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SolidWorks and Microsoft joined forces to create a new software to enable engineers to simulate robots working before they’re actually put to work. Rather than regurgitating what I’ve read, here’s the press release from SolidWorks: Microsoft and DS SolidWorks Enhance Robot Simulation Robotics programmers can now use SolidWorks 3D CAD models for more powerful simulations [...]

A couple of years ago, I visited SolidWorks headquarters in Concord, MA. I’d just started writing this blog and went to meet with some of the people who worked with Partner companies. One of the things that stands out from that visit was a hallway filled with stuff that had been designed in SolidWorks. At [...]

I’ve talk, briefly, about the project I’m working on in past posts. I don’t know how much detail I actually got into (and I’m too lazy to go and look), but I wanted to talk about the architectural aspect of it. Yes, I’m using SolidWorks for architectural "stuff". It’s been interesting to say the least. [...]

A Greener Recipe for Clean Drinking Water Trojan Technologies uses SolidWorks 3D CAD and Simulation Software to Develop Disinfection Systems Based on UV Light CONCORD, Mass., USA, Nov. 10, 2008 – Which would you prefer in your drinking water: bleach or light? That’s the easy choice made every day by residential, commercial, and municipal customers [...]

You’re new to SolidWorks, you’ve gone through the tutorials and, maybe, some training at your VAR. Yet you still feel that you need more practice. Look around your office (cubicle?) and find something there to reverse engineer. That mouse that you’re using, that’d be a good one to model. How about your phone? Got a [...]

I heard a rumor, from a reliable source, that SolidWorks is investigating backwards compatibility. Would that help you in your job? If so, how? Also heard that SolidWorks R&D is hard at work on some super-secret stuff. One can hope that it’s less "flashy" stuff and more stability kind of stuff.

Hot off the presses…well, warm at least: Fremont, Calif. – Nov. 6, 2008 – 3Dconnexion, a Logitech company, today announced its line of 3D mice are supported by SolidWorks® 2009, the newest version of the widely used 3D CAD software. 3Dconnexion 3D mice complement the dramatic speed and efficiency gains provided in SolidWorks 2009, offering [...]

As I sit here at the Tri-Cities airport in Pasco, Washington, waiting to fly back to Seattle for the most expensive breakfast in my life, I find my mind wandering to SolidWorks Worlds gone by while looking forward to SWW ’09. My first one was in 2006 in Las Vegas. Not only was it my [...]