[A New Balloon Air Pump Design] “Flexible Component” is one of the new features in SOLIDWORKS 2022. You can define a part component as flexible to drive the geometry of flexible components by the assembly geometry. That means it works only in assembly files to make a rigid part model become flexible without creating several…
The 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS® Simulation portfolio includes the ability to simulate the metal-forming process. The products can be leveraged on SOLIDWORKS® models when connected to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Forming processes may include stamping, punch stretching, forging, drawing, and more. Truth be told, simulating forming processes can be a difficult task. Usually, they involve geometric, material, and contact nonlinearities. However,…
SOLIDWORKS 2022 adds a very nice option to one of my favorite surface-to-solid tools, Thicken. Thicken takes a surface body (which has zero thickness) and makes it a solid (making it a volume) by specifying a thickness value and side to thicken. Until now, the calculation was based on surface normal, which is often what you…
EQUATIONS and GLOBAL VARIABLES It is a great idea to choose SOLIDWORKS to model something because when we are making a solid model in SOLIDWORKS, it is not so challenging as SOLIDWORKS itself has a very interactive user interface. Anyone can start with SOLIDWORKS easily with some considerably basic training sessions and groom those skills…
SOLIDWORKS PDM (Product Data Management) SOLIDWORKS PDM (Product Data Management) is such a software to manage the day to day work data and related all information and other documents on a single centralized system. This type of information includes the Computer-Aided Design Data (CAD), part development, manufacturing information, notes, documents, and much more. SOLIDWORKS PDM…
How many different ways are there to solve a Simulation problem? There are probably many more ways than you think, so you may be asking yourself: “How can I be sure that I have the ‘right’ answer?” First off, while one could come up with a myriad of different answers for the same problem, there…
Sofa so Good Are you sitting comfortably? No really, are you? Since mankind moved out of the Stone Age and onto the chaise lounge, humans have been finding increasingly satisfying ways to park their derrieres. With the digital revolution however, furniture has faced an upgrade that’s more than just updating the upholstery. Technology has embraced…
We are excited to announce that SOLIDWORKS 2022 Beta is live and ready for your feedback! Every year, the SOLIDWORKS R&D team reviews and prioritizes thousands of enhancement requests submitted by our users to produce a release that delivers new capabilities while continuously improving performance and quality. SOLIDWORKS 2022 delivers many important enhancements to help…
Engineers and designers tasked with the design and building of new products must always focus on how a proposed product would solve a particular problem. Design is a powerful tool that can address myriad issues, but what if your goal was to create a design that could address a significant global challenge? Taking that thought…
SIMULIA Structural Simulation Engineer (SSE) Brings new advanced simulation capabilities to SOLIDWORKS users. With SSE, you can validate complex product designs fast and cost-effectively, helping to speed up innovation, enhance quality, and reduce time to market. Further, SSE integrates with SOLIDWORKS through the cloud-based Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE® platform, meaning you can run simulations on both…
