> DriveWorks News: Automatic for the People
2011 is the ten-year anniversary of DriveWorks, the specialist developer of design automation software. Al Dean talks to CEO Glen Smith and vice president Maria Sarkar about the last decade and where they are taking the company in future. A driving factor behind the success of DriveWorks was the decision to build on top of SolidWorks, one of the industry's leading 3D product development tools. Working with the system DriveWorks was able to implement its modular approach. "That separation of the system and data adds a lot more to the system because it needs to be generic," explains Smith. "That then becomes paramount if you're going to take it to another company with a completely different set of data." Read the article here Link
> Stratasys News: Engineers determined a tire blowout was caused by an air-duct outlet not adequately cooling the tire. JGR used its Fortus 3D Production System for concept modeling, functional prototyping, and building manufacturing tools. In under 3 days, it had a new duct outlet installed on the car in time for the next race. Read Success Story > SolidWorks News: DraftSight™ is a professional-grade, open 2D CAD product for users who want a better way to read, write and share DWG files. DraftSight is easy to use and is available for professional CAD users, students and educators to download and activate for free* at DraftSight.com. Your software.Your vision.Your community. *Standalone license. Activation required. Look at all of the latest SolidWorks Press Releases Link Dassault Systèmes' 3DVIA Introduces "First-of-its-Kind" 3D Model Viewer for the iPad: Unlike other 3D model viewers, 3DVIA Mobile HD allows users of most 3D modeling software packages to connect to 3DVIA.com and share their work on the iPad platform. Users follow a simple three-step process: create a free 3DVIA.com account, upload 3D assets to the site, then connect with 3DVIA Mobile HD to showcase assets on the iPad. 3DVIA.com accepts content in over 30 formats, including 3DXML, .dae (COLLADA), .3ds, .obj, IGES, STEP and .kmz. Select modeling applications from Dassault Systèmes, including 3DVIA Composer, SolidWorks and CATIA, now publish directly to 3DVIA.com, making the process even easier. Look at all of the latest SolidWorks Press Releases Link
> InspectionXpert for SolidWorks Achieves SolidWorks Certified Gold Product Status - Enables Engineering and Manufacturing to automate Quality Inspection Documentation
Raleigh, NC, January 18, 2011 - Extensible CAD Technologies LLC, global providers of CAD and PLM productivity software, today announced that longtime Partner Product, InspectionXpert® for SolidWorks, has just achieved Certified Gold Partner status with DS SolidWorks Corp. With this certification awarded on January 7th, InspectionXpert for SolidWorks becomes the first Certified Gold Partner application for automating quality inspection documentation that is fully integrated into SolidWorks® software. Read Press Release Here
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