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SolidWorks 2013 Press Event
I just spent all day Thursday at the SolidWorks 2013 Press Event in Waltham, MA. The event was held at the newly opened Dassault Systemes North American headquarters. It was an action packed day and there are many things to talk about over the coming weeks. The purpose of this post is to give a…
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DraftSight Officially Released
Dassault Systemes today took the “Beta” wraps off DraftSight and have announced it’s full release. With this full release you also get a few enhancements. Those enhancement include: Trapezoid command API Support (Only included with the paid Premium Pack) Localization of help files Command Variables – Enhanced to allow users to set and change system…
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SolidWorks in the Cloud
This is just the first post of many to come on this. I’m going to try and hit the highlights and then we will get into some of the details later. Today at the first General Session of SolidWorks World 2010, SolidWorks previewed some new technology that they have been working on now for the…
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Dassault Systemes in NASCAR
If you are a NASCAR fan and a CAD user like myself, you might have noticed a little something different at this weekend’s race at the California Speedway. Dassault Systemes was the primary sponsor for A.J. Allmendinger’s Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) entry. As far as I can tell, this was the first entry by DS…
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SolidWorks Name Change
Yes, you read the headline correctly. SolidWorks is changing its name….but only slightly. The new name is Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation. The “DS” has been in their logo for years so is this really that big of a change? Everyone at SolidWorks I have talked to about this says it’s not. This puts it more…