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Announcements to look for at SolidWorks World 2011
We are still a few days away from the start of SolidWorks World, but here are a few interesting announcements coming that you’ll want to keep your eye on. T-SPLINES FOR SOLIDWORKS I caught this post over at SolidSmack thru Twitter a little earlier tonight (Thanks Josh!). T-Splines for SolidWorks will be introduced at SolidWorks…
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Forecasting the Clouds for SolidWorks V6
Ok…with all the Cloud jokes rolling around I couldn’t help but have a little fun with the headline. SolidWorks V6 or “The Cloud version” as dubbed by many has been somewhat quietly talked about off and on for about the last six months which followed up a firestorm of discussion just after SolidWorks World 2010. …
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SolidWorks 2011: User Interface Enhancements
Although in general, the User Interface is the same when comparing SolidWorks 2010 to SolidWorks 2011, there are some subtle differences. Lets start with one of the most simple, yet effective enhancements. I’ll bet you thought I was going to talk about the Search capability, right? Well…not just yet. While the search enhancements certainly fits…
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DraftSight for MAC now available
In case the news hasn’t made it to your Inbox, DraftSight for MAC is now available for download at DraftSight.com. Since I don’t own a MAC…I’ll just have to listen to the feedback from folks that do. 🙂 The LINUX version is still on schedule to be available towards the end of the year. Now…
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SolidWorks 2011: Weld Bead – Part 1
So why would one “new” feature necessitate having a Part 1 and Part 2? Its mainly due to the many different ways the feature can be applied. SolidWorks 2011 introduces a new “Weld Bead” feature. While you’ll find just a few similarities between the PropertyManager options of the old “Fillet Bead” and the new “Weld Bead”,…
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DraftSight for LINUX Screenshot
Wondering what DraftSight will look like when the Linux version is released? Well…wonder no more. Here’s a screenshot! Looks just as clean as the MAC & Windows versions. I did not hear exactly when we might see this available for download, but it will follow the MAC version which is due out in a couple…
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SolidWorks 2011: What’s New Highlights
DS SolidWorks Corporation today unveiled SolidWorks 2011, the latest release of the most popular 3D CAD software on the market. There are many new features to talk about, but today I’m going to hit the highlights of what is coming. Theme Every release has a theme and this one is no different. Along with improving…
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First Look: Let’s Go Design Ultimate CAD Chair
Part of our activities at SolidWorks today included a tour of Jeremy Luchini’s Let’s Go Design studios. We got to see the set where all the episodes are filmed. Jeremy has some pretty awesome “props” in there which are products that were all designed in SolidWorks. After checking out the studio, Jeremy took us out…
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Coming Soon: FREE DraftSight for MAC
At the SolidWorks Blogger Press Event today in Concord, MA, we were shown a screenshot of the upcoming DraftSight version for MAC. DraftSight for MAC will be available as a FREE download here in a couple of weeks over on the DraftSight page. I should have a high resolution image for this tomorrow sometime, but…
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SolidWorks to Provide Software for Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has brought the Inventing Merit Badge out of a long retirement and SolidWorks has agreed to provide a FREE copy of the SolidWorks Student Design Kit to any scout pursuing the Badge. The “new” Badge is a result of a partnership between the BSA and the Lemelson-MIT program. Scouts…
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SolidWorks 2011 Beta – Coming Soon!
Well, its that time of the year again folks. SolidWorks 2011 Beta appears to be just a few weeks away. No official dates have been given, but according to the SolidWorks Customer Portal site, the first Beta will be released in “early July”. The Beta Contest Details can be found HERE where you’ll see individual…
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Al Predicts the Future of SolidWorks
If you are active in the CAD world and haven’t heard of Al Dean and Develop3D, then you are seriously missing out. Al does a great job of looking at the MCAD Industry as a whole and his latest article lays out what I think is a spot on prediction of the future of SolidWorks. …
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SolidWorks 2011 Sneak Peek
One of the things that attendees look forward to the most when attending SolidWorks World is the sneak peek of the next version of SolidWorks. Attendees were treated to TWO previews this year since the SolidWorks Cloud technology was shown on Monday. Wednesday’s General Session has in recent tradition been the day where we get…
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SolidWorks in the Cloud
This is just the first post of many to come on this. I’m going to try and hit the highlights and then we will get into some of the details later. Today at the first General Session of SolidWorks World 2010, SolidWorks previewed some new technology that they have been working on now for the…