For all of you flat landers out there…the PC version of DraftSight is no longer in beta! It is now the 2D editing software that you can be proud to take home and introduce to mom.
Ever wonder why there is never a gamma release?
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Jeff Sweeney |
Archive for the ‘Announcements’ Category
DraftSight is no longer in beta!
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
SolidWorks Product News: 3DVia Composer V6R2011x Now Available
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011SolidWorks has announced the release of 3DVia Composer V62011x, the latest and greatest release of 3DVia Composer.
Key highlights for the new release:
Lifelike Experience: New shading and rendering methods include alpha channel support and ambient occlusion.
Improved Communiation and Usability: Custom hotspots, new silhouette methods and new layered rendering features help to improve downstream communications and increase productivity.
Additional Features and Enhancements: Unicode character encoding, a customizable compass and EPS output are just a few of the additional features that make this this best release of 3DVia Composer to date.
This new version will be available for download from the Customer Portal effective February 14 and customers under maintenance as of November 15, 2010 are eligible to receive the new release.
For additional product information, click here.
Carrie Patrick
Marketing Manager
3DVision Technologies
3DVision’s SWW Presentations
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011Didn’t get to make the trip to San Antonio to see our SolidWorks World presentations live? Or maybe you did, but you loved them so much you want to watch them over and over again like Cosby episodes? Well, either way, you’re in luck because all the presentations have been posted along with the file sets that went with them right here:
http://www.3dvision.com/swwpresentations
Enjoy!
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Jordan Tadic |
InspectionXpert for SolidWorks Achieves Gold Partner Status
Monday, January 31st, 2011Extensible CAD Technologies LLC, global providers of CAD and PLM productivity software announced last week that longtime Partner Product, InspectionXpert for SolidWorks has achieved Certified Gold Partner status.
Engineering and Quality departments all over the world use InspectionXpert for SolidWorks software to instantly extract inspection dimensions directly from their SolidWorks drawings, create ballooned inspection drawings and export to an inspection report form. This helps companies eliminate manual processes, reduce errors and save up to 97% of the time it takes to create inspection documentation for first article, in-process and final inspections.
Our personal congratulations to the InspectionXpert team and for more information on InspectionXpert for SolidWorks visit http://www.extensiblecad.com
Carrie Patrick
Marketing Manager
3DVision Technologies
Miami Valley SolidWorks User Group Meeting Scheduled
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011Its that time again! Mark your calendars for the next Miami Valley SolidWorks User Group meeting scheduled for February 29, 2011.
The event is being held at 8001 Old Troy Pike, Huber Heights Ohio 45424 and the following agenda has been released:
5:30 – 6pm – Registration, networking and food
6 – 6:15pm – Opening Remarks
6:15 – 7:15 – Summary of what was learned at SolidWorks World 2011
7:15 – 7:30 – Break
7:30 – 8:15 – SWW Summary cont with an opportunity for Q&A
8:15 – 8:30 – Wrap-up and prizes
To RSVP email Randy Adams at ovapres@yahoo.com
Carrie Patrick
Marketing Manager
3DVision Technologies
E3.WireWorks planning big things at SolidWorks World 2011
Friday, January 14th, 2011Zuken, the manufacturer of E3.WireWorks, a windows-based modular, scalable, and easy-to-learn system for engineering design of wiring, harnesses, cable assemblies, control panels, hydrolics and pneumatics, will be at Booth #200 at this years SolidWorks World event at San Antonio, TX.
Visit their booth to see a demo of their E3.WireWorks solution and see how it integrates electrical and fluid design with SolidWorks.
In addition, Patrick Hackney will be doing a presentation at the conference on the integration of E3.WireWorks and SolidWorks on Tuesday, January 25 at 1:30pm in room 008AB.
Follow Zuken as they tweet before, during and after the event Twitter@ZukenAmericas
And be sure to follow us @3DVisionTech as we too tweet from the event.
Carrie Patrick
Marketing Manager
3DVision Technologies
Looking for n!Fuze beta testers
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Remember all the excitement of SolidWorks Connect? (formerly known as SolidWorks PDS) Want to be among the first to try and give SolidWorks feedback on the new version? (Now called n!Fuze)
You can register to be a beta tester by responding the following survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SolidWorksDataSharingBeta [Edit..the address has changed, see comments below.]
As an FYI, Beta is English only, and it has not yet been determined whether it will be North America only.
Should be pretty cool!
…let’s see “SolidWorks PDS”, “SolidWorks Connect”, and now “n!Fuze”. Why are names so hard?
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Jeff Sweeney |
Indiana SolidWorks User Group Meeting Annoucement
Friday, January 7th, 2011Register now for the February Indiana SolidWorks User Group Meeting being held on Thursday, February 10.
Location: Ground Floor Conference Room, MJ Insurance Building at 9225 Priority Way West, Indianapolis, Indiana
The event will start at 4:30 with Registration and Networking, meeting begins promptly at 5pm.
Agenda:
General meeting – Introductions and SWW 2011 highlights followed by NEiNastran Presentation
Dinner – Sponsored by SWUG Corporate
Technical Presentation – Phil Whitaker, CATI
Tips & Tricks
Door Prizes
To register, email info@indianasolidworks.org
Carrie Patrick
Marketing Manager
3DVision Technologies
3DVision Technologies is now an Office2PDM reseller
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011What is Office2PDM?
Office2PDM is an add-in for Microsoft Office that brings the document management functions of SolidWorks Enterprise PDM directly into Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
With Office2PDM you no longer have to leave Word, Excel and PowerPoint to work with your files in SolidWorks Enterprise PDM.
Features*:
-Access Enterprise PDM directly through your Microsoft Office environment, providing you with the ability to manage your data on your terms through a familiar interface.
-Apply enterprise-level data management within your established work procedures.
-Enable enterprise document management by providing you with the capability to easily check-in, check-out and revise directly from the Ribbon UI or Task Pane.
For more information on Office2PDM, visit www.office3pdm or contact us at info@3dvision.com.
Office2PDM is a member product of Extensible CAD Technologies.
*Requires Microsoft Office 2003 or later.
Carrie Patrick
Marketing Manager
3DVision Technologies
Every Day is Game Day!
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010For engineering teams, Every Day is Game Day, and you need your team performing at their best to stay ahead of the competition. To help with this, SolidProfessor is offering a free webinar series featuring SolidProfessor Enterprise.
SolidProfessor Enterprise is a new, web-based solution for companies who want to improve the proficiency and skill level of their SolidWorks design team in order to avoid:
-Poor quality designs
-Prolonged design times
-Missed project deadlines
-Problems with design edit-ability down the road
-Non-standard design practices and more . . .
SolidProfessor Enterprise provides a solution by allowing company administrators to provide a comprehensive SolidWorks education resource to individual users, while tracking usage and retention.
To register for one of the upcoming webinars, click here.
Carrie Patrick
Marketing Manager
3DVision Technologies
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