Every company—from large enterprises to the smallest tool and die shops—has unique business objectives to meet. When it comes to design and engineering, the way you want or need to design and develop products is of utmost importance. The good news is SOLIDWORKS® has design and product development solutions to meet any company’s goals, and we have created a short quiz, which takes less than two minutes to complete, to help you determine the best solution. The needs in the product development world have changed and expanded in the past few years, so SOLIDWORKS design software has evolved. SOLID ..read more

New SOLIDWORKS CAD enhancements are available now! Did you know you no longer have to wait for an annual release to start using the latest features of SOLIDWORKS, including CAD, collaboration and data management enhancements? That’s right. The latest update of SOLIDWORKS (R2024x functional delivery 02) just dropped in April, and the enhancements are available now! These enhancements apply to 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS, SOLIDWORKS with Cloud Services, and SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD with Collaborative Designer for SOLIDWORKS. The latest update includes selection accelerators for chamfers to speed up selecti ..read more

Dentium Co., Ltd. was founded in 2000 by dentists and dental industry experts. With extensive clinical experience and knowledge, the founders established the company as a leading global manufacturer that specializes in creating dental medical devices, equipment, and implants that now offers premium dental implant systems in over 80 countries. While Dentium earned its reputation by making high-quality dental implants and integrated systems, it also produces a variety of dental instruments, lab components, and regeneration materials. Until early 2023, Dentium’s designers and engineers relied on ..read more

Good news! The latest update of SOLIDWORKS is now available. The collaboration and data management enhancements listed in this blog post apply to 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS, SOLIDWORKS with Cloud Services, and SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD with Collaborative Designer for SOLIDWORKS. Share Pack and Go Files to 3DDrive – save time with the ability to quickly share and collaborate on files. There’s a new option to upload your files directly to 3D Drive from the Pack and Go dialog box so you can easily share it with others to collaborate. This makes it easier and faster to collaborate with external stakeholders ..read more

Image credit: Jade Wilson   Welcome to our blog series, “Women in Engineering,” where we’re celebrating the achievements and journeys of remarkable women who have made significant contributions to the field of engineering. In this series, we will share their stories, insights, and advice for current and future generations of engineers. Today, we’re introducing you to Jade Wilson, a UK-based product engineer, SOLIDWORKS Champion and SOLIDWORKS tech blog contributor, and her unique career path from ceramics to award-winning toy design. A Blend of Art and Engineering Although she didn’t fo ..read more

If you attended this year’s 3DEXPERIENCE World then you likely heard SOLIDWORKS CEO Manish Kumar talk about SOLIDWORKS on the platform, which consists of browser-based roles we call SOLIDWORKS Cloud that are purpose-built for parametric modeling, subdivision modeling and more. I had the honor to elaborate on that during the R&D design domain session, where I discussed the amazing functionality and flexibility being delivered with SOLIDWORKS Cloud. 2D authoring for drawing and model-based definition was a big hit! Check out the SOLIDWORKS Cloud section at 33:40 below for more info.   ..read more

Effectively collaborating with your key design stakeholders as well as suppliers and customers throughout the entire product development process is crucial to creating truly innovative new products your customers will love. Yet traditional means of collaboration, such as scheduling meetings, relying on emails, and working with remote teams, fall short and worse, can lead to miscommunications, delays, and frustration among team members. What our users are saying… “The constant communication is causing a lot of time loss.” Michael, SOLIDWORKS User “The communication. Just different things lik ..read more

We’re excited to announce that 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers, CAD for personal use, is now available in India, which is a significant win for the emerging DIY community. Innovation has played a significant role in India’s growth, and with the advent of tools like 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers, the potential to make and innovate becomes more accessible than ever. Every maker has a place in this journey, whether it’s transforming traditional crafts with modern technology, developing advanced robotics, or creating new DIY solutions. Sabin Mathew (Image credit: Lesics)   Featured ..read more

Last year we introduced the Configuration Manger in our cloud-connected roles, 3DEXPRERIENCE SOLIDWORKS and Collaborative Designer for SOLIDWORKS in the R2024x update. You all were super excited to hear about it when it was brought up in the Design Domain general session at this year’s 3DEXPRERIENCE World and for good reason. In this blog I’ll tell you more about it so you can start using it today! (If you’re not already). And, if you are, read on as the workflow has been updated for a better user experience. The Configuration Manager gives you the ability to save a representation of a model t ..read more

Inventor, co-founder, and CTO Anthony Wong launched Inmotive, Inc. in 2016 to focus on transforming his innovative multispeed electric vehicle (EV) transmission idea into a commercial product for licensing by EV manufacturers. Wong’s Ingear transmission extends EV range up to 15 percent and improves top speed up to 20 percent. To develop the Ingear transmission, Inmotive needed a user-friendly system that could enable its geographically dispersed team to streamline design communication, according to Advanced R&D Manager Misagh Tabrizi. The Right Tool for the Job “Selecting a tool that cou ..read more