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Monday, 21 March 2011 12:57
TsElements for SolidWorks The Age of T-Splines Surfacing is Upon Us
Back in January, just prior to SolidWorks World, you may have heard rumblings about T-Splines for SolidWorks. Well, those rumblings are actually magical jolts of surfacing joy hitting you straight in the eye. There’s a bit of a catch, but there’s a bit of a glimpse (and hope) of what is to come. With the [...]
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Thursday, 27 January 2011 05:24
Windows Explorer vs SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
Solid Thinking Tutorial: Two project data management systems face off over project storage, managing revisions, and tracking an engineering change order.
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011 17:23
SolidWorks World nFuze First Glimpse at ENOVIA in SolidWorks
Earlier today, after sliding down a few escalators head first, I caught up with SolidWorks Product Manager, John Ellsworth, and the team responsible for introducing you to the first tool you’ll use to share, store and manage your SolidWorks data in a collaborative environment. You’ll see it first inside SolidWorks later this year, on the [...]
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Friday, 28 January 2011 19:26
Peel that Blue Print Off Your Eyes SolidWorks Live Buildings is Nigh
Yes, you read that right. SolidWorks Live Buildings, not Dassault Live Buildings. SolidWorks. Live. Buildings… as in the kind that you design and layout in 3D, as in the kind that is usually dedicated to programs like Revit, AutoCAD, ArchiCAD or other AEC software packages. SolidWorks is officially in the market and it’s all happening [...]
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Monday, 31 January 2011 12:45
The SolidWorks World 2011 Lean Photo-Enriched Wrap Up
Ah, SolidWorks World 2011 has come to an end. Yet, the superbly pungent taste of a three day SolidWorks shellacking and a San Antonio Riverwalk feasting still lingers. Here are a few of the highlights which encapsulate a wee bit of what made up the General Session at SolidWorks World 2011. Add hours of talking [...]
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Wednesday, 09 February 2011 15:18
The Nose Bleed of Free SolidWorks Tutorials Just Won’t Stop
Careful with that sharp putty knife. You don’t want to jab a main artery, grape salad or nostril as you read this. Oh! too late. The vessels have ruptured, starting with the SolidWorks user who brought you the free Camaro Tutorial and free Speaker tutorial. Now, he has a website offering even more. Certified SolidWorks [...]
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Wednesday, 05 January 2011 16:49
Jeff Ray Promoted… Bertrand Sicot Takes Over as SolidWorks CEO Interview]
You see that face? Get ready to see it on an infrequent basis and perhaps in your head as you lie awake at night. That is the new face of SolidWorks. The new CEO, Bertrand Sicot. Executive power has been shaken up in Dassault Systemes much like a whale launching itself from the deep while [...]
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Monday, 10 January 2011 12:50
Get Your Fresh Hot ‘Death of SolidWorks’ Wallpaper Right Here
We’re just not going to let that “Kill SolidWorks” thing die… ahem. One comment from former SolidWorks CEO, Jeff Ray is all it takes for a firestorm to start whipping our sanity. What most people do not realize is that the is about creating a better product and providing some more options, not about violently [...]
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Thursday, 06 January 2011 07:50
The death of SolidWorks
In a recent interview with CAD software blogger Deelip Menezes, SolidWorks CEO Jeff Ray discussed ‘killing’ SolidWorks with a new product. Martyn Day delves deeper to find out what the future holds for one of the industry’s most popular product development systems.
If you had told me at the beginning of 2010 that PTC would dump the Pro/Engineer brand
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Thursday, 06 January 2011 11:34
New year New CEO at SolidWorks

Bertrand Sicot - Brand new CEO of Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks
Yesterday got 2011 off to a brand new start with an announcement coming out from the Dassault Systèmes (DS) + SolidWorks camp that a pretty big reshuffle was
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