Ctopher Custom Material Database

Author: Chris Saller, et al. Author’s website: ctophers home Ctopher’s Custom Materials Database allows you to add many materials to SOLIDWORKS which are not currently included as part of the default installation.  Materials range from ceramics, metal alloys, plastics, crystals, and even magnets.  Current version was created using SOLIDWORKS 2016. This database is provided for … Continue reading “Ctopher Custom Material Database”

Motley Fool interviews Al Bunshaft of Dassault Systemes, covered 3D Printing

Al Bunshaft, Dassault Systemes Senior Vice President for the North America region, was recently interviewed by Motley Fool, covering a range of topics.  SolidWorks  and its 2 million end users are mentioned, but the interview focuses on Dassault’s role in the rise of 3D Printing in recent years.  Bunshaft states, “our software is the engine of … Continue reading “Motley Fool interviews Al Bunshaft of Dassault Systemes, covered 3D Printing”

CAD and Engineering Blogs

Blogs, news and aggregators about CAD, Engineering and related industries. 3D CAD News  CAD industry news. 3 Dimension Engineer Engineering, 3D Printing and other industry topics. 3DVision Technologies Blog  SolidWorks news and tips. Another Fine Mesh Mesh and simulation. Axis CAD Solutions Animation, graphic arts and other industry news. Boxer’s Solidworks Blog  Deepak Gupta’s SolidWorks … Continue reading “CAD and Engineering Blogs”

SWUGN reaches 200

Richard Doyle announced today that the number of SolidWorks User Groups  in the SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN) has reached 200 worldwide.  His announcement may be found on the SolidWorks Community Blog in the SolidWorks Forums.  In a forward looking statement, Doyle predicts, “There are at least 2 more groups coming on line in the next few days.”

News of the day

There’s a couple of CAD industry press releases that came to me last week from Dassault Systemes.  I decided to experiment a bit with WordPress by providing both press releases at the same time in a dual column format.  Since this article is more of an experiment in WordPress formatting than an actual attempt to … Continue reading “News of the day”

BatchProcess 2 Product Review

For people that frequent the SolidWorks Forums and the SolidWorks area on eng-tips.com, the name Luke Malpass is likely familiar.  Malpass is the founder of Angelsix.com and the author of several SolidWorks API books.  He developed a powerful, yet simple SolidWorks add-in called BatchProcess.  This add-in was recently updated as BatchProcess 2.  The new version … Continue reading “BatchProcess 2 Product Review”