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As summer sets in and vacation season begins, productivity and time management are two topics that cross an engineer’s mind. How much did your team get done this week? Were you able to manage your time well? Were you efficient when you did your work? How much time did you spend performing menial tasks such as looking for the most current version of a file, finding a lost file or recreating a lost file? Studies show that engineers spend as much as 30 percent of their workday on data management tasks, such as searching for part files and referencing files? SolidWorks Enterprise PDM solutions can help alleviate your pains. By switching to SolidWorks EPDM, you could greatly increase your organization’s productivity: you can save time on version control because the software can take care of that for you.

Moreover, searching for lost files will be a thing of the past – you won’t need to spend time reworking old models or creating new ones because EPDM will help you locate all components of your product design. Imagine what you can do with 30 percent more time: optimize your product, focus more on production, learn more about how to use SolidWorks, have a longer brainstorming meeting with your design team, or have a shorter workday. The possibilities go on forever. To learn more about how Enterprise PDM allows you get your project done faster with increase productivity and efficiency, watch our video.

Want to see how SolidWorks can help you win new business and get to market faster? Request an in-person SolidWorks demo today.

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As summer sets in and vacation season begins, productivity and time management are two topics that cross an engineer’s mind. How much did your team get done this week? Were you able to manage your time well? Were you efficient when you did your work? How much time did you spend performing menial tasks such as looking for the most current version of a file, finding a lost file or recreating a lost file?

Studies show that engineers spend as much as 30 percent of their workday on data management tasks, such as searching for part files and referencing files? SolidWorks Enterprise PDM solutions can help alleviate your pains. By switching to SolidWorks EPDM, you could greatly increase your organization’s productivity: you can save time on version control because the software can take care of that for you.

- See more at: http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/06/how-to-get-speedy-with-solidworks-enterprise-pdm.html#sthash.jhPf1a1D.dpuf

As summer sets in and vacation season begins, productivity and time management are two topics that cross an engineer’s mind. How much did your team get done this week? Were you able to manage your time well? Were you efficient when you did your work? How much time did you spend performing menial tasks such as looking for the most current version of a file, finding a lost file or recreating a lost file?

Studies show that engineers spend as much as 30 percent of their workday on data management tasks, such as searching for part files and referencing files? SolidWorks Enterprise PDM solutions can help alleviate your pains. By switching to SolidWorks EPDM, you could greatly increase your organization’s productivity: you can save time on version control because the software can take care of that for you.

- See more at: http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/06/how-to-get-speedy-with-solidworks-enterprise-pdm.html#sthash.jhPf1a1D.dpuf

As summer sets in and vacation season begins, productivity and time management are two topics that cross an engineer’s mind. How much did your team get done this week? Were you able to manage your time well? Were you efficient when you did your work? How much time did you spend performing menial tasks such as looking for the most current version of a file, finding a lost file or recreating a lost file?

Studies show that engineers spend as much as 30 percent of their workday on data management tasks, such as searching for part files and referencing files? SolidWorks Enterprise PDM solutions can help alleviate your pains. By switching to SolidWorks EPDM, you could greatly increase your organization’s productivity: you can save time on version control because the software can take care of that for you.

- See more at: http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/06/how-to-get-speedy-with-solidworks-enterprise-pdm.html#sthash.jhPf1a1D.dpuf

As summer sets in and vacation season begins, productivity and time management are two topics that cross an engineer’s mind. How much did your team get done this week? Were you able to manage your time well? Were you efficient when you did your work? How much time did you spend performing menial tasks such as looking for the most current version of a file, finding a lost file or recreating a lost file?

Studies show that engineers spend as much as 30 percent of their workday on data management tasks, such as searching for part files and referencing files? SolidWorks Enterprise PDM solutions can help alleviate your pains. By switching to SolidWorks EPDM, you could greatly increase your organization’s productivity: you can save time on version control because the software can take care of that for you.

Moreover, searching for lost files will be a thing of the past – you won’t need to spend time reworking old models or creating new ones because EPDM will help you locate all components of your product design.

Imagine what you can do with 30 percent more time: optimize your product, focus more on production, learn more about how to use SolidWorks, have a longer brainstorming meeting with your design team, or have a shorter workday. The possibilities go on forever.

To learn more about how Enterprise PDM allows you get your project done faster with increase productivity and efficiency, watch our video.

Want to see how SolidWorks can help you win new business and get to market faster? Request an in-person SolidWorks demo today.

- See more at: http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/06/how-to-get-speedy-with-solidworks-enterprise-pdm.html#sthash.jhPf1a1D.dpuf

As summer sets in and vacation season begins, productivity and time management are two topics that cross an engineer’s mind. How much did your team get done this week? Were you able to manage your time well? Were you efficient when you did your work? How much time did you spend performing menial tasks such as looking for the most current version of a file, finding a lost file or recreating a lost file?

Studies show that engineers spend as much as 30 percent of their workday on data management tasks, such as searching for part files and referencing files? SolidWorks Enterprise PDM solutions can help alleviate your pains. By switching to SolidWorks EPDM, you could greatly increase your organization’s productivity: you can save time on version control because the software can take care of that for you.

Moreover, searching for lost files will be a thing of the past – you won’t need to spend time reworking old models or creating new ones because EPDM will help you locate all components of your product design.

Imagine what you can do with 30 percent more time: optimize your product, focus more on production, learn more about how to use SolidWorks, have a longer brainstorming meeting with your design team, or have a shorter workday. The possibilities go on forever.

To learn more about how Enterprise PDM allows you get your project done faster with increase productivity and efficiency, watch our video.

Want to see how SolidWorks can help you win new business and get to market faster? Request an in-person SolidWorks demo today.

In our customer surveys, we've noticed the importance of creating exploded views, particularly for manufacturing assembly instructions and user manuals. For some, creating exploded views can be an extremeley tedious--and ultimately costly--process. However, Composer's explode tools make the process of making these views instantaneous and intuitive.

With Composer, pre-programmed explode tools let you move multiple parts at one time while simultaneously positioning them at incremented distances apart from one another, instantly producing a professional-looking view. Moreover, if you have to make an adjustment, you can simply use the linear translation tool to get your view exactly how you want it.

Check out the video below to learn more.

  For more information on how SolidWorks Composer can help you create technical publications quicker and easier, check out our User Manual video series. 

If you have ever used symmetry on a surface body or solid body on which shell elements are defined, you would have had to use a special technique using an advanced fixture. The Symmetry Fixture would not work, as it required you to select a face for the symmetry definition. If you had tried to apply a Symmetry restraint on the cut face of a component defined with shells, you would have received the following warning message.  

  Therefore, in order to apply symmetry to components defined with Shell elements, you would have needed to use the Use Reference Geometry fixture as seen below. And depending on your reference, you would have to be very careful with which buttons you selected for Translation and Rotation.  

  Well, today I'm here to tell you that this limitation of the Symmetry Fixture no longer exists. We no longer need to select a cut face for defining symmetry. We can NOW select a symmetry 'edge,' so anything defined with shells can now use the Symmetry fixture. Below, you will see a thin plate defined with Shell elements. And as you can see, I'm using the Symmetry fixture, choosing the 'edge' of the plate. Hitting the green check mark, the symmetry fixture is defined. So now, we have a faster and easier way to apply symmetry on components defined with shells.  

Fisher/Unitech is a SolidWorks Value Added Reseller with locations across the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. You can read more from them on the Fisher/Unitech blog.

If you would like to learn more about the design tools in SolidWorks, you can request a free SolidWorks trial on our website.

Want to see how SolidWorks can help you win new business and get to market faster? Request an in-person SolidWorks demo today.