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Scott Lidgey
The SOLIDWORKS PDM Web2 client allows users to connect to your SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional vault online from most devices with an internet browser. Web2 client is beneficial for external and internal users who are not connected to their office network or have an unsupported operating…
3DEXPERIENCE Works revolutionizes how you Work and Collaborate!
By Scott Lidgey on March 25, 2021
In this 3DEXPERIENCE Works demonstration we look at a real-world collaboration example of raising a design issue and following the change process through to completion. Every team member will participate and be made aware of the progress each step of the way. Watch the playlist below…
What is the cost of SOLIDWORKS Data Management?
By Scott Lidgey on March 24, 2021
In this article and related videos we compare the different data management solutions available from DS SOLIDWORKS and the cost required to implement and maintain the system. How much is a lack of Data Management costing your business? What does a Data Management system do?…
SOLIDWORKS Data Management Solutions
By Scott Lidgey on March 23, 2021
In this demonstration session from our recent virtual tech conference we’ll take a look at the suite of data management solutions from DS SOLIDWORKS. No matter your company size or process complexity there is a solution designed for you. Watch the playlist below to learn…
What is the difference between DraftSight and AutoCAD?
By Scott Lidgey on February 5, 2021
DraftSight gives you the 2D tools you need with the software license flexibility you want. But what are the main differences between DraftSight and AutoCAD 2D CAD software? Not all design tasks require the power and functionality of SOLIDWORKS, sometimes a 2D CAD solution is…
How to take advantage of SOLIDWORKS Cloud Solutions in 2021
By Scott Lidgey on January 25, 2021
2020 was a crazy and unprecedented year. Our home lives and work lives have gone through and will continue to go through some significant changes. In the design and manufacturing industry, we have had to change how we communicate and collaborate, we’ve needed to retool. …
Migrating from SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM to SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional or Standard
By Scott Lidgey on June 26, 2017
Now that you are about to embark on all the fun and excitement that comes with upgrading to SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional or PDM Standard; how do you get all your legacy data moved over from your old SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM Vault? You need a good strategy! …
Are you having trouble reading some of the characters in your inspection reports generated by SOLIDWORKS Inspection? The inspection reports often include characters that are not supported by the regular Windows fonts installed on your machine; in this article we will provide a quick and easy solution for…
Adding Languages in SOLIDWORKS Inspection [VIDEO]
By Scott Lidgey on March 20, 2015
If you work with customers, suppliers or partners overseas, then you probably have received drawings that include notes in a foreign language. SOLIDWORKS Inspection allows you to extract your notes in multiple languages. To do so, you may need to modify the settings of the Optical…
SOLIDWORKS Inspection Productivity Tips
By Scott Lidgey on January 20, 2015
SOLIDWORKS Inspection is a simple and intuitive application that reduces the time needed to create inspection documentation by up to 90%, and virtually eliminates errors inherent to any manual process, thus improving quality and reducing time to market. Although the software is very easy to use, this article…
Is your SOLIDWORKS Inspection OCR Language Lost in Translation?
By Scott Lidgey on January 18, 2015
So your engineering drawing notes read this… But SOLIDWORKS Inspection reads it like this… SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2015 SP1.1 now supports multi-languages. English, Chinese simplified & Traditional, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese-Brazilian, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish to be exact. It’s simply a matter of setting…
CMM Data Import in SOLIDWORKS Inspection [VIDEO]
By Scott Lidgey on January 17, 2015
One of the ways SOLIDWORKS Inspection makes the inspection process easier is by allowing you to import Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) data directly into the software to perform the inspection process. SOLIDWORKS Inspection allows you to import data from any CMM machine listed in the Template Control…