SolidWorks 22-Minute Webinars

SolidWorks is taking performance-training webinars down to just 22 minutes in an effort to help today’s time-strapped designers. With a new series of webinars, SolidWorks provides a quick what, why and how for key features.

You can register for the live events, or—if you’re really strapped for time—you can watch the recorded webinars at your convenience. The biggest advantage of the live events is the ability to participate in the QuickPolls they take throughout the presentations. Read full article »

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Attending Valuable NX Webinars Is the “CAM Logical” Thing to Do

Lately I’ve been singing the praises of the educational information you can find through third-party resellers of Siemens NX. The people who work at these companies have to know the software inside and out, so they can be valuable resources for improving your performance. And you never know, you might find someone as inspiring as that one great teacher who got you into the engineering business in the first place. Read full article »

The Top 5 New Features in CATIA V6R2013

As you probably know, I’m a big proponent of upgrading your CAD software on a regular basis. Vendors like Dassault Systèmes spend a great deal of time and effort building productivity enhancements into each new release, and CATIA V6R2013 is no exception. I know it can get expensive, but the productivity gains you can achieve by keeping up with the latest CATIA editions can more than make up for the extra cost.

Here are my five favorite features in CATIA V6R2013, along with some thoughts on how they can increase your performance: Read full article »

FISHER/UNITECH Offering 12 SolidWorks Tips in 2012

Brian VanderPloeg, a senior applications engineer at FISHER/UNITECH in Troy, Michigan, has started a campaign to offer 12 free SolidWorks tips in 2012.

“My goal is to provide a handy tip each month that addresses questions I’ve been hearing from many of my SolidWorks customers here at FISHER/UNITECH,” VanderPloeg writes.

Three of the 12 tips taken from real-life customer issues have been posted so far. Each includes a written explanation and an accompanying video. Read full article »

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“Lunch Bytes” Video Series Serves Up Overlooked NX Features

If you’ve got 30 minutes for lunch, you can enjoy live online mentoring sessions—plus free food from Subway (see below)—dedicated to making you a better NX user, thanks to Cincinnati-based Ally PLM Solutions Inc. The events, which just started this past March, are generally held on the second Thursday of each month, from 12:30–1:00 p.m., Eastern Time. If you can’t catch the sessions live, they’re archived for your convenience, and I’ve embedded the first three sessions in this post so you can catch up.

The NX Lunch Bytes sessions are designed to help you learn new tools, use shortcuts, and generally make your life easier. They briefly explore NX features you may have overlooked, or that might be easier to use with a guided introduction. Read full article »

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