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In manufacturing, it is rare for parts to turn out perfectly as designed. Engineers and technicians attempt to produce perfect products by designing manufacturing CAD models with compensation built in, controlling the manufacturing process, or fixing the product deformations on the shop floor. 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA allows product designers to create springback- and warp-compensated CAD modes directly from simulation data, scan data, and literal/empirical data. This article will walk you through the process of springback- and warp-compensated CAD model creation on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
SOLIDWORKS 2026 brings some great quality-of-life updates to the assembly environment. From smarter save prompts to AI-assisted fastener placement, these improvements help you work faster and more efficiently. Here's a quick rundown of what's new.
When people think of 3D printing, they often imagine prototypes and concept parts, not finished components in smartphones, aircraft, and rockets. But Bright Laser Technologies (BLT) has quietly become a manufacturing backbone for some of the world’s most forward-thinking companies, powering everything from aerospace breakthroughs to consumer tech.
In order to accommodate your CAM Post Processor Change request as quickly as possible, we have compiled a list of items and considerations. Please provide all information as requested to minimize delivery time. If your request concerns a change required for machine or operator safety, note this in your submission, as these requests are a priority for our team.
Nowadays, AI is everywhere. It feels like artificial intelligence is transforming every industry. But what does this mean for SOLIDWORKS users? The truth is, AI in SOLIDWORKS doesn’t include a “magic design button” that does all your work for you. Instead, it’s about helping you work smarter by automating repetitive low-value tasks, speeding up tedious processes, and providing useful suggestions to ultimately free you up to focus on the high-impact portions of design.
Visualize Professional includes all the features of the Standard version, along with additional capabilities such as importing SOLIDWORKS configurations, importing Motion studies from SOLIDWORKS, creating animations within Visualize, customizing lighting, and incorporating Virtual Reality (VR) and 360° model interactivity, among other features. This article will discuss the Appearances section of SOLIDWORKS Visualize, specifically those introduced in 2024: DSPBR Appearances.
As an organization grows, so does its vault. At a certain point, you just need to get a little more power than SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard can provide. So now, you’re in this boat ready to upgrade to SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional, but you don’t know where to start. This guide will walk you through the process step by step to ensure you have the smoothest upgrade possible.
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) has become a standard tool for engineers, allowing product performance to be evaluated before making a physical prototype. But not all FEA is the same. Choosing between a linear or nonlinear solver can make the difference between results that are realistic and actionable and results that appear convincing but fail to capture real-world behavior.
When working in SOLIDWORKS Electrical, there may be a time when items such as manufacturer parts, cable parts, symbols, and title blocks need to be updated or replaced. This can be quite the tedious process if there is a large number of that item in your project. Luckily, SOLIDWORKS has a solution for this: the Replace Data command.