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SOLIDWORKS Beta 2015 – COMING SOON! But First, a Look Back
Back at the beginning of this decade, SOLIDWORKS Beta season was a time for internal competition at the Ridge. The winner for the 2010 SOLIDWORKS Corporate Beta Rendering contest was our own Scott...
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Women In Engineering – Happy National Women in Engineering Day!
It’s National Women in Engineering Day! While the day may have started in the UK to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the Women’s Engineering Society (WES), I can’t help but jump on the bandwagon....
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Let Your Fans Do the Work in Flow Simulation – A Night School Preview
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from immersing myself in simulation tools for the last several years, it’s that the phrase “work smarter, not harder” is a pretty good advice. Of course, working hard...
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SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual – the Future of Collaborative Design
3D CAD tools have been around for a couple decades now, but old-school techniques are alive and well when it comes to conceptual design. With SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual, there is finally a proper...
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CAMWorks Corner – CNC Machining a Turbo Impeller
With media coverage of the World Cup dominating news and sports sites, you may have missed some other major sporting events, most notably the Le Mans 24hr and the Nürburgring 24hr. Whether it’s...
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SOLIDWORKS Inspection: Streamline Quality Control
The automotive, aerospace, defense, oil & gas, and medical device industries have strict safety regulations and requirements. Most companies working in these industries must provide...
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SOLIDWORKS Quick Tip: 8 Ways to Insert a Component into an Assembly
As you know, SOLIDWORKS is very good at giving us many options for performing certain tasks. A perfect example of this is when it comes time to insert components into our assembly models. Before...
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Choosing the Right SOLIDWORKS Installation Method
If you’re the sole user of SOLIDWORKS at your company or you’re a solo operator, choosing an installation method is straight forward: install SOLIDWORKS through the SOLIDWORKS Installation manager. But...
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Taking a Deep Dive into the Style Spline in SOLIDWORKS – Part 1
By now you’ve heard about the new Style Spline in SOLIDWORKS 2014. If so, you’re probably wondering what makes it different from the spline that’s already available, why Style Spline may be useful to...
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Using Spring Connectors in SOLIDWORKS Simulation to Reduce Complexity in Your...
I recently worked on a customer project which involved answering the question, “How can I represent complex sub-assemblies or components that are part of a larger assembly using SOLIDWORKS Simulation?”...
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Why Bézier Curves Matter – The Style Spline in SOLIDWORKS – Part 2
In Part 1 of this series we looked at how the Style Spline (Bézier curve) differs from the B-Spline and other curves that were already available in SOLIDWORKS prior to 2014. Here are the main points as...
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Create Curves Faster – The Style Spline in SOLIDWORKS – Part 3
In the first article in this three-part series, we discussed how the new Style Spline (Bézier curve) in SOLIDWORKS 2014 is different from the existing spline type (a B-Spline). In the second article in...
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Conjugate Heat Transfer in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation, Step-by-Step
In this video and blog, we take a look at a conjugate heat transfer problem with both convection and conduction using SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation. Here are the steps used to set up the analysis. Flow...
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How to Use SOLIDWORKS Composer Projects – an 8 Step Guide
Have you ever wanted to bring a large assembly into SOLIDWORKS Composer without creating a link to the top-level assembly in SOLIDWORKS? It’s possible! SOLIDWORKS Composer allows multiple assembly...
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SOLIDWORKS 2015 – The Buzz Is Real
Every year, on the third day of SOLIDWORKS World, I can’t keep up. My fingers, my camera, my phone – they all fail as I furiously try to capture the sneak peek at the next release’s enhancements and...
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Sometimes Size Does Matter – Why Clamp Tonnage is Important
When using SOLIDWORKS Plastics, injection pressure, air trap and weld line locations, sink marks, and fill time are all some common things that are considered when designing plastic parts. However,...
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SOLIDWORKS 2015 and Rendering in PhotoView360 – Beta Results
It had been several years since I participated in any SolidWorks Beta contests. I was always busy and when they stopped handing out cash and started handing out graphics hardware, I wasn’t really...
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SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2015 – Shell Manager Magic
Fall is always a great time of year. Football is in full swing, the World Series is around the corner, there will be snow in the mountains soon, and, of course, new features in SOLIDWORKS Simulation...
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Go Paperless! Model Based Definition (MBD) and What it Means for You
Every time I address a group of engineers about the idea of “going paperless” at least one (if not all) will sneer and say, “Hah, there is NO WAY you can get rid of the paper (2D) drawing”. In the...
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SOLIDWORKS Composer Top 5 Things You Should Know – #1: The Transform Tab
This is the first in a 5-part series for the Top 5 Things You Should Know About SOLIDWORKS Composer. This post covers the important features in the Transform Tab. The entire video series can also be...
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