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AAC Engineered Systems
The company focuses on heavy-duty applications and advanced material handling. The company was using a 2D design package and decided to move to a 3D CAD system to gain greater flexibility in designing...
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Recreated USS Missouri
SolidWorks user Donn McKinney’s dream is to construct a Hollywood-quality fleet of battleships for museums and ports. He is part of a team engaged in producing operational replicas of the Iowa Class...
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New software slated to change the workplace
CAD software vendors have touted product usability for a long time. However, they haven’t really delivered on that promise until recently. There were a few software debuts in 2011 that changed that...
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Guitar maker speeds design process
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is a leading manufacturer of stringed instruments, including electric, acoustic, and bass guitars as well as guitar amplifiers. While the company handcrafted...
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The SolidWorks World Communities
This week, over 5,500 people converged on San Diego for the largest MCAD conference in the world: SolidWorks World. With around 1.7 million people using SolidWorks, it would be surprising if SolidWorks...
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SolidWorks V6 is not SolidWorks
Two years ago, at SolidWorks World (the show) SolidWorks (the company) showed what appeared to be the next generation of SolidWorks (the software): SolidWorks V6 (also software.) SolidWorks (the...
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SolidWorks Plastics
Mr. McGuire: “I want to say one word to you. Just one word.” Benjamin: “Yes, sir.” Mr. McGuire: “Are you listening?” Benjamin: “Yes, I am.” Mr. McGuire: “Plastics.” - The Graduate, 1967 Dassault...
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The deep secret of SolidWorks 2013
It’s been a few weeks since I was at the SolidWorks 2013 media event in Waltham, MA. There have since been several articles written about SolidWorks 2013, by Roopinder Tara, Brian McElyea, Anna Wood,...
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SolidWorks 2014: No obvious surprises
Bernard Charles, explaining where SolidWorks fits in. There was a time, years back, when SolidWorks users complained because the annual updates of the software included so many major new capabilities...
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Bertrand Sicot: Seriously, we’re not going to mess up SolidWorks.
A few days ago, SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot posted a blog, reiterating yet again that, no, they’re not going to mess with the SolidWorks program that so many people count on. Just as since it was...
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SolidWorks 2014—An Upgrade for New and Long-term Users
by Leslie Langnau, Managing Editor Adding to—or improving—an existing software program that already contains millions of lines of code is a task most engineers approach cautiously; it’s too easy to...
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How Engineers are Collaborating Today
By Barb Schmitz, Senior Editor The highly dispersed and globalized nature of product development has drastically changed the way products are developed. It has also dramatically increased the need for...
View Article3DEXPERIENCE Lab to include collaboration with MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms
The 3DEXPERIENCE Lab in North America will open in May 2017 at Dassault Systèmes’ U.S. headquarters near Boston. Startups, entrepreneurs, students, makers, and individuals from industrial innovation...
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