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Rod Mackay
The benefits of 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS Named User Licensing
By Rod Mackay on October 9, 2020
The 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS portfolio includes 50+ roles across multiple domains to give SOLIDWORKS users access to all the tools they need to be successful. All the roles come with named user licensing which means the license is no longer tied to a machine but assigned…
SOLIDWORKS Manage 2021 Top 5 What’s New Enhancements
By Rod Mackay on September 25, 2020
DS SOLIDWORKS have added many new enhancements to SOLIDWORKS Manage 2021. The latest release provides new ways to manage your projects, edit your Bills of Material, and interact with suppliers, increasing your design management efficiency and collaboration like never before. Check out what we think…
DS SOLIDWORKS have added many new enhancements to SOLIDWORKS PDM 2021. The latest release lets you explore and document references with the highly-requested Treehouse View for Contains and Where Used. Workflow Icons build in visual recognition and awareness of your processes across the team. Bill…
Once again, DS SOLIDWORKS have added countless enhancements to SOLIDWORKS 2021, expanding functionality that will simplify and accelerate your workflows. And by popular demand, DS have increased their focus on performance, reliability, and optimizing pre-existing workflows to work exactly as you’ve always intended them to….
ENOVIAworks is a new portfolio of browser-based, scalable, cloud data management and PLM offerings built on 3DEXPERIENCE platform designed specifically to provide SOLIDWORKS users with project management capabilities. ENOVIAWORKS offer key data management and PLM capabilities needed during the product development process, including: Lifecycle Management…
Colour SOLIDWORKS Sketches to communicate ideas and design concepts
By Rod Mackay on September 17, 2020
SOLIDWORKS provides the ability to colour sketches in your design and this can be useful when you want to prove out your concepts, communicate ideas to other team members, or produce layout sketches. Typically sketches are grey in colour when they are not being edited,…
Adjusting a Sketch without having to use Edit Sketch
By Rod Mackay on September 16, 2020
Dragging Instant3D manipulators in the SOLIDWORKS graphics area is a quick and easy means of adjusting features, but it is also applicable to sketches. Rather than editing a sketch you can simply select the feature or sketch that you want to adjust and the underlying…
The Scale feature (found by selecting the Insert menu, Features, then pick Scale) can be used to change the scale of all features within a single part. When used, this tool appears as an extra feature in the Feature Tree. However, this feature is limited to use…
Discover markets and track competitors with the 3DEXPERIENCE Social Business Analyst
By Rod Mackay on September 11, 2020
The new 3DEXPERIENCE Social Business Analyst will help you to get answers to your critical business questions using real-time data insights; driving faster decision-making with automated alerts and actions. The 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS provides more than just design apps for your business. Social Business Analyst is…
Converting a logo bitmap image file into a vector sketch for SOLIDWORKS
By Rod Mackay on September 9, 2020
When creating your models in SOLIDWORKS there may be occasions when you want to make use of a logo image in your design. For instance you might want to have your company logo engraved or embossed on your model, or create a 3D model of…
3DEXPERIENCE Project Planner is a new role on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform that is designed for SOLIDWORKS users and other team members to manage their projects. Project Planner promotes team-based planning for all business users through simple and assisted iterative planning, execution and monitoring of projects….
Learn the advantages of bringing your SOLIDWORKS Data to the Cloud
By Rod Mackay on September 3, 2020
New SOLIDWORKS cloud data approach improves collaboration, reduces IT overhead In a time of disconnection, it’s critical to be able to easily manage product data regardless of its location. The ability to manage product data throughout its lifecycle is a proven tactic organizations use to…
3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Customer Adoption Program
By Rod Mackay on August 31, 2020
Javelin can help you to deploy 3DEXPERIENCE® SOLIDWORKS® into your business environment quickly and successfully following the best-practices-driven implementation methodology at the heart of the Customer Success Startup and Adoption program. Overview The first step in utilizing 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS to get products to market faster…
3DEXPERIENCE WORKS includes ENOVIAworks which is a portfolio of cloud-based SOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE PLM Apps that work seamlessly together and with SOLIDWORKS to provide data and product lifecycle management and collaboration capabilities. Using ENOVIAworks for product design collaboration enables users to: Securely access data from anywhere…
Using 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Software for Industrial Design
By Rod Mackay on August 27, 2020
Growing your company’s market share is inextricably linked to product innovation and a strong brand identity, which requires the adoption of modern industrial design. In an increasingly competitive global market, product development companies need flexible industrial design tools that allows you to express your creativity,…