http://www.solidworks-apac.com SolidWorks APAC weblog, with news of new products, events and more! Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:27:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are pleased to announce the availability of the Beta program for the next version SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. To get started, visit the Beta site. We look forward to your feedback and participation. Please note: SolidWorks 2010 Beta is open to all customers with current subscription service. Related posts:SolidWorks 2010 Beta coming (really) ... http://www.solidworks-apac.com/2009/07/03/solidworks-enterprise-pdm-2010-beta-live/ The SolidWorks 2009 SP4.0 is now available to Subscription Service customers. To download, click here. Or log into the SolidWorks Customer Portal at https://customerportal.solidworks.com and click Download Software and Updates to access the update. For a listing of SPR's fixed in this Service Pack, click here. Related posts:SolidWorks 2008 SP5.0 available for ... http://www.solidworks-apac.com/2009/07/01/solidworks-2009-sp40-is-available-for-download/ When making changes to a multibody part that has been patterned you often find that your SolidWorks performance is reduced and rebuild time is increased. In this tech tip we will show you an efficient method of patterning a multibody part to help maximize your SolidWorks performance when making changes ... http://www.solidworks-apac.com/2009/06/30/an-efficient-method-of-patterning-a-multibody-part-2/ Rich Chin, Director of Product Innovation, giving a sneak peek of SolidWorks Sustainability Xpress We are pleased to announce that SolidWorks SustainabilityXpress has been launched on SolidWorks Labs (labs.solidworks.com) and is compatible with SolidWorks 2009 only. The SolidWorks Sustainability product line allow you to understand and improve the environmental impact of your ... http://www.solidworks-apac.com/2009/06/25/solidworks-sustainabilityxpress-released/ When one thinks of slot, generally the obround shape comes into mind. I have seen various posts where a user has asked about making a slot or obround cut. There can be several ways to create a slot and one may adopt the method which he/she finds easy and quick ... http://www.solidworks-apac.com/2009/06/24/different-ways-to-make-a-slot/ 1) Start a new part. Right click on the Material and select Edit material from the pop up menu. 2) Right click any where on the left side and select New Library. 3) Save you database a name and at a specified location or Solidworks default Location. I have used My_mat09 as ... http://www.solidworks-apac.com/2009/06/18/how-to-makeedit-material-database-in-sw09/ In this post I will discuss about a simple animation of Spur Gears. I have used SW2009 for the tutorial but lower version can be used to perform this activity. You can use any cylindrical part for the animation. I have used spur gear to make the animation more realistic. 1. ... http://www.solidworks-apac.com/2009/06/16/how-to-animate-simple-spur-gear-in-solidworks/ SolidWorks is proud to bring to you DesignBetterProducts.in – your one stop destination for all your product design needs. Why do you need another community you ask?? This is because this is not just “another” community you might have come across in your various search journeys on look out for information. After ... http://www.solidworks-apac.com/2009/06/16/solidworks-india-community-launched/ Ever since we first launched the 3 Dudes series, the one question I get more than anything else is "when are you putting out more episodes?" Well, if you haven't already seen it, a new episode is available now. Just click here to visit the 3 Dudes Gone 3D website ... http://www.solidworks-apac.com/2009/06/12/new-episode-of-3-dudes-gone-3d-available-now/ 1)    Start a new part and start a new sketch. 2)    Give dimensions and fully constrain you sketch. 3)    Exit sketch and select the sketch from the Feature Manger Tree. 4)    Keeping your sketch selected, go to File > Save as 5)    Change the file type to Lib Feat part (*.sldlfp) 6)    Go to location ... http://www.solidworks-apac.com/2009/06/12/how-to-create-weldment-profile/