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.
Have you ever seen a color 3D printed part and wondered how they do it? Maybe you have tried exporting a file you created with your CAD software only to discover that your part did not carry the color when sent to print. I have learned from the school of hard knocks which methods don’t work … [Read more...] about Adding Color to 3D Printed Parts With HP Jet Fusion and SOLIDWORKS
With most of us working from home, hopefully everyone is settling in and successfully accessing their SOLIDWORKS tools just like you normally would if working from the office. If you are having any issues, check out our blogs "Working Remote? Use SOLIDWORKS Effectively With These Tips," and "Work … [Read more...] about Activating Your SOLIDWORKS SimulationXpress Tool
Thinking of making the switch to SOLIDWORKS? Or maybe you’re new to 3D CAD and wanting to try out the widely regarded industry-standard software for yourself. Whatever the reason, here are answers to a few of the most common questions we get surrounding getting started with SOLIDWORKS. Can I … [Read more...] about Buying SOLIDWORKS? 6 Questions Everyone Asks
As a leading SOLIDWORKS training provider, we are always reflecting on how we can make our online training great. For our online training to be great we know that it has to stick. What makes online learning stick? Is it the subject, the methodology, the teacher or the student? I’d say it’s all of … [Read more...] about How to Make Your SOLIDWORKS Online Learning Stick
Nesting parts in a three-dimensional build volume can be challenging. If you are like me, you have spent plenty of time manually adjusting individual parts in a 3D space hoping that you don’t accidentally join parts together because they are too close. I am happy to tell you there is a much better … [Read more...] about How to Maximize Nesting Efficiency In Your 3D Printing Builds
Every year with the new release of SOLIDWORKS comes new system requirements. It ensures that all products take advantage of new development in technology. This year for SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional and SOLIDWORKS MANAGE, there have been two announcements that we want to bring to your attention so you … [Read more...] about SQL License Changes for SOLIDWORKS PDM: What You Need to Know
In a previous post titled "Getting the Most out of Your Markforged Composite 3D Printer," we looked at a few tips and tricks that can be used to enhance parts that are printed with Markforged systems. In today's blog, we’ll be going over several different options that can be used to add threads … [Read more...] about 6 Threading Options for Your Markforged 3D Printed Parts
Along with the other disciplines that fall under the banner of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), women have been vastly underrepresented in the field of engineering – with a dismal 13 percent of engineers being female. Despite the discrepancies in numbers, there are plenty of … [Read more...] about Meet Nikki Stakic: A Woman Breaking Engineering Barriers
