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DesignPoint Solutions Has a Blog!
Do you have a New Year's Resolution? Well DesignPoint has many! One of them was to kick off the New Year with an official DesignPoint blog, and we are proud to announce that we achieved this goal! Please make sure to subscribe to our Feed! We will have new blog posts each week that range from Technical Tips and Videos to "DP in Action". We welcome and look foward to all the comments you leave!

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Have You Talked to Your Account Manager About the SolidWorks Training Pass?
This is a pass that grants a user(s) access to any/all SolidWorks training classes (exclusions apply) for one full year at a highly discounted rate. Contact us today for more information!

PDM Doesn't Have to be Complicated to be Powerful.
Watch these videos on the DesignPoint Solutions YouTube Channel (and don't forget to subscribe)! Want to learn more? Ask Walt, our PDM technical specialist!

Join the EPDM User Group!
DesignPoint is sponsoring the launch of the EPDM User Group for EPDM users and administrators. The first meeting will be held Q1 of 2012. This is an opportunity for training, to share ideas and success stories, and to voice your thoughts as a group to DesignPoint and SolidWorks. Click here to express your interest and we will provide updates on the upcoming meeting.

DesignPoint Solutions Expands Product Offering to Include On Demand 3D Printing Services and 3D Printers from 3D Systems!
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SolidWorks World 2012
DesignPoint will be there, will you? SolidWorks World 2012 will be held February 12 - 15 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. We look foward to seeing you there!
Click here to Register

Product Spotlight

Changing the Way You View Technical Documentation

One of the biggest obstacles and objections to overcome in Sales is the "Status Quo". When talking with customers & prospects, I know they have a system in place that is obviously getting the job done….They are getting designs completed, products are being fully developed, parts, machines & products are being manufactured, and technical documentation is getting printed. But the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality is a dangerous CAD adage to live by!

Let's take technical documentation as an example. Almost everyone needs to produce it: repair manuals, parts catalogs, assembly instructions, product manuals, etc… Most of you in the CAD world rely on your engineers or designers to create screen shots of the product. Have you ever heard, "It has to be at this particular angle and show an exploded view"…to most of you this sounds familiar in the engineering department. So, do you make a configuration of the model so you don't accidentally make changes to the completed model? How long does it take you to pull each part off an assembly to show an exploded view? If it isn't "just right", do you have to do it again?

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Tech Tip

Edit Multiple Values in a SolidWorks BOM

Multiple values for a custom property can be edited through the bill of material table instead of opening each part one at a time. If multiple cells corresponding to the same column are selected, an option called "Edit multiple property values" is available through the Right+Click menu.

Example:

The BOM contains a column called "MAKE OR BUY" which is tied to a custom property in each of the parts called "MakeOrBuy". All of the values are empty.

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Multiple cells can be selected using the Shift and Ctrl keys. Once the desired cells are selected, right click and choose the option "Edit multiple property values".

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