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DesignPoint is Offering New
Training Classes!
DesignPoint Solutions is a Certified Training, Testing
& Support Center. With professional training taught by a team
of award winning certified instructors, our teaching methods are
fast, effective and exceed industry standards and requirements.
DesignPoint has just added the following courses to our
extensive list of offerings: 3DVia Composer, Routing
(Piping/Tubing),
EPDM, Simulation, Simulation Nonlinear, and Motion Simulation. To enroll, contact
your Account Manger or Register online today!
Register Now for DesignPoint's
new Webcast Series!
Are you already a SolidWorks user? Or are you just interested in
various SolidWorks products? Join us for our S.M.A.R.T. Webcast Series and
become: Skilled, Mastered, Accomplished, Refined, and
Trained. This series is designed to provide a free learning
experience for existing users and provide an "informational how-to"
for non-users. This is a webcast series you don't want to
miss!
3DVia Composer - Wed. 8/10 at 12:30 p.m.
Learn how to get your product content to the Web, with 3DVia
Composer animations.
Register Now
Motion Simulation - Wed. 8/24 at 12:30 p.m.
Learn how to use the SolidWorks Motion Simulation tool to help
improve the kinematics of your design, leading to improved
reliability.
Register Now
Enterprise PDM - Wed. 9/7 at
12:30 p.m.
Learn how to develop electronic workflows with SolidWorks
EPDM. Make your ECO process faster, reliable, and more
efficient.
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DesignPoint Solutions Welcomes
New Hires!
Geoff Ward, Account Manager, has over 10 years of
experience in the industry! He is an expert in the Siemens
SolidEdge and Autodesk Inventor products. Geoff brings a
great amount of knowledge to our growing DesignPoint Team!
Save the Date!
Our Rollout Event has been scheduled. It is an Event
so Big you cannot afford to miss it! Stay tuned for more
details......
- Clark, NJ - Thursday, October 6,
2011
- Lancaster, PA - Wednesday,
October 12, 2011
Printer Produces Personalized 3D
Chocolate
Chocolate lovers may soon be able to print their own 3D creations
thanks to work by UK scientists.
Click Here to Read More
A Drive in the Clouds:
Flying Cars Could be in the Skies in 5 Years
It's a concept that's been around for decades but
never really seems to get off the ground.
Click Here to Read More
Check out the DesignPoint Newsroom where you can find all the
latest Industry News updated weekly!
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Product Spotlight
Design On Demand
When you purchase products and services from DesignPoint, we
become partners in the production of your product. In us, you have
a resource you can turn to when something is not making sense. Yes,
you could probably figure it out on your own through trial and
error, but why? We've "been there and done that." Use our resources
and our experience to determine the most feasible and economical
path to take in your design and manufacturing cycle. It all goes
with the territory and we are eager to help!
Need help getting your designs completed and don't have the
internal resource? DesignPoint can help! With skilled certified
SolidWorks engineers, we can take the detailing and design work out
of your hands and provide you with a reliable SolidWorks design
using the best of the software and design-intent.
Bill Knestrick, Senior Application Engineer, handles a wide
variety of Design On Demand Projects. In addition to holding a B.S.
in Mechanical Engineering from PennState, Bill has 10 years of
engineering and SolidWorks experience in industrial
enviornments. Bill's portfolio of experience includes:
Plastic Parts, Mold, Tooling, and Machinery Design; CNC, Automated
Assembly, and Rapic Prototype Processes. He has a broad
Mechanical background and is capable of solving a wide spectrum of
Engineering design problems. Contact your Account Manager and
find out how Bill Knestrick can help you complete your designs!
Tech Tip
Using Derived Sketch
If you find yourself using the same sketch repeatedly you may
want to give the Derived Sketch tool a try. Derived sketches
allow a user to "copy" a sketch from one plane to another while
keeping the same characteristics. One benefit of using a
derived sketch is that you only need to make a change to the
original sketch to change the derived sketches.
To use Derived Sketch follow these instructions:
1. Create a sketch.
2. Select the original sketch and the target plane for the
derived sketch.
3. From the Insert Pull Down Menu select Derived
Sketch.
4. Position the Derived Sketch and reorient if
desired.
5. Any changes made to the original sketch will propagate
to the Derived Sketch automatically.
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