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Coming Up: SolidWorks World 2013
It’s hard to believe that that time is upon us again, but SolidWorks World 2013 is set to begin in just two days! SolidWorks users from across the world will gather in Orlando, Florida at the Swan and Dolphin Hotel and Convention Center. This will be 15th year of the event. Ten years ago, I…
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SolidWorks 2013: Measure Tool
If you look at the every day use of SolidWorks, I would think that the Measure Tool would rank among the most used features inside the software. SolidWorks 2013 brings some very nice enhancements to the Measure Tool. The image below shows you two new options, Point to Point and History, that have been added…
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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: Mass Properties
I’ve found that through the years of using SolidWorks across various industries, different toolsets are sometime utilized more with one type of product vs. another. In recent years as I have moved into working with Aerospace & Space products, Center of Gravity (Center of Mass) and Moments of Inertia are properties that I have to…
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SolidWorks 2013: Multiple Exploded Views
In looking at all the enhancements included in SolidWorks 2013, there was one addition that I HAD to talk about first. That is because this is an enhancement that I have wanted in SolidWorks since the day I began using the software. I have employed workarounds for this for years. Rather than go on about…
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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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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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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…
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SolidWorks 2013 Sneak Peek
One of the things attendees of SolidWorks World always look forward to is the Wednesday General Session which is normally the day where we get a Sneak Peek of the next version of SolidWorks. Any hopes of seeing “SolidWorks V6” or the “new platform” were dashed on Monday as it was said that it will…