SolidWorks Express Newsletter

May 19, 2009

In this issue:

	INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Packaging machinery and equipment.

	HANDS-ON TEST DRIVE: Take SolidWorks 3D CAD software for a spin.

	SPECIAL OFFER: Buy SolidWorks software and save on Dell Precision Workstation.

Industry Spotlight

PACKAGING MACHINERY: To succeed in today's packaging machinery industry, you must be able to create new machines rapidly and easily.

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2D and 3D Data

2D TO 3D ASSEMBLY LAYOUTS: SolidWorks provides innovative tools that allow you to work quickly and easily with both 2D and 3D information.

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CAD TIPS

>	NEW Tips From The Experts: Jeff's Tool Shed - system crashes and slowdowns, Part 1. Read more >>
>	How To...: I am trying to model a tapering extension spring with hooked ends. How can I connect the tapered spring to the hooked ends smoothly? Watch a video >>
>	2D CAD Tips: Still working in 2D? Find handy 2D CAD Technical Tips here >>

NEWS and EVENTS

>	Life Saving CPR Belt: Belt that helps emergency responders administer more effective CPR chest compressions to cardiac arrest victims, designed with SolidWorks software, is the winning design in the annual NASA Tech Briefs Create the Future Design Contest >>
>	Hands-on Test Drive Seminars: You are invited to try the suite of SolidWorks products and experience for yourself just how easy designing in 3D really is. >>

ENGINEER-to-ENGINEER

>	Video - efi Sports Medicine: By deploying SolidWorks, efi Sports Medicine cut time-to-market by 50 percent, reduced prototypes by 90 percent, increased annual sales revenue, and captured the commercial club segment of the fitness equipment market >>
>	Case Study - Fender Musical Instruments Corporation: SolidWorks software has enabled Fender to save time, increase throughput, and achieve more consistent quality >>
>	3D ContentCentral: Join an active community of over 524,000 CAD users who share and download user contributed and supplier-certified 3D parts and assemblies, 2D blocks, library features and macros >>

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