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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 Preview: Center of Mass
The folks at SolidWorks are doing something a little different this year in that they are releasing a few details of SolidWorks 2013 EARLY. You can find all the details over at the SolidWorks Blog. The first “preview” is the center of mass tool. I put this one in the category of one of those…
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SolidWorks 2012 Sneak Peek
One of the favorite parts for many attendees at SolidWorks World each year is the Sneak Peek preview of the upcoming SolidWorks release. This year at SolidWorks World 2011, we all got a Sneak Peek of SolidWorks 2012. Like many years in the past, the new features were revealed in the form of a “skit”. …
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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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The S Key Experiment – Part 3
The S Key Experiment continues for me and in this post we dive into Part 3 which covers using the S Key shortcut menu in the Drawing environment of SolidWorks 2009. In case you missed it, I covered the Part Environment in Part 1 and the Assembly Environment in Part 2. I have found the…
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SolidWorks Video Tip: 2009 BOM Restructure
SolidWorks 2009 has been out long enough now that most of the “major” enhancements have probably been talked about on quite a few sites across the web. Here’s an enhancement that I have noticed hasn’t gotten much press. That enhancement is the ability to restructure Bills of Materials (BOM) in Drawings. This video tip will…
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SolidWorks Video Tip: 2009 Title Block & Custom Properties
I’m sure if you have read any of the SolidWorks Blogs in the past couple of weeks, you have probably heard of the new Custom Properties Task Pane window in SolidWorks 2009. The interface for this window is completely customizable. SolidWorks includes an application called Property Tab Builder that allows you to design the interface…