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Reinventing CAD – Where are we headed? – Part 3
In this series of posts, I’ve laid out a few observations on some of the new trends in the CAD industry and where we might be heading as new platforms are developed for the future. You can catch Part 1 and Part 2 if you haven’t seen it already. Let’s dive into Part 3. So…
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SOLIDWORKS 2017 Announced
SOLIDWORKS took the wraps off their 2017 version today. This is the 25th major release of the product. (Had to count to make sure.) There are quite a few enhancements as usual with over 90% of the updates being driven directly from user enhancement requests. SOLIDWORKS has posted a Launch Page containing several videos highlighting the…
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Reinventing CAD – Where are we headed? – Part 2
In this series of posts, I’ve laid out a few observations on some of the new trends in the CAD industry and where we might be heading as new platforms are developed for the future. You can catch Part 1 here if you haven’t seen it already. Let’s dive into Part 2. In Part 1,…
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Reinventing CAD – Where are we headed? – Part 1
Ok…so the title of this post could be taken a few different ways. Do I want to reinvent CAD? Not really…but I’m always on the lookout for new ways to work reliably but efficiently. Note that I didn’t title this post “CAD Cloud” or “Online CAD” or “CAD in the Cloud”. I guess I…
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SOLIDWORKS 2017 Beta – Try Online
For those of you who are interested in test driving SOLIDWORKS 2017 Beta but had limited options to a hardware system or just simply didn’t want to have to deal with another install, there is a new option you might be interested in. For qualifying Beta participants, you can test SOLIDWORKS 2017 Beta software online through…
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SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual Announced
Looks like SolidWorks World 2014 started off with a bang today with the release announcement of SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual. With an NDA that still appears to be in place, I can’t comment much on the specifics of it, but it does have some very unique tools for conceptual and mechanism design. Currently it is available…
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SolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek
Every year at SolidWorks World during the Wednesday General Session, users get a preview of what is coming in the next version of SolidWorks. Its an event that many look forward to and is a great way to cap off the week. So…here we go! As in past years the new features were presented in…
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New Product: SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual
The BIG news of the day on Monday at SolidWorks World 2013 was the announcement of SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual. Over the last three years speculation has run rampant since the now infamous “Cloud” announcement was made at SolidWorks World 2010. To begin with, I’m going to give you an overview on what was presented. I’ll…
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SolidWorks World 2013 – Monday
SolidWorks World 2013 officially kicked off this morning with the Monday General Session. SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot greeted over 4,500 attendees to the conference. There are 280 Technical Sessions here and over 100 solution partners in the Partner Pavilion. SolidWorks crossed the 2 million user mark in December 2012. They have 25,000 schools all over…
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SolidWorks 2013 on a Tablet?
During the SolidWorks 2013 deep dive demo last week at the Dassault Systemes North American headquarters, the SolidWorks staff sprung a little surprise on us. When we came back from one of our breaks, there was a Samsung 700T Tablet sitting on one of the tables. It was plugged up to a dock that had…
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SolidWorks 2013 Announced
It is Monday September 10, 2012 and the NDA is now officially lifted for SolidWorks 2013! The launch site is now LIVE so make sure you check it out. In this post, I’m just going to hit the high points of some of the enhancements that are my favorites. So lets get started! Vary Patterns…
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SolidWorks 2013 Press Event
I just spent all day Thursday at the SolidWorks 2013 Press Event in Waltham, MA. The event was held at the newly opened Dassault Systemes North American headquarters. It was an action packed day and there are many things to talk about over the coming weeks. The purpose of this post is to give a…
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eDrawings Pro for iPad Released
SolidWorks released eDrawings Pro for iPad today. This comes not long after the initial eDrawings for iPad release a few months back. eDrawings Pro for iPad features capabilities for Sectioning, Markup, and Measurement. The App is available from the Apple App Store and will be priced at $4.99 for the next 30 days. After that,…
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Coming Soon: SolidWorks 2013
Its that time of year again folks. SolidWorks 2013 Beta will be drawing to a close soon and the NDA for SolidWorks 2013 will be lifted in early September. We’ll then be able to talk about some of the new features coming to SolidWorks. We got a Sneak Peek back in February at SolidWorks World…