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MAKE GREAT DESIGN HAPPEN SolidWorks has fulfilled their customer’s need of getting back the Classic color and Sketch Tool Pointer back to its classic Style. Check out, the all new SOLIDWORKS 2016 SP 4.0 Highlights. Sketch Tools Pointers The sketch tools pointers have changed to use a pencil-themed icon, similar to the icons used in SOLIDWORKS 2015 and earlier. The crosshair-themed sketch tools pointers are no longer used. More Color in Icons More color is used in icons for the default and classic icon sets. Clarity of icons has improved by introducing highlight colors, such as Yellow for lightning bolts and pencils, Green for open and import arrows Magenta for selection filters. Contact us for more ...

Modern day manufacturers are extensively focussing on producing light weight components using good testing methods. Heat and Mass transfer is a key area for any product development and material selection next to structural simulation. The Coffee Mug is a typical example to study the Temperature & Modes of Heat Transfer. The mug is formed to hold liquids within the walls resulting in gain or loss of thermal energy for the heat conduction. Temperature is a scalar quantity, where only one degree of freedom is required to study on the models. The resulting temperature are differentiated for temperature gradients & calculates the heat flux based on the thermal conductivity of the material. The Thermal analysis present in SolidWorks Simulation deals with the Heat Flow in a Solid body governing the enter and exit of temperature on that body. The entering & Exit of temperature is studied by the conduction, convection & radiation modes. For th...

Overview SolidWorks EPDM performs Various task, in which Linking Data Card Values with an Excel document creates a basic understanding on how EPDM easily integrated with various tool. This is most needed yet most organization find it quite difficult to link various documents with the company's customized data card. This article provides information on how to perform this above task. Procedure Inside Admin Tool Create a new variable inside the administration tool on the appropriate vault that will be used in the card, give a variable name, variable type. Create New Attribute with Block Name and Attribute Name which need to be connected with the Excel. Provide the extension to make the work simple as possible. After assigning a New Variable, make sure that the variable get positioned inside the data card. Hence create a field for that variable and map it to the variable name. Office card(Word, Excel) will be used to extract ...

Valves are the traditional devices for regulating the flow of liquids, gases or any fluidized solids. They are the major backbone for pipeline & multi process oriented industries. Over the past, there is an increased demand for innovative technologies to meet the industrial requirements. With the demand, the valve sectors should also maintain lower fabrication costs & development time and come up with new designs to grow substantially in the market. Thus, for the market growth, the industry has to rely on their design & development team to produce valves with respect to the customer needs. SOLIDWORKS offers the industry to have a technology to design & validate simultaneously for their real time flow problems. The SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation is used to simulate the fluid flows along your valve designs. As a designer, you can decide to make changes with great visualization of the fluid flows. The following important challenges addressed are like: Back...

Consumers are looking for furniture that are multi-purpose and technology-driven products specifically to meet individual requirements quickly at low cost. This has made design an important aspect in furniture industries to provide innovative, quality products and services that represent preferred solutions to customer needs. Challenges Faced in Furniture Industries Increased design cycle time and time to market Reusable/convertible and modular design Interference detection Product quality and performance Over engineering and scarp reduction Product visualization How to address these challenges Design cycle time and time to market can be reduced by design automation Ergonomic design and Design interference c...

MAKE GREAT DESIGN HAPPEN SOLIDWORKS has launched a new Service pack update of SOLIDWORKS 2016. Check out, the all new SOLIDWORKS 2016 SP 3.0 Service Pack Highlights:  License Transfer Command Changed to Deactivate Icon Color Options  Interface Brightness Option  Enhanced Icons in the Feature Manager Design Tree  Visit the link below to explore the SP 2.0 release document. http://files.solidworks.com/Supportfiles/Release_Notes/2016/English/relnotes.htm Contact us for more info on what’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2016: http://www.egsindia.com/solidworks-2016/index.html

Special Purpose Machine (SPM) is widely used for special kind of operations, which are not economical on conventional machines. It is designed for getting higher accuracy at desired condition. A design engineer has to improve existing manufacturing technique by implanting new ideas like Special Purpose Machine (SPM) . The company’s decision making is based on the motives of improving existing manufacturing processes which result in to major advantages like, reduced manufacturing lead time, tool profiling methods of processing and consistent results on a long run. TECHNICAL CHALLENGES FACED IN SPM SECTOR Unable to determine collision & interference between parts Top down assembly modelling To showcase physical working of machine To create and validate mechanisms involved Creating innovative concepts Design collaboration of standard components like motor, linear guide ways, pulleys, power packs etc… Design and validation of structural elements Design communication and a...

DFM  stands for  Design for Manufacturing . The good Design practice is not only focusing on the Product design alone, but also its producibility or manufacturability. It is most important to detect and eliminate mistakes before the product or part goes to manufacturing. SOLIDWORKS  has an inbuilt DFM tool called  DFMXpress  that helps in implementing common manufacturability checks related to machining and sheet metal fabrication. It helps to avoid downstream problems early in the design stage, thereby reduces cost and minimizes time to market. DFMXpress reduces engineering changes (ECNs & ECOs) by predicting manufacturing problems early in the upstream design stage. It ensures that the design is compatible with available or desired manufacturing process and can be manufactured economically. This allows potential problem to be fixed in the design stage which is the least expensive place to address them. The design of the component can have eno...

SOLIDWORKS Routing Solutions give ample set of tools for creation of Pipe, Tube and Electrical route Designs. Piping Industry deals with complex routing lines, that are difficult to be predicted and Serviced. Design of these Piping Systems is also a tedious job, for the design engineer.  SOLIDWORKS Automates the Way of Piping Design with solutions like Auto-Routing Capabilities and Dedicated Routing Library with Reusable Components like Flanges, Fittings, Equipments and Pipes of Different standards. Piping Solutions from Solidworks: Easy to Create 3D piping system designs, just by a 3d sketch Auto-route capability & Designs can be easily edited according to assembly and service needs Automatically generate piping manufacturing drawings from 3D models Different Connections like butt welded, socket welded, threaded, and other connections are  available Calculate cut lengths for all pipe and tube runs Automate placement of supports and hange...

About SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD software gives designers simple ways to quickly create and adjust 3D model geometry using direct model editing. Simply click on the model geometry and move it, speeding up design, saving time and development costs, and increasing productivity. Direct Model Editing Overview Easy-to-use direct model editing enables designers to quickly make changes to their 3D model: Direct Edit Toolbar enables you to copy, move, split, replace, offset, push, and drag geometry to create the result you want. Patterns instantly create SOLIDWORKS features, faces, and solid bodies with a simple click made directly on the geometry to be patterned. Direct Edit capabilities automatically convert non-native, imported model geometry into intelligent SOLIDWORKS features that can be modified parametrically or through direct geometry manipulation. Instant3D capabilities let you drag geometry and dimension manipulators to create and modify features. Live Section capabilities c...