Last week, Dassault Systemes announced the launch of DraftSight. An open, free, professional-grade 2D CAD product with an online community accessible through DraftSight.com. Its aim, to provide all CAD users access to new services and products to "unlock valuable data stored in billions of DWG files."DraftSight provides users with a better way to read, write and ...
Date: Wednesday June 2010
The Solid Solutions SolidWorks Tips and Tricks page has been updated! It has been redesigned to load faster to get you to the tips and tricks you want to see as quickly as possible. There are currently 4 pages full of useful hints, tips, tricks and techniques you can use with SolidWorks to become a more productive user. http://www.solidsolutions.co.uk/SolidWorks-Demo-Videos/Tip...
Date: Tuesday May 2010
To showcase how versatile SolidWorks is, we thought we would share some information about the Yike Bike. It is a innovative new electric bike from New Zealand, which was designed in SolidWorks. This new folding bike is based on the penny farthing, and allows riders to ride around at speeds of 20mph!
The Yike bike was featured in Time magazine's top 5...
Date: Wednesday May 2010
A Warwick firm is building a solid future after expanding its network of offices in the UK and becoming a global powerhouse.
Solid Solutions, based at the University of Warwick Science Park’s Warwick Innovation Centre, is preparing to open its eighth office after experiencing one of the most successful periods in the company’s 12-year history.
The business suppl...
Date: Friday April 2010
We are excited to inform you that as of 17th April 2010, SolidWorks Sustainability will be available to buy online from the SolidWorks Sustainability website (www.solidworks.com/sustainability). The latest SolidWorks product performs full Life Cysle Assessment on parts and assemblies, helping you reduce the Environmental impact of your designs. For more information click here. ...
Date: Friday April 2010
Solid Solutions invite you to attend the SolidWorks Innovation Day Virtual Event. Through this online venue, you can attend the conference for one day, every week, until the end of June. Every 3rd week, the focus of the conference will change, and new presentations will be added to the virtual auditorium! In this online conference, you will find:- Keynote presentations by Solid...
Date: Tuesday March 2010
Beginning with SolidWorks 2010 SP3, the 2D editor formerly known as DWGeditor will be re-named to SolidWorks 2D Editor. In addition to the re-naming, this product will no longer ship as part of the standard SolidWorks installation. SolidWorks 2D Editor will now be available to most SolidWorks customers via a quick and easy download from the SolidWorks customer portal. Click LIN...
Date: Thursday March 2010
The Brompton folding bicycle is a fantastic pieces of British design. Working from their base in West London, Brompton are currently producing 26,000 folding bikes a year. The story of how they began and how they got to where they are today is in the current issue of Develop3D.
From using pen and paper, Brompton Cycles have been through the process of transferring all their w...
Date: Thursday March 2010
Agentdraw have launched a product competition (the Young Designer Competition) to highlight young British design talent. It was a response to the Phillipe Starck Programme, Design for Life. This was purported to highlight the great design talent in the UK, however, it seemed to the opposite, with the programme stating that there had been no decent design out of the UK for som...
Date: Monday February 2010
On top of the thousands of commercial products and engineering solutions the SolidWorks has been utilised for, there is now a new use for the software, building dinosaurs! Over at the Griffin Hoverwork factory in the Isle of Wight, Bob and Jack Rushton have been helping researchers from the University of Portsmouth construct giant pterosaur models. Some of these models will hav...
Date: Wednesday February 2010
Coming up over the next week is the annual SolidWorks World event, this year held in Anaheim, California. It promises to be an eventful time, with more than 150 in-depth training sessions alongside numerous hands-on learning opportunities. More than 100 SolidWorks-designed products will be on display along with hundreds of partners demonstrating software products that complemen...
Date: Friday January 2010
Since the release of Windows 7, there have been a number of enquiries about compatibilty. Below is some infomation on this:
1. SolidWorks EDU products 2010-2011 academic year (Education Edition, Student Edition, and Student Design Kit) will officially support the Microsoft® Windows 7 operating system. This new release is planned in the spring of 2010. 2. SolidWorks EDU pro...
Date: Tuesday November 2009
This week is has been announced that SolidWorks 3D CAD design and engineering package was extensively used to help develop the squeezy bottles now used for Marmite and Colman's Mustard.
Read the full article in our SolidWorks Blog here....
Date: Friday October 2009
In the Global market today, it is increasingly the case that for a company to succeed, it needs to be responsible. More and more consumers are demanding "green" products. Solidworks Sustainability helps designers using SolidWorks to understand the impact of their work to the environment. It is an easy to use program that integrates fully with SolidWorks, allowing info...
Date: Monday September 2009
On 18 May 2009 Solid Solutions Management, the UK’s largest and main SolidWorks reseller, purchased CadConnect, the Newcastle and Leeds based SolidWorks reseller, which commenced trading in 2001. Solid Solutions will operate this business as a wholly owned subsidiary trading as Solid Solutions CadConnect. ....read more...
Date: Tuesday September 2009
SolidWorks acquires CircuitWorks provider Priware - March 26, 2008 - SolidWorks CEO Jeff Ray. "As products become ‘smarter’ , the lines are blurring between electronic and mechanical industries, and this acquisition is a natural step toward helping engineers be proficient in this climate.” SolidWorks is an indispensable platform for complex mechatronics s...
Date: Friday July 2009
It's in the cards - From 1984 to 1994 Jon Hirschtick (Co-founder of SolidWorks Corporation) , was a member of the MIT blackjack team. Their exploits were chronicled in the best-selling book "Bringing Down the House" and are now the subject of the movie, "21," which opened Friday, March 28. ( In Metro West Daily) by Bob Tremblay: Link , In Design News by Beth...
Date: Friday July 2009
Greentec fuels energy-efficient home systems designed with SolidWorks 3D CAD software enables U.K. company to design integrated heating and cooling systems that cut homeowner costs and reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent CONCORD, Mass., May 5, 2008 — Spearheading the move to reduce household carbon emissions, U.K.-based Greentec Systems, is using SolidWorks® 3D CAD ...
Date: Friday July 2009
Quick design turnaround and easy documentation process help UK-based company move products to market faster. CONCORD, Mass., Oct. 6, 2008 — International bathroom fixtures company Aqualux Products Ltd. has cut between 25 to 40 percent off the time it needs to produce documentation for its shower enclosures and bath screens with SolidWorks® 3D CAD software and 3DVIA&re...
Date: Friday July 2009
Simon Turner is one of just five UK engineers to qualify for the 'Elite Engineer' status. This has required proof of competency by him passing seven SolidWorks Certification exams covering SolidWorks, Support, Simulation and Product Data Management.......of course API is not yet a certified competency but if it were Simon would be the first to pass this one too! During 2009 Sol...
Date: Friday July 2009
Solid Solutions are for the sixth succesive year the Top UK reseller. Clearly there are lots of awards for all aspects of SolidWorks business ......these include support, training, staff and sales. As a company we started the business in 11th place in the UK and through continual improvement and focus on customer support we have consistently achieved the number one position. Th...
Date: Friday July 2009
Wider coverage in the North for SolidWorks United Kingdom, Cambridge, May 18, 2009 – On 13 May 2009 Solid Solutions Management, the UK’s largest and main SolidWorks reseller, purchased CadConnect, the Newcastle and Leeds based SolidWorks reseller, which commenced trading in 2001. Solid Solutions will operate this business as a wholly owned subsidiary trading as Soli...
Date: Thursday July 2009