics around 2D ...
SOLIDWORKS 2022 release has some great enhancements for working with parts.
SOLIDWORKS 2022 introduces a new workflow for mesh enthusiasts known as Hybrid Mesh Modeling, which allows users to directly combine traditional SOLIDWORKS geometry with mesh geometry.
We just had our first look at SOLIDWORKS 2022 and it’s awesome—but not in the way you might think. Below we detail some of the biggest takeaways from the official SOLIDWORKS What’s New in 2022 ...
$99 a year for 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers is sure to appeal to the digital maker community.
Why not do more with less? It's possible with macros.
Dassault Systèmes has launched three new 3DEXPERIENCE offers geared toward students.
If 3D Interconnect does not apply in your situation, or your import has errors, there are several options available to troubleshoot and repair the data.
The old adage, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” rings loud and true for Geoff Babb and his team at AdvenChair. In 2005 Babb was a Bureau of Land Management Fire Ecologist and an active ...
SOLIDWORKS just gave us our first taste of the latest release – SOLIDWORKS 2021.
I get it – you’ve heard it ALL when it comes to the Cloud. I have been preaching the benefits of the Cloud for nearly ten years in my journey as a Technology Evangelist, and I ...
If you were fortunate enough to attend 3DEXPERIENCE World 2020, then you might remember SOLIDWORKS CEO Gian Paolo Bassi unveiling the three 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS offers that were promised to arrive in the summer. That seemed ...
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 ...
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 ...
“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
Learn how to troubleshoot slowdowns in SOLIDWORKS.
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 ...
Designers are increasingly being expected to produce extremely complex geometry.
How to design mechanisms that fit within size constraints and move smoothly.
How to design mechanisms that fit within size constraints and move smoothly.
The latest edition of a popular CAD software introduces a new tool to speed up your workflows
Oh no! The handle on my outdoor spigot broke! I need to make a nice smooth handle so my wife and I won’t cut our hands anytime we go to water the garden. The handle ...
We catch up with the Lithuanian guitar company as it grows from strength to strength.
Best practices for importing a company logo and working with it in SOLIDWORKS.
In the second part in our series, Engineers Rule discusses adapting traditional graphical synthesis methods.
How can a marketer or a designer with zero coding experience build an appealing webpage layout with a powerful 3D configurator?
This comparison looks at DriveWorksXpress and the SOLIDWORKS API, breaking down their ease of learning, ease of use, app integration, and backwards compatibility.
Engineers Rule explores the list of new user-generated ideas for a popular CAD platform.
We explore CubeSats and discuss the Birds CubeSat project, including Maya-1.
Why customers should be excited about using 3D CAD with Extended Reality.
Engineers Rule explores the user interface for Manage, a PDM software for a popular CAD platform.
A good solid graphics card is a must for any professional SOLIDWORKS user. But what exactly does this mean, and how have the requirements for graphics cards changed going into SOLIDWORKS 2019? By following this ...
With the October release of Sell Publisher, you can push online the configurations automatically with better consistency.
