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SolidWorks DXF Output for 2010 – for Sheet Metal parts

This is the second blog post in my manufacturing series. This scenario of outputting parts to DXF format for laser, waterjet, punching and so on should be used for parts with sheet metal bends. When creating parts using the Sheet Metal functions, SolidWorks will calculate the flat pattern. New in SolidWorks 2010, [...]

SolidWorks Sustainability

SolidWorks Sustainability is around the corner. This will make it easy for engineers to make decisions about product process, material selection and environmental impact.  To see Rick Chin of SolidWorks discuss and demonstrate a preview version of this, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts3EtsfM0QM.  This is available as a Sustainability Xpress download for SolidWorks 2009 on http://labs.solidworks.com/ if you want to give it a [...]