SOLIDWORKS has always been a customer-driven product. Enhancements to SOLIDWORKS products are driven from feedback obtained through direct customer research, analysis of our many internal databases of customer information, reviewing feedback from our many public forums and, of course perhaps most importantly, direct customer request for enhancements – like the ideas submitted to the The Top Ten List – 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024. Earlier this year, EngineersRule.com, featured a blog post about this
Excitement was in the air in Dallas as we collectively kicked off 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024. General sessions began with a welcome greeting from Gian Paolo Bassi, Senior Vice President of 3DEXPERIENCE Works, who drove onto the stage in a classic Shelby Cobra that retrofitted to be a fully electric car. GP reminded the crowd of 4,700 attendees from over 30 countries that 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of this event. Next up we welcomed Bernard Charles, Dassault Systemes Executive Chairman of the
If you cannot make it to Dallas, this February for 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024, believe me: there’s still time. Before I get into the planned agenda for the virtual showing of 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024, I want to say: I cannot wait to meet, learn from, and see many of you again – IN-PERSON – in just a few weeks! For the past few years, the SOLIDWORKS LIVE team has aimed to bring some of the best aspects of being at the event directly to you, all across the globe. And thankfully, thousands of you have
3DEXPERIENCE World 2024, will be held in Dallas, Texas from February 11-14, 2024, just about 180 days from now. Are you excited? I’m excited. Let me take a moment to introduce myself.
Did you miss the episode of SOLIDWORKS Live Design on April 14th? Well if so, we have good news for you! You can now watch this episode on-demand to hear our cohosts, Brad Williamson and Sean O’Neill, as they explain more about the exciting changes coming in July. Let’s take a step back and refresh everyone about the announcement we made back at 3DEXPERIENCE World in February.
First off, if you are unfamilar with IRON SWUG, let’s do a little recap. Back in 2020 and 2021, the SOLIDWORKS User Group Network (SWUGN) was unable to meet in person due to restrictions put in place during the pandemic. As the world re-opened, in-person SWUGN meetings were back in full swing, but one that deserves a special mention is IRON SWUG. IRON SWUG was actually a series of events that took place in late July, 2022.
3DEXPERIENCE World OK – so before we get into the all-day, three-day virtual extravaganza that is LIVE at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2023, I want to remind you: it is not too late to make some quick travel plans and get tickets to come to Nashville. version. If you haven’t heard, 3DEXPERIENCE World 2023 will be held in the culture-rich city of Nashville, TN, Feb. 12-15. Thousands from across the globe will come together to take in technical hands-on sessions with industry experts, network with peers,
Are you tired of staying at home and ready to attend a spectacular event, one where you can reconnect with old friends, network with your peers, learn something new, and see what’s happening in the technology world? Then join us at 3DEXPERIENCE WORLD 2022! The event will be held on February 6-9, 2022 in Atlanta, GA; but, if you are not quite ready to attend an in-person event, it’s not a problem.
The beloved tradition of the TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW continues at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2021 in the form of Don’t Miss This Demo. Released in three episodes, Don’t Miss This Demo shows off the latest, greatest and what’s next for the 3DEXPERIENCE Works portfolio, including a sneak peak at the upcoming release of SOLIDWORKS 2022. EPISODE ONE: Kevin makes his coworkers disappear!?
3DEXPERIENCE World 2021 is quickly approaching. This year’s all-virtual event will take place February 8-12, 2021. As a result, the voting period for your favorite SOLIDWOKRS Top Ten ideas will end soon on February 1, 2021. There are many Top Ten ideas that need your vote!
You won’t need permission from your boss this year to sharpen your SOLIDWORKS skills; just register for free today! With 3DEXPERIENCE World 2021 going virtual this year – you don’t have to convince your boss to spend money on a plane ticket or conference fees in order to attend some great technical sessions! It’s simply a matter of registering and connecting to the sessions of your choice from the comfort of your own home of office (or sandy beach, if you’re so fortunate).
SOLIDWORKS® 2021 introduces many enhancements that add to its already robust capabilities when working with parts, including enhancements to sheet metal, 3MF support, and weldments. For a comprehensive list of enhancements, see What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2021. Sheet Metal – Edge Flange Capabilities Now when working with sheet metal parts in SOLIDWORKS 2021, edge flanges can be created on curved edges originating from non-planar faces such as those in the bend area, as in the image below. The
We are excited to share with you some of the many exciting enhancements being delivered in SOLIDWORKS 2021 that will increase your productivity and help you not just get to market faster, but smarter. We can’t cover all the new features and enhancements in one blog, but here are a few highlights. Keep an eye out for weekly blogs over the next few months that will drill down deeper into what’s new in each product within the SOLIDWORKS ecosystem. SOLIDWORKS CAD Improved large assembly design.
For the remainder of April 2020, we are offering a discount code that will get you 50% off all of our exams EXCEPT for the Expert Mechanical Design exam, and the Expert Simulation exam. You can discover all of our different exams at this link. Before you click away to get this deal, you may actually be entitled to get 100% off the exams! f you are a commercial customer and have an active Subscription Service contract, then follow this link to learn how you have access to some free exams year-
One of the longstanding traditions at WORLD is to deliver a TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW to show off some of the new functionality that is under development for SOLIDWORKS Desktop products. For 3DEXPERIENCE World 2020, we brought the preview directly to the users in targeted breakout sessions. These “POP-UP” presentations let us showcase the new functionality directly to the people who would use it the most. For those who were not in the breakout sessions, don’t worry!
Read the recap, then watch the full #3DXW20 Day One General Session How do the products we create improve human life? That was the question posed by SOLIDWORKS CEO Gian Paolo Bassi while opening 3DEXPERIENCE WORLD 2020. For decades, the SOLIDWORKS community has inspired designers and engineers to create amazing products. The mission of this event is to provide the community with tools to build a better world.
3DEXPERIENCE World 2020 at the City Music Center in Nashville, TN, is just a few days away. To make planning for the event a little easier, we’ve put together a checklist to help you maximize your time while in Nashville. Can’t attend 3DEXPERIENCE World? Don’t worry.
Whether you will be in Nashville with us or staying back in the office, there’s no reason to miss any of the exciting news and announcements being made at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2020 in Nashville, February 9-12th. We’ll be coming to you live from Nashville and will be offering a jam-packed streaming program offering up the best of what’s happening at the Music City Center. To get you excited about all that’s to come, here’s a sneak peek at some of what you’ll see and hear over the four days on
NASA Crawler Transporter model* from the SPECapc for SOLIDWORKS 2019 benchmark The engineers using SOLIDWORKS are usually the linchpins in their company’s product development process, yet the departments in which they work typically have limited information about the performance of their central hardware tool: the professional workstation. It seems basic but it is worth emphasizing: The faster the response time a design engineer can muster when using SOLIDWORKS on a professional-level
SOLIDWORKS® Plastics solutions help you to predict and avoid manufacturing defects in plastic parts or injection molds during the earliest stages of part and mold design, eliminating costly mold rework, improving part quality, and decreasing time to market. One of the critical features in SOLIDWORKS Plastics 2020 is Design to Analyst, which enables you to analyze plastic parts before manufacturing. Using a plastics injection simulation that analyzes the plastic’s flow, enables you to predict
SOLIDWORKS Education is excited to invite FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) Teams in the United States to participate in the SOLIDWORKS xChallenge 2019! The SOLIDWORKS xChallenge 2019 challenges FRC teams to become 3D Sculptors and 3D Creators, and design their own personal flying machine using xDesign and xShape on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. The only criterion is that their flying machine must be for one person’s use—other than that, the sky is the limit! We want teams to get creative and have
SOLIDWORKS® Simulation 2020 is all about ease of use and performance! New Default: Incompatible Mesh for Bonded Contact (Improved Ease of Use) SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2020 took a big leap forward by changing the Bonded Contact setup default from Compatible mesh to Incompatible mesh. This change makes it easier than ever to mesh assemblies that don’t have touching faces, which is a common real-world design scenario. Designers will notice significant benefits right away from a reduction in pre-
Halloween_1 The witching hour is upon us. Now that it’s October, creepily-costumed children are ready to march the streets paved with the amber glow of candle-lit Jack O’Lanterns. Halloween has steadily become a staple celebration every bit as essential as Christmas and New Year’s Eve. For an annual festivity that’s been around for hundreds of years, it’s about time that technology caught up by putting the digital into the devilish.
There are many great enhancements in SOLIDWORKS® 2020 that will enable you to improve your workflow. Below are a few that I think you’ll really like and each one is brand new functionality in SOLIDWORKS. Our aim, as always, is to reduce your costs, increase quality, and speed your time to market. Make Part Flexible Make Part Flexible is a new capability that allows you to display the same part in different conditions or states in the same assembly.
