News

Curventa uses SolidWorks to bring snowboard helmet to the racetrack

Posted by Al Dean - December 17, 2009

The original StormTrooper helmet. Image courtesy of Curventa Found this fascinating, it’s a story about well known UK-based industrial design…

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OceanLED take on new markets with Protomold and SolidWorks

Posted by Al Dean - December 18, 2009

Richard Sant is excited for OceanLED’s future in the private super-yacht market. On his office wall is the blueprint for…

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News

Terrafugia enhances SolidWorks with Catia composite design and simulation tools

Posted by Al Dean - January 12, 2010

I received this from Dassault Systemes today and found that alongside having some very interesting details on the development of…

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News

CADooku launches SolidWorks Student Modelling competition

Posted by Al Dean - January 26, 2010

The team at CADooku (an online marketplace for SolidWorks models) is launching it’s CAD competition for Students using SolidWorks (of…

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News

DEVELOP3D is nearly done – what’s in store for March?

Posted by Al Dean - February 24, 2010

As I write this, the final touches are being put to the March edition of DEVELOP3D. The layouts are being…

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Product Design

Solidworks: The next generation

Posted by DEVELOP3D - March 5, 2010

At SolidWorks World, the CEOs of SolidWorks and its parent company Dassault Systèmes, presented a future vision of SolidWorks. The…

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Manufacturing

Collapsing star

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 10, 2010

Folding bike specialist, Brompton takes a hands-on approach when manufacturing its legendary two-wheelers. Frances Corbett took a trip to old…

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News

AMD ATI FirePro V8800 sets SolidWorks 2010 on fire

Posted by Greg Corke - April 8, 2010

For the last 24 hours I’ve been sat in a dark room playing with AMD’s brand new professional graphics card,…

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News

Why are CAD systems so expensive?

Posted by Greg Corke - April 14, 2010

Martyn Day examines this long standing can of worms and concludes that while the way we access the tools may…

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Features

Gym equipment design

Posted by Greg Corke - May 18, 2010

New equipment means that anyone can get fit anywhere, anytime, finds Stephen Holmes

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