Engineering teams tasked with creating new and innovative amusement park rides often face a difficult challenge: how can we make the ride faster, lighter, and safer while minimizing costs and improving sustainability? That’s exactly what Extreme Manufacturing Engineering (EME) set out to achieve through its groundbreaking collaboration with Bright Laser Technologies (BLT). Using additive manufacturing, they were able to design and produce a roller coaster bogie unlike anything ever seen before.
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2026 introduces a wave of new features designed to make electrical design faster, cleaner, and more intelligent. From smarter connector tools to smoother 3D routing and improved collaboration, these updates focus on helping you get high-quality results with less effort.
These new products from Dell and NVIDIA provide SOLIDWORKS professionals with the necessary performance to tackle the next frontier of engineering design, offering practical guidance on selecting the right hardware and optimizing system setup for maximum output.
In September 2025, BYD’s Yangwang U9X supercar shattered expectations, setting a world top-speed record for production vehicles at 308.33 mph and clocking a blistering 6:59.157 lap time at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It’s an incredible feat of electric propulsion, but the unsung hero of this achievement isn’t just the motor; it’s the frame holding it all together. The U9X’s success was built on a foundation of metal additive manufacturing provided by Bright Laser Technologies (BLT), proving that 3D printing is no longer just for prototyping; it is a production-grade powerhouse.
Efficient engineering is built on a foundation of collaboration, version control, and the ability to manage data seamlessly across teams and tools. SOLIDWORKS Product Data Management (PDM) stands out as a comprehensive solution that helps overcome common challenges, such as misplaced files, outdated versions, or workflow bottlenecks. As engineering teams face increasingly complex projects, adopting robust systems like SOLIDWORKS PDM becomes essential for maintaining high performance. Below, we’ll walk through key benefits, use cases, and features of SOLIDWORKS PDM.
The Massachusetts Workforce Training Express Program provides businesses with 100 or fewer Massachusetts employees the chance to increase their employees’ SOLIDWORKS skills with fast, simple access to grant-funded training – up to $20,000 per company each calendar year.
Pennsylvania’s WEDnetPA Program gives companies the chance to improve the SOLIDWORKS skill level of their employees for free with available grant funds. Businesses in the program are reimbursed up to $2,000 per employee to cover the cost of eligible training courses, such as GoEngineer SOLIDWORKS Training.
Across the nation, GoEngineer customers utilize government grants, funds, and similar programs to offset the cost of purchasing GoEngineer’s training courses. To make SOLIDWORKS and CATIA training more accessible for businesses who otherwise can’t afford the costs, we’ve put together a shortlist of state-wide training grants that your company can tap into today.
DraftSight was purpose-built to handle 2D CAD workflows easily and efficiently. When you open a DWG or DXF file in DraftSight, it feels effortless—no translation issues, no piles of questions popping up about layers or scaling. The software directly opens these files natively, simplifying the entire editing and saving process. Making changes is intuitive, and once you're done, saving the file is as straightforward as hitting “File Save." That’s it—no tricks, no complicated workarounds.