Recent Blog Posts

Wednesday July 18, 2018 at 11:52am

Webcast Part 2The Inspection Standalone application allows creation ofballooned drawings and First Article Inspection Reports from third partyapplications independent of SOLIDWORKS.We explore the new compatible file formats, including 3Dsolid files from Catia, Pro E, and Inventor. Now it is possible to create 3Dinspection documentation in these formats. We explore the new to 2018SmartExtract tool, which inserts your balloons at a click of the button.Exporting these ballooned components to a 3D P....

Introduction to SOLIDWORKS Admin Portal

Thursday July 12, 2018 at 3:02pm

SOLIDWORKS Admin Portal (new in June 2018) is a web based administration tool that will allow you to keep a high level overview of your SOLIDWORKS assets. Within this webcast we shall introduce the portal and how you can register for access. Specific topics will include: What is the Admin Portal | Who is Eligible? | Registering the Admin user | Contact Clean-up | Assigning licenses.

Customising SOLIDWORKS Interface

Tuesday July 3, 2018 at 2:17pm

CUSTOMIZE THE LOOK OF SOLIDWORKS - Whilst the default SOLIDWORKS interface is completely functional it is possible to adjust it to suit your needs. The interface is highly customisable this webcast will cover how to adjust command positions, interface themes, model appearances and more.

SOLIDWORKS Shortcuts

Tuesday July 3, 2018 at 1:52pm

Shortcuts are hugely beneficial when it comes to modelling more efficiently. By taking the time to learn and customise shortcuts you can cut down on the time it takes to carry out virtually any task in SOLIDWORKS. This webcast will aim to cover the most commonly used Shortcuts inside SOLIDWORKS and introduce how to create and export your own shortcuts.

What's New Inspection and MBD Part 1

Tuesday June 26, 2018 at 5:09pm

Applications Engineer Oliver Washington presents 'What's New Inspection and MBD Part 1' in this weeks Webcast Wednesday.

BOMs & Other Tables In SOLIDWORKS

Tuesday June 26, 2018 at 4:54pm

Applications Engineer, Terry O'Reilly presents 'BOMs & Other Tables' in this weeks Webcast Wednesday.

How to model the Russia 2018 World Cup Football in

Thursday June 21, 2018 at 9:21am

The World Cup is here again! The geometry of the football itself is always a little interesting. What panels make up the surface? Looking at the ball closely, I could see that it was one shape tessellated 6 times - a weird cube as it were. So, how can we model this up in SOLIDWORKS?

Monday June 18, 2018 at 2:00pm

Solid Solutions Management are excited to announce a new partnership with iMakr, the world's largest independent 3D printing store. As part of this partnership Solid Solutions Management will be offering a FREE SOLIDWORKS trial* with every 3D printer purchased.

SOLIDWORKS Online Licensing and Admin Portal - FAQ

Monday June 11, 2018 at 4:51pm

So this is part 4 and the final part of our blog series on the new SOLIDWORKS Admin Portal and Online Licensing. In this final segment I wanted to summarise with some of the headline messages and FAQs.

Using SOLIDWORKS Online Licensing

Monday June 11, 2018 at 4:24pm

Our previous two blog posts have focused on the SOLIDWORKS Admin Portal. Set up of this portal and assigment of SOLIDWORKS products to the respective users (members) is an important prerequisite before SOLIDWORKS Online Licensing can be used- so both are worth a read. Links at the end of this blog allow you to go back and recap any of these previous two.