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3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.Any engineer working with CAD/CAM software knows the value of having a physical model in hand. Now, thanks to advanced 3D printing technology, engineers can create prototype models featuring overmodeled or soft touch parts, all in one procedure. Additive manufacturing technology has advanced so far that 3D printed prototypes are not only used for design [...]The post 3D Printing Webinar – Printed Prototypes Feature Overmolded Parts appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.3DVision Technologies is offering great deals on SolidWorks Classroom Training. Check out our newly launched SolidWorks Training Bundles and take advantage of the savings today! 1. Purchase 2 Essentials training classes at regular price and get a Space Navigator Mouse Free (a $100 value). $2,590.00 (Shipping not included) 2. Purchase an Advanced training bundle at [...]The post It’s Summer and Time to Save! appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.With this offer you not only get 1 seat of DriveWorks Solo entirely free, subscription support is included on all 3 seats for the first year! DriveWorks also offers FREE online training at the end of every month held by a Certified DriveWorks Solo Applications Engineer, so you can learn how easy it is to [...]The post Reminder: For a Limited Time, get 3 Seats of DriveWorks Solo for the Price of 2! appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.From a single seat to enterprise-wide deployments, DriveWorks software has been developed to suit the needs of most companies that design and configure-to-order. This 30 minute webinar will provide an introduction to the DriveWorks Products available and in particular it will illustrate DriveWorks Pro capability using a number of online projects that you can try [...]The post An Introduction to DriveWorks Pro Webinar Thursday, June 6th from 11am-12pm appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.Using DriveWorksXpress, but you’re wondering what more DriveWorks can do for you and your company? Here’s the answer: In addition to automating repetitive design engineering tasks, DriveWorks Solo has the capability of generating the outputs and documentation you need to manufacture and sell variations of your products automatically. • 3D models • 2D drawings • [...]The post What More can DriveWorks do for You and Your Company? Here’s the Answer: appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.For a limited time only, you can get 3 seats of DriveWorks Solo for the price of 2. With this offer you not only get 1 seat of DriveWorks Solo entirely free, subscription support is included on all 3 seats for the first year! DriveWorks also offers FREE online training at the end of every [...]The post DriveWorks Solo- For a Limited time, get 3 seats for the price of 2! appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.Just a reminder that the NEOSWUG annual cookout will be held on Thursday, May 30th. This is the last meeting before summer break. Burgers, hot dogs, buns, beverages, condiments and paper products will be provided. Group members are asked to bring side-dishes and desserts. The event will be held at: Furnace Run Metro Park at [...]The post Reminder: The Northeast Ohio SolidWorks User Group (NEOSWUG) Annual Cookout is Thursday, May 30th appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.3DVision invites you to register for the Northern Indiana SolidWorks User Group (NISWUG) Meeting Tuesday, June 18th. 3DVision Technologies’ Application Engineer, Chris Snider, will be presenting. The event will take place from 5-8pm and there will also be food provided. The event will be hosted at: Comfort Inn & Suites 27838 CR 24 Elkhart, IN [...]The post Register Now for the Northern Indiana SolidWorks User Group (NISWUG) Meeting Tuesday, June 18th appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.3DVision invites you to register for the Greater Evansville Area SolidWorks User Group (GEASWUG) Meeting Thursday, June 20th. There will be some interesting information shared by Beau Buente of Westech Building Products, Inc on Configuration Publisher. The event will take place from 5-8pm and there will also be food provided. Meeting Agenda: 5:00: Doors open [...]The post Register Now for the Greater Evansville Area SolidWorks User Group (GEASWUG) Meeting Thursday, June 20th appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.3DVision invites you to register for the Central Indiana SolidWorks User Group (CISUG) Meeting Thursday, May 16th. There will be a technical presentation on SolidWorks Advanced Modeling. The event will take place from 5 – 8pm and there will also be food provided sponsored by SWUGN. The event will be hosted at: ZIPP Speed Weaponry [...]The post Register Now for the Central Indiana SolidWorks User Group (CISUG) Meeting Thursday, May 16th appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.So, you receive an email or phone call from our excellent DriveWorks support team answering your questions, but unless you’ve been able to attend DriveWorks World events you don’t really know the person you are talking to. Well, here is a way to get to know a little more about the person behind the email: [...]The post 3DVision’s DriveWorks Technical Expert appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.3DVision Technologies is proud to announce we will be presenting at the VWR International Fair in Conjunction with the Procter and Gamble Measurement COP Symposium. The event will take place Tuesday, April 30th from 11:00am – 3:00pm. The event will be an in-house gathering for the researches who are in key measurement gathering roles. The [...]The post 3DVision to Present at the VWR International Vendor Fair appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.3DVision invites you to register for the SolidWorks Louisville User Group (SLUG) Meeting Wednesday, April 10th. The event will take place from 6:30pm – 8:30pm and there will also be food provided. The meeting will be held at: University of Louisville Henry Vogt Engineering Center 3rd and Eastern Parkway Louisville, Kentucky 40292 For more information, [...]The post Register Now for the SolidWorks Louisville User Group (SLUG) Meeting Wednesday, April 10th appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.The SolidWorks Customer Portal is a web-based hub for SolidWorks that centralizes the access to a wealth of information. SolidWorks Customer Portal allows you to: Find the latest versions of SolidWorks software and service pack updates Access the Knowledge Base, containing a wide range of technical documents and resources Make enhancement requests View your SRs [...]The post Creating a SolidWorks Customer Portal Account appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.DriveWorks is proven technology that reduces the time and money consumed on custom product design and support. DriveWorks lets you automate repetitive tasks and generates all the design and manufacturing output required. There are several good reasons why companies want to automate what they do: Reduce the cost of custom designs Respond quickly to sales [...]The post Why Automate? appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.3DVision is proud to offer a series of SolidWorks Simulation events that will be sure to teach you a thing or two. Have you seen our Simulation webinars, and are intrigued about how easy the Simulation products are to use? Or have you always been curious about SolidWorks Simulation and just want to test drive [...]The post Test Drive SolidWorks Simulation: A Hands-On Guided Tour appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.This Saturday, March 9th 3DVision’s 3D Printing Specialist Ginger Ruddy will be presenting at a 3D printing event being hosted at Louisville’s Free Public Library. The event will explore the basics of 3D printing and include instructional stations for kids, entrepreneurs, inventors, crafters and more. This event is a joint project of the Louisville Free [...]The post 3DVision’s Own to Present at Louisville’s Free Public Library appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.3DVision invites you to register for the Greater Evansville Area SolidWorks User Group (GEASWUG) Meeting Thursday, March 21st. If you do not attend any other meetings, this is the one you DO NOT want to miss! There will be some very special guests that you will want to meet. The event will take place from [...]The post Register Now for the Greater Evansville Area SolidWorks User Group (GEASWUG) Meeting Thursday, March 21st appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.3DVision invites you to register for the Central Indiana SolidWorks User Group (CISUG) Meeting Wednesday, March 20th. If you missed SolidWorks 2013, there will be a general meeting over what you might have missed. There will also be a technical presentation on SolidWorks Plastics. The event will take place from 5 – 8pm and there [...]The post Register Now for the Central Indiana SolidWorks User Group (CISUG) Meeting Wednesday, March 20th appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expert cpatrick provides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.DriveWorks webinars are proven to help greatly reduce the learning curve for SolidWorks. Join a few webinars in March to become more efficient with your automations and save countless hours of your time in the future. DriveWorks Xpress Head Start Webinar You will learn… How to capture the parameters you want to control How [...]The post DriveWorks Webinar Schedule for March 2013 appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expertcpatrickprovides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.3DVision invites you to register for the Northern Indiana SolidWorks User Group (NISWUG) Meeting Tuesday, March 5th. The event will take place from 5 – 8pm and there will also be food provided. The meeting will be hosted at: Lake Michigan College 1905 Foundation Drive Niles, MI 49120 Room 108A For more information or to [...]The post Register Now for the Northern Indiana SolidWorks User Group (NISWUG) Meeting March 5th appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expertcpatrickprovides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.You are personally invited to join 3DVision and the SolidWorks Technical Team for a new monthly webcast series, “Coffee with the CAD Guys”. This series of educational webinars will be held monthly and will last 30 minutes each. The first new webinar to be offered this month will be: Going 3D by leveraging 2D. With [...]The post Coffee with the CAD Guys appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision Technologies SolidWorks expertcpatrickprovides technical tips and tricks in using SolidWorks 3D Design products.You’re personally invited to attend 3DVision’s free webinar Thursday, January 31st at 9:00am: Introduction to SolidWorks Electrical. Simplify the schematic design process for your embedded electrical systems with SolidWorks® Electrical: Powerful, intelligent 2D design tools quickly generate single- and multi-line schematics Intuitive context-sensitive user interface provides commands you need and puts your focus on design [...]The post Introduction to SolidWorks Electrical appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision invites you to attend the Central Indiana SolidWorks User Group (CISWUG) meeting on Wednesday, January 16th. The meeting will host 3DVision’s own Randy Simmons as a special guest speaker. Randy has been a 3DVision instructor since 2003. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Wright State University and is a Certified SolidWorks Elite [...]The post 3DVision’s Own to Present at CISWUG appeared first on Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana SolidWorks 3DDesign-3DVision Technologies Blog [more...]

3DVision invites you to register for the Northern Indiana SolidWorks User Group (NISWUG) Meeting Tuesday, December 4th. The event will take place from 5 – 8pm and there will also be an election of officers. *Note: Paul Kellner will be stepping down as a leader. Paul has been involved in the group since 2006. Please [more...]

3DVision invites you to attend the MVSWUG (Miami Valley SolidWorks User Group) Meeting December 6th! The event will take place from 5 – 8:30pm and will include dinner and a Poker Shoot contest! There will also be a presentation on, “Back-office Essentials-Properties, Templates, Sheet-formats, Tables.” The Poker Shoot contest will begin around 5:00pm. You will [more...]

3DVision invites you to register for the Central Kentucky SolidWorks User Group (CKSUG) Meeting this upcoming Thursday, November 15th. The event will take place from 5 – 8pm and dinner will be provided. There will also be a presentation on, “What’s New in SolidWorks 2013.” The meeting will be hosted at: Eastern Kentucky University Perkins [more...]

3DVision invites you to attend the final SolidWorks Louisville User Group (SLUG) Meeting of 2012 Wednesday, December 5th from 6:30-8:30pm. Food will be provided, and there will be two presentations: Renderings Made Easy! CamWorks Supplier Presentation! The meeting will be hosted at: University of Louisville Henry Vogt Engineering Center 3rd and Eastern Parkway Louisville, Kentucky [more...]

3DVision invites you to attend the Greater Evansville Area SolidWorks User Group (GEASWUG) 4th and final meeting for 2012 on Thursday, November 29th. The meeting will host 3DVision’s own Chris Snider as a special guest speaker. Chris has been a 3DVision instructor since 2009. He has a BSMET from the University of Cincinnati and is [more...]

Rich Hinten, head coach of a USFirst Robotics Team (high school aged students) based out of Troy, Ohio was looking to teach his students a different program this year to compete at The FIRST Tech Challenge. In previous years Rich has used Creo, but this year he chose another route: SolidWorks. He mentioned he would [more...]

Stratasys ninth annual Extreme Redesign contest is now open. The contest consists of three main categories: Middle/High School Engineering College Engineering Art & Architecture In the past, thousands of students have submitted their great ideas and brought them to life with a 3D printer. Stratasys is once again calling on middle school, high school and [more...]

You’re personally invited to attend a free webinar Thursday, October 25th at 9:00am or Friday, October 26th at 2:00pm on: Thermoplastics: A Solid Choice for 3D Printing. When designing a new product, engineers can best predict its end performance by prototyping with a material as similar to it as possible. Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) thermoplastics [more...]

Now until the end of 2012, enjoy some fantastic printer specials being offered at 3DVision! Purchase a Fortus 250mc and get a SCA-1200 cleaning station FREE ($2,500 value). Or, trade in any Stratasys or qualifying competitive system and get a $5,000 credit towards your Fortus 250mc purchase! The Fortus 250mc is the most affordable 3D [more...]

3DVision invites you to attend Southern Kentucky SolidWorks User Group (SKYSWUG) first birthday on Thursday October 25th! They will celebrate with food (and birthday cake of course), prizes, and a presentation lineup that is not to be missed! SKYSWUG was established in October 2011 and is one of the fastest growing SolidWorks User groups in [more...]