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DIY Sheet Metal Car Organizer Using SOLIDWORKS
Road trips can be messy. Below is an example of what my car can look like during a road trip. Between camping equipment, climbing gear, and food, things can get real disorganized real fast. I wanted a...
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4 Incredible Ways 3D Printing & Scanning Enhance Product Design
At this year’s Design to Manufacturing (D2M) event, we explored several ways 3D printing and scanning boost designs, making your projects even more innovative. In these four breakout sessions, our...
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Top 5 Sessions from D2M 2024
Hawk Ridge Systems’ Design to Manufacturing (D2M) digital conference brought together experts and users to explore the latest advancements in SOLIDWORKS and related technologies with featured speakers...
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How the SOLIDWORKS Suite Refines Industrial Equipment Design
Industrial equipment is usually made for specific tasks and is often used in harsh and demanding environments. From specialized robotics, generators, pumps, and compressors to various heavy machinery...
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Going Metal? Here’s What You Need to Know to 3D Print Metal
Metal 3D printing — or additive manufacturing — enables the creation of complex, customized metal parts with unique geometries not possible with traditional manufacturing. If you’re a manufacturer or...
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How to Recycle 3D Printing Filament to Maximize Sustainability
3D printing is known as one of the most sustainable manufacturing methods. It’s an additive process unlike traditional methods like milling or turning, which are subtractive. In subtractive...
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Parametric & Sub-D Modeling: Optimize CAD Modeling with SOLIDWORKS and xShape
SOLIDWORKS Desktop has long been the go-to tool for CAD modeling in the world of engineering and design. In the age of cloud computing and collaboration, we now also have SOLIDWORKS cloud-based apps...
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Estimating Weld Distortion with SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium
What is Weld Distortion? Understanding how welded joints will behave under loads is necessary during a design process, considering they are a common failure point. When using an FEA package to find...
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How to Use the Stress Hot Spot Tool in SOLIDWORKS Simulation
When refining a mesh to achieve convergence, it is possible that the stress values will diverge as the mesh becomes more refined due to a stress singularity. This article explains a few signs that can...
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SOLIDWORKS Weldment Tools: Quick Guide to Gussets & End Caps
Gusset and End Cap tools in SOLIDWORKS Weldments significantly enhances your ability to create precise and robust welded structures. In this article, we will explore the robust capabilities of...
View ArticleThe Best 2024 SOLIDWORKS Buying Guide for Your Money
SOLIDWORKS is the core of many engineering design ecosystems and integrates simulation, data management, CAM, and cloud services, which are now automatically included for all new customers. SOLIDWORKS...
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Using 3D Printing to Embrace Sustainability in Product Design
Sustainability should be an area of focus from a product’s conception, throughout the design phase and even beyond when considering environmental impacts. When considering sustainability from the...
View ArticleHow 3D Printing Is a Billion-Dollar Industry & What You Can Do Today
Technology has a way of making things better — it speeds up processes, streamlines workflows, and turns the impossible into the possible. The manufacturing industry has seen the impact of innovation...
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How to Create a Hidden Light Bar for a Car Using SOLIDWORKS
I designed a mounting bracket part for a light bar on my Subaru Outback. This lets me mount a light bar behind the bumper of my car and keep it relatively out of the way. I used SOLIDWORKS to design...
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5 Ways 3D Printers Transform the Heavy Construction Industry
The industrial industry faces numerous challenges as it continues to modernize and expand automation across production lines. Additive manufacturing — particularly in-house 3D printing — provides a...
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From Go to Pro: Geomagic Design X’s New Multi-Level Software System
For years, Geomagic Design X has been an industry standard for reverse engineering parts from a 3D scan. With the ability to scan into it, modify mesh data, extract references, and create fully...
View Article3DEXPERIENCE Roles Explained: What Are They in SOLIDWORKS Cloud Services?
Cloud Services for SOLIDWORKS comes with every new SOLIDWORKS CAD license, offering a cloud-based system that enhances product development through collaboration and data protection. Here are the top...
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How to Create Your 2025 Annual Plan for Engineering Leaders
Great companies don’t just happen overnight. They are the result of rigorous work, long hours, lessons learned from past failures, and exhaustive future-oriented planning. Planning for the future of...
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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Fixtures 101: Understanding Fixtures
SOLIDWORKS Simulation is a well-known tool in the world of finite element analysis (FEA). Its direct integration with SOLIDWORKS means that we can analyze, update, and validate our models very easily...
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4 “Home Renovation” Techniques to Refresh Your SOLIDWORKS PDM System
Extreme Makeover: Data Management Edition It’s a story that I hear all the time… “We use SOLIDWORKS PDM, but I don’t think we take advantage of all that it has to offer.” “I’m sure there are things we...
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