• Tips from the Techs
• SolidWorks in the News
• General Interest Story
• Webinars
• Training
• Events
• Client Spotlight
• Editorial Response

Service Packs

• SolidWorks 2012 SP1.0
• SolidWorks 2011 SP5.0

Webinars

Jan. 10th: EPDM Introductory Overview, 10:00 - 11:00 AM Register

Jan. 10th: DriveWorks - Automating Beyond Design Tables, 2:00 - 3:00 PM Register

Jan. 17th: What is SolidWorks Simulations?, 2:00 - 3:00 PM Register

Jan. 19th: Dimension 3D Printing, 2:00 - 3:00 PM Register

Jan. 24th: 3DVIA Composer, 2:00 - 3:00 PM Register

More Webinars

Training

SolidWorks Routing Systems, Atlanta, GA - Starts Jan. 31th 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Register

SolidWorks Essentials Training, Charlotte, NC - Starts Jan. 9th 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Register

SolidWorks Simulation Essentials, Cary, NC - Starts Jan. 23rd 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Register

More Training

Seminars

Our seminars for 2012 will begin in February. Be on the look out for our events email update.

More Seminars

Client Spotlight

After disastrous tornados in Alabama last Spring, Wrangler (a division of our client VF Jeanswear) decided to rebuild their plant in Alabama and save the local jobs. We are very proud of their commitment to their employees, the local economy, and the community. It is easy to see why VF Jeanswear is deserving of the Client Spotlight. Click here for the whole story.

Do you think your company deserves the client spotlight? Please click here to email us your story.

Learn More About TriMech

Happy New Year and welcome to TriMech's newly reformatted newsletter designed to bring you timely and relevant information regarding our products and services, as well as what is happening in engineering and various industries. Take a minute to browse through the new layout to see what we have to offer. Please forgive any bugs in the formatting as we are still working on perfecting it. This newsletter is for your benefit so if you have any comments or suggestions, we would love to hear you feedback. Please send any questions or comments to marketing@trimech.com.

SolidWorks News

It's not too late to sign up for SolidWorks World! Join other users as we check out the latest SolidWorks developments and get a glimps into what 2012 has to offer. Also this is a great opportunity to take in seminars to increase your knowledge of what SolidWorks Products have to offer.

One of our Applications Engineers, Ryan Zeck, will be presenting a session called Preempting SolidHeadaches. We hope to see you there!

Tips From the Techs

Courtesy of: Eman Kim

Using the sketch mirror tool in SolidWorks:
Many users are already familiar with the way to use the mirror sketch tool to mirror items from one side of a line to another.  Typically, the user will  select the mirror sketch tool first and then in the first field in the sketch property manager select the items he/she wants to mirror, then the user needs to select the second field in the sketch mirror property manager to select the item he/she wants to mirror across.  This is easy enough, but a quick short cut is to pre-select... To read the rest of the tip click here.

Understanding the sketch convert entities tool in 2012:
When converting entities in 2012, users will notice it behaves slightly differently than in the past.  It actually works very similarly to the way the mirror sketch tool behaves as described above.  If the user preselects the items before hitting the convert entities command, the convert entities dialog box will NOT appear.  To read the rest of the tip click here.

Have a Tech Tip Question you'd like answered? Email marketing@trimech.com.

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SolidWorks in the News

With software from Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp., the Aerospace Engineering department at the University of Maryland's (UMD) A James Clark School of Engineering is taking flight one step further. The UMD design team is pursuing a different type of flight: a human-powered helicopter, which runs on energy generated by pedals. While human-powered airplanes have been around for at least a quarter of a century, human-powered helicopters pose a much bigger challenge, as they need more power for flight height and duration. For example, a 60-second flight pushes the limits of human endurance.

For the whole story click here.

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General Interest

Three members of the Lee College of Engineering’s new Engineers Without Borders (EWB) student organization took an exploratory trip to Peru in the summer of 2011, and identified a number of projects the group will be taking on over the next few years.

The team spent three days in the region of Parque de la Papa in a village called Paru Paru. The community president briefed the team on a series of potential projects intended to improve community conditions, as well as help build livelihood opportunities through sustainable tourism. The first was a series of five bridges on the road that leads into the community. During the rainy season, the people of Paru Paru are confined to the community because the roads are impassible.

For the whole Story click here.

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Editorial Response

This section is for your feedback. Have something you want to share? A helpful trick you learned? A beneficial event other users could appreciate? Questions, comments, or scathing rebuttals to something you read here? This is your forum. Email marketing@trimech.com if you have something to say!

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Office Move

The Atlanta office will be moving at the end of January. Our new address will be: 1165 Northchase Parkway, Marietta, Georgia  30067.

Account Managers

NC - RTP/Cary Office: Evan Fader, 919.535.5662
NC - Charlotte Office: Jeff Sellers, 704.503.6644
GA - Atlanta Office: Mike Waller, 678.553.6260