05/09/12 Dassault Systèmes Announces SolidWorks Education Edition 2012-2013
Dassault Systèmes today unveiled SolidWorks® Education Edition 2012-2013. New enhancements include tools for mechanical design, simulation, sustainable design, and cost tracking, enabling students to experience real-life engineering situations, and to compete more effectively in today’s global workplace. In addition to offering software that empowers educators to more easily train their students for their dream jobs, Dassault Systèmes provides a comprehensive SolidWorks curriculum library with more than 20 hands-on projects for students at every level and experience.
04/11/12 SolidWorks supports start-up companies
It is not always easy for students, engineers and entrepreneurs who set up a new business to get enough resources for a successful start; especially in economically uncertain times. Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. has therefore decided to directly support start-up companies in selected countries by offering a better access to its design software. The new SolidWorks program has just been launched. Until 30 June 2012, start-up companies can take advantage of a special startup promotion package offer.
04/03/12 Dassault Systèmes introduces SolidWorks Plastics Software
Dassault Systèmes today unveiled SolidWorks® Plastics software, easy-to-use software tools that enable users to predict and avoid manufacturing defects during the earliest stages of plastics part and injection mold design. The new products run fully embedded inside of SolidWorks, providing part designers and mold makers with familiar and intuitive workflows so they can quickly optimize their part and mold designs for manufacturability.
03/28/12 Albéa Chooses SolidWorks Software for Eco-design
SolidWorks Sustainability integrates analyses at the beginning of the product development process
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. announced that Albéa chose SolidWorks® Sustainability software to incorporate eco-design as a core part of its new product development. With experience in Life Cycle Assessment, Albéa wanted to invest in new tools to allow it to better respond to the sustainable product development needs of the packaging industry while preserving its competitive and technical leadership. A major player in the packaging industry, with a wide range of products for the cosmetic, perfume, health and dental care markets, Albea adopted Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools in 2003. "
03/22/12 Travertson Motorcycles Revs Engines with SolidWorks
Luxury Bike Shop Eliminates Prototypes Using SolidWorks Simulation Software
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp today announced that Travertson Motorcycles is using a variety of tools in the SolidWorks® 2012 3D design solution to create its motorcycles, including molding design, flow simulation and product rendering capabilities. Luxury motorcycles attract a very specific following; the typical buyers for high-end bikes know what they want, are often sophisticated collectors and understand the meaning of performance. To meet these expectations, the team at Travertson found SolidWorks SimulationXpress to be in particular the most valuable part of SolidWorks Professional, enabling its designers to validate designs and virtually determine effects of force and pressure. This allows Travertson to avoid physical testing on an expensive, long-to-fabricate prototype and dramatically cuts the cost of designing each part.
03/12/12 pester pac automation GmbH Transforms Technical Documentation with 3DVIA Composer
Interactive 3D manuals increase customer appreciation and satisfaction
pester pac automation GmbH has developed a new packaging machine operation concept for its customers that requires clear visualization and structured 3D images to help articulate the value of the product. The longtime user of SolidWorks® 3D CAD turned to 3DVIA Composer™ software to leverage its existing 3D design data in documentation, technical illustration, and for animation and interactive 3D applications. Using this wealth of 3D data, pester pac automation is now creating animated operating manuals, and circuit and pneumatic diagrams to provide better customer satisfaction due to a more detailed explanation of the product.
01/06/12 Donkervoort improves design and cuts costs with SolidWorks
Different automotive brands stand for different values, such as efficiency, luxury, speed and performance. Dutch automotive manufacturer Donkervoort increasingly relies on SolidWorks® advanced 3D design and simulation tools in its quest to produce the perfect sports car. This value was on display on December 17 when Donkervoort unveiled the newly designed model D8 GTO. By incorporating SolidWorks Flow Simulation and SolidWorks Simulation Premium to its existing SolidWorks package, Donkervoort created a single CAD environment for the redesign of its D8 GTO model, ensuring total integration of the design and simulation process.
09/07/11 SolidWorks 2012 delivers design solutions to drive business
20th release of leading CAD software provides more than 200 new functions to community
DS SolidWorks today unveiled SolidWorks® 2012, a comprehensive 3D design solution that enables users to work more efficiently and have the data they need to make better design decisions throughout the product development process. Benefits take shape throughout SolidWorks 2012 with a variety of improvements in areas such as assembly and drawing capabilities, built-in simulation, design costing, routing, image and animation creation and product data management that will positively impact design teams each and every day...
07/07/11 DS SolidWorks announces SolidWorks Education Edition 2011-2012
DS SolidWorks unveils its newest software for the education sector, SolidWorks® Education Edition 2011-2012. The product combines tools for simulation, sustainable design and motion, enabling both students and educators to create a robust classroom experience. The ultimate benefit is becoming equipped not only to get a job, but also to lay the groundwork for a rewarding and fulfilling career...
05/05/11 SolidWorks 3DVIA composer breaks down communication barriers
New Version reduces production costs with easily understood images and animations
As product development grows more global and decentralized, 3DVIA Composer technical communication software from Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp., enables design teams to overcome language and knowledge barriers while reducing costs and production time. Design that Matters, a non-profit product design group, used 3DVIA Composer to develop high-quality visuals of a phototherapy device to treat jaundiced infants in developing countries. The images enabled the design team to quickly gather feedback from, and gain acceptance by physicians in Vietnam, where it would initially be produced and used in hospitals that may not be able to afford traditional western machines...
04/12/11 Swiss watchmaker uses SolidWorks to transform complexity into an art form
CAD and simulation help company reduce design cycle by 40% and cut design costs 60%
There’s no such thing as “too complicated” in Franck Muller’s world, and if there were it would be a compliment. The Swiss watchmaker celebrates complexity, layering one component on another to create some of the world’s most expensive and sought-after timepieces. Franck Muller uses SolidWorks® CAD , SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, and SolidWorks Simulation software as its primary design platform for combining 21st century engineering with classical features such as repeaters and tourbillions – rotating enclosures that compensate for gravity’s effect on the mechanism...
05/04/11 Cane Creek Chooses SolidWorks to Optimize Design of Premium Bicycle Components
Company Renowned for ‘Headset’ Innovation Cuts Time and Cost with SolidWorks Design and Simulation Software
If you’re a dedicated cyclist, you know Cane Creek Cycling Components, famous for its headsets, which are the critical bearing assemblies that secure forks and handlebars to a bike. Among other innovations, the Fletcher, N.C., company introduced the bicycle industry to the threadless headset (AheadSet®), the dominant configuration on well-made bikes today. Cane Creek is relying on SolidWorks® software to ensure its engineering organization performs just as smoothly as its components. The company is the latest in an expanding range of premium bicycling brands to turn to SolidWorks, including Cervelo Cycles, Cycles DeVinci Inc., Mountain Cycle, and Trek Bicycle Corp...
03/24/11 More Businesses Run on SolidWorks and Enterprise PDM
Fast Deployment Makes it Easy to Focus on Core Business Rather Than Managing Technology
Focus on time-to-market, profitability, and quality improvement is pressuring product design teams to work more collaboratively around the world. That’s why SolidWorks® software customers consistently choose SolidWorks Enterprise PDM software to manage the vast amount of electronic data typical of their engineering projects. m“Product development is not a solo enterprise,” said Markus Neff, vice president supply chain management of SWAROVSKI OPTIK, which recently purchased SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. “We need to coordinate design activities among internal staff, global partners, and vendors. We need to drive product standardization and reuse of approved designs whenever possible...
