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Alin Vargatu, CSWE
Vote for SOLIDWORKS Enhancement Requests for 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on January 10, 2024
The SOLIDWORKS Enhancement Requests for 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024 is open! Submit or vote for ideas will make you more productive.
Optimize Your Workstation Budget for Design and Engineering Applications – Simulation
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on October 27, 2023
Learn how to optimize your SOLIDWORKS workstation budget for different CAD workflows, specifically structural and plastics simulation.
Closing Corners like a Pro in SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on December 15, 2022
In this video and blog, we will dig into one of the most powerful tools in SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal that allows you to close corners. What do Advanced Surface Modeling and Sheet Metal have in common? For many of my clients – a lot! A…
Introducing a new Workshop to solve your SOLIDWORKS Large Assembly and Drawing Issues
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on June 18, 2020
Are you experiencing SOLIDWORKS Large Assembly performance issues? We want to help you minimize your SOLIDWORKS Assembly opening time, reduce lag, and maximize efficiency with our new online workshop. The new SOLIDWORKS Large Assembly and Drawing Workshop is designed for users whose productivity is drastically…
Why did they change the SOLIDWORKS User Interface for the 2016 release? [VIDEO]
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on November 17, 2015
The recent changes in the SOLIDWORKS User Interface for the 2016 release has created quite a buzz. Users who had just seen the new version expressed shock and dismay, especially in regards to the new colour scheme. Users who had used SOLIDWORKS 2016 for more than two weeks,…
SOLIDWORKS 2016 Dimensioning Pre-Selected Entities
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on November 16, 2015
This is the third article from the “What’s Really New in SOLIDWORKS 2016” series, where we continue to extensively test the new functionality introduced by the latest version of SOLIDWORKS. I always tell my students that the most productive way to use SOLIDWORKS is to…
SOLIDWORKS 2016 New “Equal Curve Length” Sketch Relation
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on November 12, 2015
This is the second article from the “What’s Really New in SOLIDWORKS 2016” series, where we continue to extensively test the new functionality introduced in the latest version of SOLIDWORKS. For the first time in 10 years, SOLIDWORKS added a new relation to the sketch environment…
Be extremely careful when using the new SOLIDWORKS PURGE command
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on November 10, 2015
This is the fourth article from the “What’s Really New in SOLIDWORKS 2016” series, where we continue to extensively test the new functionality introduced by the latest version of SOLIDWORKS. The new enhancement Purge has been voted among the Top Ten Ideas at SOLIDWORKS World by the SOLIDWORKS…
Testing SOLIDWORKS 2016 Video Series #1 Convert Entities Tool
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on October 5, 2015
By now you have probably already read the What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2016 document, have watched the official launch videos and maybe even attended a Javelin Launch Event. You are probably intrigued about the new functionality and cannot wait to try it on your own….
20 SOLIDWORKS Enhancement Ideas to Vote for! (in case you are too busy to read all 972 submissions)
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on January 6, 2015
It must be very easy being a SOLIDWORKS Product Development Manager nowadays. The users are pretty much doing your job. 🙂 It is that time of the year again, when all SOLIDWORKS users are invited to vote for the Top 10 Enhancement Ideas to be…
Do not buy a larger hard drive! Upgrade to SOLIDWORKS 2015!
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on October 7, 2014
Tell your IT department the good news. There is no need to buy bigger hard drives this year! Better use the money to send you and your colleagues to those advanced SOLIDWORKS training courses you always asked for. SOLIDWORKS 2015 files (sldprt and sldasm) are…
SOLIDWORKS 2015 is here! My Favorite Top 20 CAD Enhancements
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on September 9, 2014
Ever since I watched the SOLIDWORKS 2015 teaser videos at SOLIDWORKS World in January, I knew that the newest release of SOLIDWORKS will be something special. Let me tell you why. In every new release I look for three very important factors: How many enhancement…
SOLIDWORKS 2015 Beta is Available for Testing
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on June 26, 2014
Good news! Starting right now, if you have an active SolidWorks Subscription, you can download, install and test SolidWorks 2015 Beta 1. I have just finished reading the What’s New document for the first time and I can tell you that there are lots of…
The Past, Present, and Future of SOLIDWORKS – an Interview with Ken Clayton, VP of SOLIDWORKS Sales
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on April 21, 2014
Ken Clayton, the VP of SOLIDWORKS Worldwide Sales recently attended three Ontario SOLIDWORKS User Group Network meetings to present ‘The Past, Present, and Future of SOLIDWORKS’ and answer questions from SOLIDWORKS users. For users who were unable to attend a UGN meeting we were able to conduct an interview with Ken and ask him some…
Three SWUGN Meetings in Ontario this month = Free SolidWorks Training, Dinner, and Prizes!
By Alin Vargatu, CSWE on April 17, 2014
Some people attend the SOLIDWORKS User Group Network Meetings for the high quality presentations that are delivered absolutely free of charge. Others really enjoy the free delicious dinner served in the company of fellow SOLIDWORKS users. There are even some who like the thrill of drawing the…