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Many manufacturing companies using SOLIDWORKS as a mechanical design CAD system start with a relatively simple engineering process. A few...

For almost three decades, most PDM and PLM systems followed the same architectural assumptions. A product was represented as a...

In my experience, first article inspection is the single most effective checkpoint to prevent costly production errors. Before you run...

How modern products require connected data models that combine mechanical, electronic, software, and manufacturing information across the lifecycle. Why Mechanical...

This is a deliberate architectural choice, not a roadmap promise. The data model was built to be source-neutral from the...

How many bill of materials do you actually need? I get this question a lot from engineering and operations leaders...

Part numbers are the foundation of product data management in any engineering or manufacturing organization. Every component, subassembly, raw material,...

Earlier this week, I previewed CAD File Agent for SOLIDWORKS. If you missed that, check these two articles: Why did...

A new kind of experience for engineers who never wanted a PDM system in the first place We Started with...

When I left Autodesk, I had a strong gut feeling about where the industry was headed. CAD vendors, I believed,...

Engineering work starts with files. CAD assemblies, parts, drawings and other related design files are the foundation of product development....

One of the most common questions I hear from engineering and manufacturing teams is simple: how do we move product...