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| Jul 3, 2008 |
Furniture, Fixtures & Office: MDI
MDI designs and manufactures promotional signage and displays for customers in a variety of industries around the world. With more than half of its business involving custom product development to specific customer specifications, the company needed an efficient, cost-effective PDM solution to operate in concert with its SolidWorks 3D CAD software. In order to respond quickly to growing market demand for customized products, MDI decided to replace its existing PDM system with a better solution.
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| Jul 2, 2008 |
Design & Engineering Services: Marinovation
We needed to generate 3D shapes.
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| Jul 2, 2008 |
Machinery: Makino Milling Machine Co.
Makino Milling Machine Company, Ltd. manufactures machining centers, NC electrical discharge processing machines, FMS, and other metal mold processing machine tools. The company decided to adopt a 3D CAD environment to better visualize its designs. The challenge was to select software that allowed designers and non-designers to collaborate in the product development process.
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| Jul 2, 2008 |
Design & Engineering Services: 360 Grader Product Design AS
One of the largest product design agencies in Norway, Oslo-based 360 Grader Product Design serves clients in businesses ranging from packaging and domestic products to military and medical equipment. To differentiate itself from competitors, 360 Grader needed to be able to deliver production-ready files. SolidWorks CAD software enabled the firm to do this, and, together with SolidWorks Simulation, allowed it to offer clients a complete product development solution.
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| Jul 2, 2008 |
Electronics: 3Com Corporation
The challenge was to design a valve gearing for a 1927 steam locomotive. More specifically, the goal was to create a detailed model that included items such as drive rods and Walschaert valve gearings. Our in-house CAD program, CADKEY, was wireframe and the solids were difficult to use. Pro/ENGINEER was extremely difficult to use and posed licensing problems.
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| Jul 2, 2008 |
Medical: Zygote Media Group
As a leading provider of 3D human anatomy content, Zygote Media Group, Inc. has experienced an increasing demand for anatomical CAD models to serve as templates for medical device manufacturers that are developing new lifesaving technologies. The growing number of requests for soft-tissue models like the heart prompted the company to evaluate available 3D CAD modeling and surfacing technologies for producing licensable, parametric
CAD models.
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| Jul 2, 2008 |
Consumer Products: Zenith Products Corporation
Zenith Products Corporation is America�s leading manufacturer of bathroom storage and organizational products for the retail market. In order to to speed new product time-to-market and provide customers with the latest bathroom furniture designs in a variety of finishes, materials, and sizes. the company needed to move to a 3D CAD system.
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| Jul 2, 2008 |
Power & Process: Yaskawa Electric America, Inc.
Yaskawa is the world's largest manufacturer of AC drives and motion control products, including adjustable frequency drives, servo amplifiers, servomotors, machine controllers, motion controllers, and robotics automation systems. Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. is a wholly-owned corporation of Yaskawa Electric Corporation of Japan. Since 1915, Yaskawa has served the world's needs for products that improve global productivity through automation and cost savings. As more and more of the industrial automation industry began using 3D CAD systems, particularly SolidWorks, Yaskawa desired to use a 3D CAD system to improve product development.
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| Jul 1, 2008 |
Bulletin: Support for Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1
SolidWorks now supports SolidWorks 2008 and higher under Microsoft Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1.
For more details, please see the System requirements page..
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| Jul 1, 2008 |
Survey: Help Shape the SolidWorks Community - Part II
We are conducting the 2nd part of a survey that will help us learn more about what you value most about the SolidWorks community, help us focus in on the features you find most valuable, areas you would like to see improved and identify things you would like to see in the future.
Your feedback is absolutely essential in helping us focus on the best ways we can contribute to your community. Please take a few minutes to complete part one of this two part survey. We understand your time is valuable and we appreciate you taking the time to share your opinion with us.
Start the survey now!
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| Jul 1, 2008 |
Consumer Products: Audio Products international
Audio Products International (API) is a Klipsch Group Company, one of the industry leading manufacturers of home entertainment equipment. API designs, manufactures, and markets several of the world�s leading brands of high-performance audio loudspeaker systems. In 2003, the company upgraded its design engineers from the Mechanical Desktop design platform to Autodesk Inventor
3D CAD software to accelerate new product development, but instead encountered stability, compatibility, and capability problems.
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| Jul 1, 2008 |
Automotive & Transportation: ATW Advanced Assembly Automation
ATW�s Advanced Assembly Automation (AAA) division manufactures component assembly and testing systems for
the automotive industry. The company transitioned from AutoCAD 2D software to the Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD
system in 2001. After using Inventor software for more than three years, management decided to rebenchmark its large-assembly CAD solution by running the SolidWorks 3D CAD system in parallel with Inventor software on an actual project.
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| Jul 1, 2008 |
Electronics: AT Systems Technologies Inc
Many of the original part and assembly design concepts were derived singularly culminating in a complex and cumbersome product to manufacture. Adding more parts solved each new need for functionality. A new concept tool in which multiple part functionality could be integrated in order to reduce part and manufacturing costs was required.
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| Jul 1, 2008 |
Education: Art Center College of Design
The Art Center College of Design is on the cutting edge of industrial design. The product design curriculum at Art Center helps students think visually and creatively as they learn design fundamentals and hands-on techniques for bringing new products to market. In the past, advanced CAD design programs were too expensive and complex for the majority of industrial designers and students to use. Industrial designers were limited to using sketches and 2D drawings to convey their concepts to production engineers, sacrificing subtlety of form and ergonomics in the process.
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| Jun 30, 2008 |
Automotive & Transportation: AP Racing
For more than 30 years, AP Racing in the UK has been pushing the envelope, tweaking its high-performance clutch and brake system designs for race cars and motorcycles, sport cars, and specialty vehicles. In 1998, the company set out to re-shape its design process as customers increasingly demanded more clutch and brake performance in a shorter time frame. The previous design software required too much hands-on manipulation, which reduced the amount of troubleshooting and refinement engineers could perform. AP Racing engineers used several high-end CAD packages to design one of its products within a week to see which one would best attain its benchmarks for ease of use, speed, and functionality. Only SolidWorks 3D mechanical design software achieved the benchmarks.
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| Jun 30, 2008 |
Automotive & Transportation: Inertia Engineering + Design Inc.
Inertia Engineering + Design Inc. (IE+D) is a leading supplier of fast-tracked, streamlined product design and engineering services to the automotive, motor sports, and manufacturing industries. The company needed a tightly integrated 3D development platform, including integrated analysis and PDM capabilities, to facilitate collaboration,
the handling of product data, and project management.
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| Jun 30, 2008 |
Education: Indian Institute of Technology, Dehli
Located in Dehli, India, the Indian Institute of Technology offers a master's degree in Industrial Design. The school's graduates are placed in various automotive and product design firms around the world. While taking the two-year graduate course, students have to deal with many product design challenges, including plastic detailing, design presentations, renderings, and creating mock-up models.
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| Jun 30, 2008 |
SyCSA increases production 200 percent by embracing 3D design technology
Company can design a silo in half an hour and deliver it earlier while helping improve the quality of Mexico’s food, plastics, and construction practices
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| Jun 23, 2008 |
SolidWorks Robotics University: School's in for summer
Self-paced, virtual, and fun academy lets students strut robotics skills
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| Jun 17, 2008 |
News: SolidWorks Express Newsletter - Week of June 16, 2008
NEW look, same great content! Take a look at the newly redesigned SolidWorks Express newsletter. In this issue, you will find some useful One-Minute tips, in addition to other special offers. Don't forget to register and take your CSWP exam by June 30th to be entered to win a Trek Mountain Bike
. Happy Readings!
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| Jun 16, 2008 |
SolidWorks named one of the START-IT 2008 Hottest Companies
Fifth time in six years company notches award for delivering CAD software that advances the manufacturing industry
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| Jun 12, 2008 |
Available: SolidWorks 2009 Beta site
Vistit the SolidWorks 2009 Beta site to learn more about the program and partisipate.
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| Jun 12, 2008 |
SolidWorks Corporation recognized as one of the area's 'Best Places to Work' by the Boston Business Journal
Results based on answers to surveys completed by SolidWorks employees
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| Jun 10, 2008 |
Available: SolidWorks 2009 Beta1 is available for download
This service pack is now available to Subscription Service customers. To download, click here. Or log into the SolidWorks Customer Portal at https://customerportal.solidworks.com and click Download Software and Updates to access the update.
For a listing of SPR's fixed in this Service Pack, click here..
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| Jun 9, 2008 |
SolidWorks Corporation unveils SolidWorks Education Edition 2008-2009 3D CAD software
New 3D CAD software includes streamlined user interface, fluid analysis capabilities, and racing car curriculum for enriched learning experience
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| Jun 5, 2008 |
Survey: SolidWorks Satisfaction Survey email invitation
SolidWorks has again commissioned an independent marketing firm to conduct a customer satisfaction survey. As a result, you may receive an email from surveys@gmi-mr.com inviting you to participate.
This is a legitimate invitation and is not spam. We encourage you to take the opportunity to provide feedback and participate in the survey. As a valued customer your opinions and experiences are extremely important to help SolidWorks continue to improve your productivity and efficiencies utilizing the SolidWorks software suite. You will not be contacted as a result of this survey for any sales purposes.
It is expected to take just 10 to 15 minutes and we look forward to your feedback. Participants who complete the survey may be eligible to win a Dell T5400 workstation or one of five Apple IPOD nano's.
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| Jun 2, 2008 |
Sport Copter's new gyroplane takes flight with SolidWorks software
3D CAD software fuels cool aircraft design innovation, while halving design time and cutting costs
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| May 19, 2008 |
SMW Autoblok gets grip on streamlined product design with SolidWorks 3D CAD software
Global workholding product supplier increases sales, reduces development time and costs, and designs better products with 3D CAD software
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| May 12, 2008 |
'Snakehead' camera system, designed in SolidWorks, soars in new Bond film
New aerial periscope system puts movie goers in the action
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| May 5, 2008 |
Greentec fuels energy-efficient home systems designed with SolidWorks
3D CAD software enables U.K. company to design integrated heating and cooling systems that cut homeowner costs and reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent
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| Apr 30, 2008 |
SolidWorks 2008 wins NASA Tech Briefs Readers' Choice Product of the Year award
Product, company, and customers earn additional recognition
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| Apr 14, 2008 |
Kiva Systems uses SolidWorks software to revolutionize the warehouse with robots
New model for distribution centers lets machines do the heavy lifting
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| Apr 7, 2008 |
domo gives emergency responders eyes on the spot with video technology designed in SolidWorks software
U.K. company cut weeks out of design time, eliminated prototyping, and increased innovation with SolidWorks and CircuitWorks
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| Mar 31, 2008 |
World's only solar-powered compaction system designed in SolidWorks
Able to compact gallons of trash with a single gulp, BigBelly® Solar trash compactor cuts public garbage collection emissions by up to 80 percent
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| Mar 26, 2008 |
SolidWorks acquires CircuitWorks provider Priware
Addresses high demand for integrated electrical and mechanical design platform
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| Mar 24, 2008 |
New compact proton radiotherapy device designed with SolidWorks software
Monarch250 to bring affordable cancer treatment option to more cancer centers
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| Nov 26, 2007 |
SolidWorks World 2008
Join us at the world's largest annual 3D CAD event in San Diego, CA January 20 - 23, 2008.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |
Administration: How using RAID arrays can improve system performance
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) are a simple, cost-effective solution that can help you improve your system's overall performance.
This TECH TIP will help you set up your system to run the OS (operating system), applications, and virtual memory on a RAID drive.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |
Data Management: PDMWorks Enterprise Workflow Notification
Learn about the notification processes PDMWorks Enterprise gives you out of the box.
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| Jun 5, 2007 |
Administration: SolidWorks backup and recovery options
There are three main options within the Tools-Options-System Option-Backup-Recover dialog box each designed to help you back up your work or minimize potential loss of data.
Auto-recover, Backup, and Save notification can be used to help keep your data and designing changes safer.
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| May 9, 2007 |
Data Management: Using Lists to Control Quality and Consistency in PDMWorks Enterprise
PDMWorks Enterprise (PDMWE) can help users populate Data Cards more quickly and easily by creating custom lists to choose pre-set values from. This can help save time both on the front end and the back end of the PDM process.
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| Apr 10, 2007 |
Assembly: Understanding in-context references and assembly features
The ability to model features in the context of the assembly using sketch-feature references and by using the assembly features is a powerful and effective capability.
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| Apr 10, 2007 |
Administration: How to use the SolidWorks Installation Manager
The purpose of the SolidWorks Installation Manager is to provide a simple, robust way to download software for new versions and service packs. The SolidWorks Installation Manager was designed to streamline and accelerate the download process. Instead of having to pick, download, and extract multiple files, the SolidWorks Installation Manager will detect and handle this for you.
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| Apr 10, 2007 |
Assembly: Speed mate creation with Multiple Mate mode
In most cases, you will need to mate many components to a single reference. Multiple Mate mode which allows you to greatly improve productivity when such mates are needed.
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| Feb 3, 2007 |
Administration: How to ensure a clean uninstall and update of SolidWorks
If you're installing a new version or service pack of SolidWorks, there are choices and decisions that need to be made. This tech tip will help explain these topics and help you and your organization make a more informed decision on steps to be taken when updating or upgrading SolidWorks.
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| Feb 3, 2007 |
Administration: Using the SolidWorks Discussion Forums
One way to communicate and connect with other members of the SolidWorks Community is through the SolidWorks Discussion Forums SolidWorks hosted and moderated forums available to all customer.
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| Feb 3, 2007 |
Administration: Keeping your system safe and healthy
Microsoft Windows is a complex environment that allows a greater level of functionality, ease-of-use, and power that also can be a challenge to manage. Systems can be affected in a variety of ways ways each time software is installed and uninstalled, as well as in-to-day activities of using your computer.To help you manage and maintain a healthy working system, there are several tools a system administrator can employ to improve ease of use and better satisfy the needs of users.
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| Feb 3, 2007 |
Analysis: Let COSMOSWorks simplify your next up-front drop test
In the past, you had two choices for running an up-front drop test: drop-and-watch or simulate on a computer with complex nonlinear FEA software. Now, COSMOSWorks provides an up-front drop test that lets you depict the impact of a model in just three easy steps.
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| Feb 2, 2007 |
Administration: Selecting a CAD Workstation
This tech tip discusses how to select and configure a CAD workstation.
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| Jan 16, 2007 |
Tips & Tricks - Webcast Series
The SolidWorks and COSMOS Companion series offers useful tips and tricks to help you improve your design and analysis skills at your own pace.
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