News and Announcements
DesignPoint Solution
Presents: SolidWorks 2012 Rollout - Register
Now!
Have you registered for the DesignPoint Rollout event yet?
What are you waiting for? Come check out the newest features
of the SolidWorks Software. Come and see our newest product
offering - 3D Systems 3D Printers! Reserve your seat now!
October 6, 2011
Two Sessions -Registrations at 7:30 a.m and 11:30 a.m.
Crowne Plaza - Clark, NJ
October 12, 2011
Registration at 7:30 a.m.
Lancaster Host Resort - Lancaster, PA
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DesignPoint Solutions Expands
Product Offering to Include On Demand 3D Printing Services and 3D
Printers from 3D Systems!
DesignPoint Solutions announced that they have joined
forces with 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) to offer their complete line of
professional 3D printers and solutions. 3D Systems leads the
industry in both breadth and capabilities for 3D printing
technologies.
DesignPoint Solutions offers customers a comprehensive
solution-based approach to their product development and
manufacturing needs. The company's customer-focused offerings of
design and engineering products and services have garnered
SolidWorks' Top Reseller - Highest Customer Satisfaction Award in
North America for two consecutive years. In addition to adding 3D
Systems' entire lineup of professional 3D printers, DesignPoint
Solutions will also offer on demand 3D printing services.
Do you find yourself wondering
"what's new in SolidWorks 2012"? DesignPoint Solutions is
here to help answer that question! Some of our favorite
features are as follows:
- Costing Tool - automates manufacturing cost calculations.
- Large Design Review - instantly open and review large
assemblies without any special file preparation.
- Feature Freeze - speed design of complex model parts where
rebuilding of specific features is not desired.
- Sustainability - more accurately model your products with new
"what if" scenarios and better support of unique custom
materials.
Want to learn more about any the above features or any of the
new enhancements in the 2012 version of SolidWorks? Register Now for our
Rollout Event!
DesignPoint is Offering New
Training Classes!
October brings several new classes that have never been
offered in the past. This is a unique opportunity to get
advanced training by our Certified SolidWorks Training Instructors
on Routing-Piping & Tubing, Nonlinear Simulation and EPDM Administrative Training.
Why is Training at DesignPoint so
Valuable?
The DesignPoint Training Solution:
- Low Student to Instructor Ratios
- Computers and Manuals provided
- Certified SolidWorks Instructors
- #1 for Customer Satisfaction in North America 2009 and
2010
- Custom Training Courses are available. Please inquire
with your account manager.
Product Spotlight
3D Systems - V-Flash 3D
Printer
3D Systems has the most comprehensive set of 3D printers and
material options. Their systems provide the highest level of
Printability - the ability to consistently and economically deliver
3D printing functionality with the highest level of dimensional
accuracy, surface finish, and fine detail. This translates
into the highest resolution, fully functional prototypes and
end-use parts.
The V-Flash 3D printer offers the highest quality parts at the
lowest cost, fitting right in your office, home or modeling shop
and within your budget.
- Fast, affordable and convenient
- Creates a smooth surface finish and excellent detail parts
- Great fit for MCAD and Education
The V-Flash is easy to set up and operate and is the most
affordable 3D printer available.
Tech Tip
Layout
Sketch
Did you know that you can drive a complex model by a sketch or
sketches? "Sure", you may quickly answer, all models are
effectively driven by sketches in Solidworks, but what if you
wanted to drive a complex model by a single sketch, or 3 sketches
representing the top, bottom, and right views? This is where
LAYOUT SKETCHES can be an effective tool. A LAYOUT SKETCH is
a sketch used to drive model geometry but is not actually absorbed
under a feature.
Using Layout Sketches is an advanced technique commonly used in
product design and is usually the first step in design automation
because it groups all model inputs into a central location.
This makes it easy to quickly modify geometry or input data without
having to find it's location in the feature tree. All you
have to do is modify a layout sketch at the top of the feature tree
and the model changes accordingly. It is possible to
consolidate all dimensions and geometry that define a model into a
couple of sketches and use those sketches to drive an entire
model.
Layout Sketches showing high
level model geometry based off a 2D sketch picture:
Using commands like "convert entities"," extrude up to point",
"parallel plane at point", etc allow you relate your child features
back to your layout sketches. The 3D bottle below was made
using only the profiles defined in our layout sketches. No
other dimensional inputs are contained in any of the features.
Do you
have a technical question about a SolidWorks Product that
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