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3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS and Kai the turtle.

When a turtle is in need, 3DExperience SOLIDWORKS will save the day.

Getting started with DraftSight

2D designing and draughting just became easier. Let us guide you through the journey of getting started with DraftSight.

British and Irish Lions Rugby Tour SOLIDWORKS CAD Challenges Series

With the British and Irish Lions Rugby Tour, MECAD Systems and Solid Solutions from UK took part in a series of three challenges to replicate the fight … I mean game on the field.

Challenge 3: Lions Trophy Modelling - Using Cloud and SOLIDWORKS Together

The Lions Tour Trophy is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship, and to honour this we thought we’d take a crack at modelling it. What better way to do this, than using the latest in cloud tools, alongside one of the worlds best CAD packages, to model it?

Challenge 2: The Kicking Tee

For the second challenge, MECAD and Solid Solutions was tasked once again to design a kicking tee. A vital piece to the game that is utilized on game day as well as on the practice field.

Challenge 1: Lions Tour SOLIDWORKS Scrum Machine

Why Compete: A fantastic way to, not only get into the spirit of competition between our two nations but also to continue in the pursuit of excellence. As history has shown, mankind is always made better through trials, challenges, and competition!

Multi Material Overmolding

A new injection molding process is available in Plastics 2021 to accommodate multiple material over molding, also called multi-shot injection.

Free Surface for Rotating Components

Rotating Region is a powerful feature that is used to simulate the fluid-driving motion of rotating components. In SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2021, Rotating Region can be combined with the Free Surface feature.

Introducing Fluid Dynamics Engineer

Liquid and gas flows can have profound effects on the performance of designs. The earlier you can understand these effects, the better you can adapt your design to either mitigate or enhance them. For many industries, design is all about maximizing efficient fluid flow for cooling or processing, for...

When 2D is Enough

Here I am writing about 2D on a 3D Blog. What’s up with that? You and I both know there are still plenty of 2D CAD users out there, which can be mind-boggling to anyone who has fully embraced the world of 3D CAD. Why would anyone settle for a 2D representation when they can have an identical virtual...

Working from home with your SOLIDWORKS Licences

The Covid-19 coronavirus has landed in South Africa, raising concerns over public health and safety in the country, so what happens next when working with SOLIDWORKS? Big companies like Google, Apple, Salesforce and Ford have all rolled out mandatory work-from-home policies. While this can be inconv...