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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.
An in-depth introduction to mechanism synthesis using SolidWorks.
Our fourth installment discusses unique CAD modeling challenges.
The world's largest paper ball serves a reminder that documentation is critical, but is doesn't have to be on paper or overwhelming.
In light of the strong growth of e-commerce and a surprising lack of 3D online product customizations, wouldn’t it be sensible to repurpose CAD models for online sales and marketing?
CAD owes a lot to the field of shipbuilding, which in turn has been used to advance the field of shipbuilding.
A rundown of what’s new to SOLIDWORKS in 2018 and how you can use the software’s latest enhancements.
As someone who has written software, I can tell you there may be inherent dangers in installing software considered to exist at a “beta,” or unfinished, level. Sure, every software package is different. Generally, we ...
Engineers Rule walks you through a game to obtain your certification for the most widely used CAD software.
A look at the way CAD is being used by the space industry.
An interview with Tom Smith, winner of SOLIDWORKS World 2018’s Model Mania.
A prosthetic device startup is on the verge of changing its industry thanks to an ambitious business model and the acceptance of advanced technologies.
