News & Updates from SOLIDWORKS World 2016 See some of the top tweets from the SOLIDWORKS World 2016 Conference live held in Dallas, TX. You can join the conversation too by tweeting with the #SWW16 hashtag. SOLIDWORKS World 2016 Conference What did you think of the SOLIDWORKS World 2016 Conference? What was new and interesting?
Learn SOLIDWORKS at your own pace with more tutorials & online training free membership. When making a drawing in SolidWorks, you can make entities called “Blocks,” which may be comprised of any single sketch entity or combination of sketch entities. Relations can then be made between these Blocks in a similar fashion to the way sketch
Need more rigid & flexible assemblies tutorials? Get SOLIDWORKS training online tutorials now. Get started with a membership. One of the great things about SolidWorks is how easy it is to navigate through the assembly tree when working with an assembly containing multiple parts or subassemblies. Often times, you’ll find yourself in a situation where
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Want to go further with SOLIDWORKS assemblies and drawings? Get SOLIDWORKS video tutorials, exercise files, and online training from SolidProfessor. Updated September 2026. An exploded view drawing shows how an assembly goes together, and a bill of materials (BOM) lists every component in it. Together they are one of the most useful drawings you can
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Need to get up and running with Solid Edge, SOLIDWORKS, & other 3D CAD applications fast? Software online tutorials are part of this free membership. We published an article comparing SolidEdge to Solidworks. Jim, as mentioned in the article, makes his living utilizing CAD systems and teaching CAD. Although his primary tool is Solidworks he has looked at
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Ok- full disclosure. I make a living by designing with CAD and teaching CAD. My primary tool is SolidWorks. So- I am biased based on my current circumstances and conditions. I also have a historical bias as I have been burned. At my peak, I was a ProE guru. Back in 2000, I gave
This article is a guest post by Jim Lucas The GREAT EIGHT & Bottom 3 – SolidWork 2014 – Lucas’ pick. Ok- this is a slight diversion from the focus on getting ready for the CSWE or CSWP, but I thought it was necessary to address since I’ve been getting questions like: “should I migrate
I started at a new position a few weeks ago where the job description included designing new products and updating existing designs. This meant learning a new software package as the only one available was Autocad 2004. None of our customers or suppliers had demanded 3D files and the engineers on staff were all accustomed
