News

Say goodbye STL, say hello 3MF (possibly – you know how these things are…)

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 1, 2015

The new 3MF file format is setting out to become the new unified file format that plays more closely to…

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New Maxwell Render plug-ins announced for SolidWorks, Rhino and others

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 13, 2015

New plug-ins mean more colourful ways to get the best render results Next Limit Technologies has announced a series of…

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Date for diary – Scouse SolidWorks User Group on 11 June

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 15, 2015

The next NW-SWUG meet up takes place in the great city of Liverpool Liverpool John Moores University Design department is…

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Altium aims to integrate PCB with SolidWorks design

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 26, 2015

Altium is looking to bridge the world of product and PCB design with its extension tool for more collaborative design…

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Modo movie magic builds ‘real’ Interstellar spaceships

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 26, 2015

The CAD data was not only used to help build realistic props, but also to plan out the lighting and…

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NWED 2015 – Four epic engineers and their very different jobs

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 23, 2015

Four women that chose engineering as their careers, but with very different roles Today is National Women in Engineering Day…

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How fast is your SolidWorks 2015 workstation?

Posted by Greg Corke - July 29, 2015

This Menjac gearbox is one of three new SolidWorks models to be added to the benchmark. If you are a…

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Manufacturing

Rapid response

Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 2, 2015

A new launch and recovery system designed by Supacat is enabling RNLI lifeboat teams to slash vital minutes from their…

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Collaborate

Review: Onshape Beta update

Posted by Al Dean - September 8, 2015

Six months on from its beta-version debut in March, how is Onshape shaping up? Al Dean looks at new its…

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Product Design

Betting on BIM

Posted by Martyn Day - September 11, 2015

What's the best way for companies that manufacture components used in the building industry to get BIM-ready, digital versions of…

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