The industry's top engineers, designers, and additive manufacturing experts offer their best advice, research, how-tos, and insights—all in the name of helping you level-up your 3D designs and engineering skills.
Understanding what drives part cost is key to getting the most out of your HP Jet Fusion 3D printing system. If you have found this post, you likely already know how incredible HP machines are at producing high volumes of cost-effective parts. However, operators and designers can have a major impact … [Read more...] about Understanding Elements of Part Cost for HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing
Part splitting is a common practice utilized with many additive technologies. Most often this is done in order to create a part larger than the build volume of the machine. The ability to overcome build volume limitations will widen the range of what is possible with additive and open new doors for … [Read more...] about Part Splitting Techniques for HP Jet Fusion 3D Printers
Having problems with SOLIDWORKS like crashing, hanging, failing to start or performing poorly? Use Safe Mode to overcome problems and help identify the cause. What Is SOLIDWORKS Safe Mode? SOLIDWORKS Safe Modes are a way to start SOLIDWORKS for troubleshooting that can eliminate two very common … [Read more...] about How to Troubleshoot SOLIDWORKS Issues With Safe Mode
Being a SOLIDWORKS reseller, we often are asked about the differences between SOLIDWORKS and AutoCAD as a 3D CAD tool. While we of course stand by SOLIDWORKS and all of Dassault Systèmes solutions in our product line, we will attempt to draw an honest comparison between the two tools and leave … [Read more...] about SOLIDWORKS Versus AutoCAD: Which 3D CAD Tool is Right for You?
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has increased in demand as more industries are requiring software that coordinates all the details of their products. We’re sure you’ve seen and heard over the last few years that software is eating the world and PLM software is at the table as well. Having a PLM … [Read more...] about Looking For a PLM Solution? Consider SOLIDWORKS Manage
I still remember my first time opening SOLIDWORKS. Staring in awe at the massive user interface, wondering where to start, quickly realizing that I was in over my head … but captivated all the while, imagining all the fantastic things I might be able to build someday. Getting my hands on a computer … [Read more...] about 4 Things I Wish I Had Known Getting Started With SOLIDWORKS
The idea of a single software ecosystem makes a lot of sense. Everything is designed to work together – a familiar, consistent UI across all applications, compatibility, simplified system administration and maintenance and so on. The applications are developed by the same people, using a common … [Read more...] about System Consolidation With SOLIDWORKS Manage
In this blog, I am going to show you how to use a design study to run consecutive studies to refine the mesh in an area of interest and get a convergence plot. Proving that the mesh is independent of the solution is an integral part of simulation. If you are unfamiliar with mesh convergence, I … [Read more...] about Using a Design Study to Prove Convergence in SOLIDWORKS Simulation
