Dassault Systèmes Announces SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014

VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France – June 14, 2013 – Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today unveiled SolidWorks Education Edition 2013-2014. This latest version includes new functionalities to simplify complex design tasks, enable students to create models easier and faster, and provide wider connectivity to expand collaboration between users. Continue reading »

New SolidWorks Composer YouTube Channel

Posted June 12, 2013 in Composer, SolidWorks

SolidWorks Composer is an powerful, easy to use tool that can help you create all kinds of technical communications, assembly instructions, animations and more very quickly. To go along with all of the great features packed into SolidWorks Composer, we are proud to introduce the new SolidWorks Composer YouTube channel.

3Dconnexion Wins Red Dot Award

Posted May 21, 2013 in 3Dconnexion

space mouse pro winner of the 2013 Red Dot Award

SpaceMouse Pro stands apart among more than 4,500 products for its superior design quality

3Dconnexion’s SpaceMouse Pro 3D mouse has received a red dot award: product design 2013, one of the largest and most prestigious design contests in the world. The SpaceMouse Pro, 3Dconnexion’s newest 3D mouse, impressed the 37-strong jury, which reviewed more than 4,500 products in 19 categories.

Dassault Systèmes Acquires SIMPOE

Posted May 13, 2013 in SolidWorks, SolidWorks Plastics

May 7, 2013 — Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced the acquisition of SIMPOE, a leader in plastic injection molding simulation. The acquisition of SIMPOE, based in Torcy, France, expands Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform and SolidWorks applications to create the most powerful portfolio of materials-intensive manufacturing simulation solutions on the market. With more than 3,000 active users working for major part designers, producers, and mold makers, companies such as Canon and Panasonic rely on SIMPOE for its leading plastic injection simulation solutions. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.

Connect With Certified SolidWorks Users

Posted April 26, 2013 in SolidWorks

For a few years now we have offered users who possess a SolidWorks Certification the option to be listed in an online directory. At SolidWorks World 2013 in Orlando we announced some new functionality that would allow users who choose to be listed in the directory the additional option to also list their LinkedIn Account. This allows for those users to be contacted directly by anyone who finds them in the directory.

My.SolidWorks is Live!

Posted April 4, 2013 in SolidWorks

My.SolidWorks is now live – a new community experience that helps you connect, discover and share everything SolidWorks. My.SolidWorks can be accessed by anyone at http://my.solidworks.com. The SolidWorks Community website is a great place to turn for the insights you need to get the most out of SolidWorks.

Acuren to Deploy Creaform’s Pipecheck Solution

Posted March 25, 2013 in 3D Scanner, Creaform

Lévis, March 25, 2013 – Acuren Group Inc (AGI) and Creaform have entered into a commercial and technical partnership agreement covering the deployment of the Pipecheck inspection solution in North America for external corrosion and mechanical damage on pipelines and in facilities.
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3D Printed Car is as Strong as Steel & Half the Weight

Posted February 27, 2013 in Stratasys

Article courtesy of Alexander George of Wired.

Picture an assembly line not that isn’t made up of robotic arms spewing sparks to weld heavy steel, but a warehouse of plastic-spraying printers producing light, cheap and highly efficient automobiles.

We even help scan… mastodons!

Posted February 19, 2013 in 3D Scanner, Creaform

We always knew that the Creaform products were versatile, but sometimes their application surprise and amaze even us!

The University of Michigan owns a Handyscan 3D, which is made available to its research staff for various projects. In their own words, “this method of scanning is perfect for not only capturing an object’s basic form but also the details of its surface, since the laser is often of very high accuracy”.

Now available: eDrawings for iOS with Augmented Reality

Posted February 14, 2013 in eDrawings, SolidWorks

We’ve all been there. Your manager or customer has been looking at 3D images of your latest product design for months on your computer. But when the first prototype is put on the table in front of them, they say something like “Are you sure that’s the right size, because it looked smaller on the computer screen.” And since you’re on the verge of releasing the design to tooling, you mentally scramble to figure out a way to avoid redoing several weeks worth of work.