While learning the “picks and clicks” of CAD is a necessary rite of passage, it has often come at the expense of actual engineering education. Every minute spent troubleshooting a broken mate is a minute lost to discussing design intent, manufacturability, or optimization. With the release of SOLIDWORKS 2026, that paradigm is shifting. By integrating meaningful, practical AI tools directly into the interface, the software is moving from a passive drawing tool to an active design partner. For educators across North America, this means a fundamental shift in the classroom: moving the focus from where to click to how to engineer.
We’ve all been there: you attempt to pattern a feature around a complex curve, and your CAD software suddenly decides "not today." Patterning is often treated as a necessary evil, a finicky tool that seems to break at the slightest hint of a design change. Here are 5 SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE patterning workflows to get you started.
In CATIA V5 Drafting, the default settings and drawing actions are not always apparent. This article provides some tips for drafting settings and command options to reduce drawing modification time.
In 2026, the term “Industrial Clinic” is described as a fundamental shift in healthcare where hospitals and Orthotics & Prosthetics (O&P) facilities move 3D printing from prototyping and fit check to primary production. This transition is powered by HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technology, enabling the on-site fabrication of final-use biocompatible medical devices that meet stringent clinical standards - without the lead times of traditional centralized fabrication.
3DEXPERIENCE World 2026 wrapped up in Houston, TX, last week. In case you missed it, here's a recap of some of the key messages and announcements heard during this year’s event.
SOLIDWORKS Rx Safe Modes are diagnostic tools that can be used to help determine whether an issue stems from the graphics card/driver combo, or from the System Options. Here's where to find them.
Isight provides designers, engineers, and researchers with an open system for integrating design and simulation models (created with various CAD, CAE, and other software applications) to automate the execution of simulations for design exploration and optimization. The software solution can easily create an approximation model for any task or individual application component - from any source of simulation or test result data.
The SOLIDWORKS Rx tool is a robust diagnostic tool used by GoEngineer and SOLIDWORKS Tech Support teams. It helps to quickly record, log, and diagnose issues with the SOLIDWORKS suite of software.
By utilizing Markforged additive technology, companies are moving bits, not atoms. Instead of shipping a physical piece of steel across the continent, they are sending a secure digital file to a printer located right on the shop floor or inside a mobile maintenance container.