SolidWorks Express Newsletter

April 7, 2009

In this issue:

	INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Speeding up Consumer Product Design.

	ENGINEERING STIMULUS PACKAGE: Improve your 3D skills.

	SOLIDWORKS WORLD PROCEEDINGS: Explore the site for videos, photos, and more.

Industry Spotlight

CONSUMER PRODUCT DESIGN: Consumer product design is one of the most challenging environments which professionals must create and collaborate in to create products that are both functional and desirable.

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Engineering Stimulus Package

TECHNICAL TIPS

>	3DVIA Composer - How to Eliminate Balloons That Move Randomly: Here is a tip that I found that should alleviate a lot of headaches when moving views and balloons have to be constantly re-adjusted >>
>	API - Automating File Processing Tasks: If you frequently, or infrequently, perform tedious file processing tasks, then you might want to use the following macro template >>
>	DWGeditor - Seek and You Shall Find: Some objects in a drawing appear invisible and if you can’t see an object then you can’t select it, edit it, or delete it >>
>	DWGeditor - Command Known As: You may think that certain common commands are missing from DWGeditor >>

NEWS and EVENTS

>	SolidWorks World 2009 Proceedings: Visit the proceedings site for access to presentations from over 150 sessions, video highlights from the general sessions, downloadable podcasts, photos, and detailed listings for all the exhibitors in the Partner Pavilion >>
>	Up in the Sky, it’s a Plane...But on the Road, it’s a Car: Terrafugia uses SolidWorks 3D CAD software to design an aircraft that converts to a car for instant ground transportation >>
>	Download Available: SolidWorks 2009 SP3.0 is available for download to Subscription Service customers >>

ENGINEER-to-ENGINEER

>	Video - Kvaerner Oilfield Products: Kvaerner Oilfield Products is a leading, worldwide supplier of subsea and surface oilfield production systems, risers, control systems, and umbilicals >>
>	Case Study - Multiquip, Inc.: Multiquip, Inc. manufactures a broad spectrum of light and medium-sized construction equipment as one of the largest and most diversified suppliers to the construction and equipment rental markets >>
>	Podcast - What does Jeff Rowe think? Hear from one of the CAD industry's leading editors and thinkers, Jeff Rowe, managing editor of MCADCafe.com >>

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