Mechanical Design

2 Ways to Speed Up Your Machine Design Process to Meet Demand

2 Ways to Speed Up Your Machine Design Process to Meet Demand

Your design process may be slow because you have dependencies and multiple rounds of prototyping and testing. Here are two ways to make your process go faster. 

May 12, 2023
Integrating Electrical and Mechanical CAD into Your Industrial Equipment Design Process

Integrating Electrical and Mechanical CAD into Your Industrial Equipment Design Process

Unifying your electrical and mechanical designs can streamline your product design process and eliminate file exchange issues and errors. Here's what you can do. 

May 12, 2023
How to Activate Your Free Copy of DriveWorksXpress for SOLIDWORKS

How to Activate Your Free Copy of DriveWorksXpress for SOLIDWORKS

Discover how easy it is to activate and start automating your designs with the free DriveWorksXpress add-in for SOLIDWORKS!

March 15, 2023
Be Certain in Uncertain Times: Gain Clarity and Maintain a Competitive Edge

Be Certain in Uncertain Times: Gain Clarity and Maintain a Competitive Edge

Uncertainty in business today is a fact of life. Should we zig or should we zag? Should watch and wait, or invest and get ahead? These are complicated questions, and we won’t be so bold to suggest that we have all the answers. What we can offer, though, is clarity. Hawk Ridge Systems has a proven process to help our clients gain clarity, especially during times of uncertainty. This process really begins with three key elements. 

January 26, 2023
The Differences Between 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS Desktop

The Differences Between 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS Desktop

When you compare the two versions of SOLIDWORKS side by side it really boils down to only a handful of distinct differences. In fact, these two CAD options have more in common than they do differences. 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS is still SOLIDWORKS; it installs locally and has 95 percent of the same functionality as traditional desktop SOLIDWORKS. The files are the same, the user interface is nearly identical, and, just like traditional SOLIDWORKS, there is a standard, professional, and premium package.

December 7, 2022