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It has been clear that the transportation industry is moving toward electrification at a pace that rivals the automotive boom of the early 1900s. As a result, custom parts like bus bars for testing in pre-production (as well as end use for aftermarket) will be required. This project will compare 3D printing a final ready-to-use bent bar printed on the Markforged Metal X, forming from a flat pattern that is 3D printed, and traditionally cut copper.  

Often when we think about SOLIDWORKS, our mind jumps to 3D CAD. As many of us know, however, the SOLIDWORKS portfolio offers a lot more than that. The same can be said when it comes to data management. Hearing the words “SOLIDWORKS PDM,” most people tend to think of “managing SOLIDWORKS CAD files.”  

SOLIDWORKS 2023 brought many new features to SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation. This article will detail the most notable features and outline the rest. 

Modern design processes have a lot of complexity, with multiple design disciplines all contributing to the development of products that are routinely more complex than anything that has come before. 

One of the most common multidisciplinary intersections is between the electrical and mechanical teams, with electrical teams specifying circuits and connections to make a product work, and a mechanical team bearing responsibility for how those wires are routed throughout the system and captured in the product documentation.