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Earlier this month Hawk Ridge Systems attended the 2018 CAMWorks Global Partner Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona. Attendees from all around the world came together to discuss all things virtual machining. Some of the big highlights from the conference include: SOLIDWORKS CAM & TBM Expanded … [Read more...] about CAMWorks Awards Hawk Ridge Systems Top Growth Sales Partner
CAMWorks Packages for SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD The journey from prototype to production is rarely a straight line. As you probably already know, in the job shop environment, profits and loss are determined in a big way by whether or not you have an efficient manufacturing process workflow. This video … [Read more...] about CAMWorks Packages for SOLIDWORKS – Learn Which Is in Each
Solve your tough Oil and Gas challenges with Hawk Ridge Systems The Oil and Gas industry faces a myriad of tough challenges from stringent requirements for operation equipment and environmental regulations. One minor mistake can easily become a catalyst for a complete catastrophe. It is almost … [Read more...] about Hawk Ridge Systems Solutions for Oil and Gas
SOLIDWORKS: Getting the Most out of the FeatureManager Design Tree Many of us have worked with a part or assembly in our SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD software without giving much thought to the window pane on the left side of the screen. This window is known as the SOLIDWORKS FeatureManager Design Tree, and … [Read more...] about Get The Most Out Of SOLIDWORKS FeatureManager Design Tree
Five Ways to Increase Your Assembly Performance in SOLIDWORKS By making slight alterations to your assembly modeling one can drastically improve their overall modeling efficiently inside of SOLIDWORKS. In this blog, we will look at five tips that can help with just that. 1. Optimize Software … [Read more...] about Increase Your Assembly Performance in SOLIDWORKS
Quickly generate "teaser" style product silhouettes directly from SOLIDWORKS Silhouette images can be a great way to show off a “teaser” of a product or design. I recently used a simple trick for generating silhouette images from SOLIDWORKS in preparation of some other blog articles I’ll be doing … [Read more...] about Generating a Silhouette Image in SOLIDWORKS
Have you recently upgraded your license of SOLIDWORKS only to find that all of your reference folders are set to the wrong directory? It can be a daunting task to update every referenced folder one by one to fix this issue - fortunately, SOLIDWORKS makes this task quick and painless with … [Read more...] about Changing File Locations Simultaneously with Edit All in SOLIDWORKS
Are you using "traditional” file import and file export, to verify your PCB designs within mechanical assemblies? Are you experiencing inaccuracies in this process? If so, join Hawk Ridge Systems Product Manager, Scott Davis, as he explains how SOLIDWORKS PCB can help you reduce PCB … [Read more...] about Real time mechanical collaboration with SOLIDWORKS PCB
