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SOLIDWORKS Manage vs. 3DEXPERIENCE: Which PLM Path Fits Your Team?
Hawk Ridge Systems offers two PLM paths for SOLIDWORKS users from Dassault Systèmes: SOLIDWORKS Manage, which builds on the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional infrastructure you may already run, and the...
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Speeding Up Transient Simulations with Flow Freezing
Why Transient Cooling Simulations Take So Long Transient simulations can take significant time to solve when different physical processes occur at very different rates. If the flow around a part...
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When Single User Licensing Is the Right Choice for Your Next SOLIDWORKS...
Understanding Product Levels, Device Licensing, and Single User Licensing Figure: SOLIDWORKS Design running as a locally installed CAD application while connected to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform for...
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3DEXPERIENCE: How to Start Automating Your CAD Designs with SOLIDWORKS AI Labs
You may have felt the pain of systematically creating each view in your drawing or consulting SOLIDWORKS API help documentation to write your new macro. SOLIDWORKS AI Labs can now automate tasks just...
View ArticlePrint It or Mold It? Ask Per Part, Not Per Product: Choosing the Right...
Design. Validate. Scale. is a five-part fireside chat series from Hawk Ridge Systems and A3D Manufacturing on how a product moves from concept to production. Episode 2, Choosing the Right...
View ArticleThe First DFM Question Isn’t How Tight. It’s How Many.
Design. Validate. Scale. is a five-part fireside chat series from Hawk Ridge Systems and A3D Manufacturing on how a product moves from concept to production. In Episode 1, Design for Manufacturing...
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SOLIDWORKS Electrical: Troubleshooting Environment Archive Failures
It can be frustrating when a SOLIDWORKS Electrical Environment Archive completes with reported failures but never tells you which symbols, footprints, or projects are responsible. In a large...
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The Engineer’s Guide to Token Usage With SOLIDWORKS AI
Artificial intelligence in 3D CAD design has evolved beyond a novel feature into an everyday engineering necessity. With the rollout of Dassault Systèmes’ SOLIDWORKS AI Virtual Companions — AURA, LEO,...
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How Much Does a 3D Printer Cost? 2026 Price Guide
How much it really costs: Anywhere from about $200 all the way past $500,000, depending on technology, build volume, materials, and support.Vendor list prices move often — new packages, promotions,...
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Accelerating Wheel Design with SOLIDWORKS Simulation: A Forgeline Case Study
Forgeline Motorsports runs finite element analysis on every wheel they design. By taking a deliberately practical approach — simulating only the critical load case, using a remote load instead of...
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What Is PDM? A Practical Guide to Product Data Management
Product data management (PDM) is the foundation of engineering data management: it gives engineering teams one secure, version-controlled vault for every CAD file, drawing, and document — so there is...
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The 7 Best Ways to Help Automate Your SOLIDWORKS Designs
Automating tasks in SOLIDWORKS is a great way to improve productivity, reduce repetitive work, and make our work lives easier. While most of us are familiar with basic shortcuts (which you should be...
View Article6 Ways Private SOLIDWORKS Training at Hawk Ridge Systems Pays Off for Your Team
When it comes to training at Hawk Ridge Systems, I have a unique perspective because I am an employee and a former training customer. I have given a lot of training, and I have received a lot of...
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The 11 Nerdiest (and Coolest) Things We Ever Built with SOLIDWORKS and 3D...
Every engineer has a folder of projects that have no business case, no customer, and no excuse — just curiosity and access to good tools. We dug through a decade of the Hawk Ridge Systems archive and...
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How to Automate Drawing Creation in SOLIDWORKS (2026 Guide)
Engineering drawings are the primary method of controlling and communicating manufacturing, inspection, and quality information for the products you design. Documenting your designs with clear,...
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Why Chimney Strakes Matter in Vortex Shedding CFD Analysis
Have you ever driven by a factory building with a tall chimney? If you have, you probably also have seen spiral fins or ribs wrapping around the outside of the industrial chimney. There’s a practical...
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How Engineers Are Actually Using AI in 2026: 5 High-Value Use Cases (With...
The Engineer’s CompanionWe asked our engineering leaders at Hawk Ridge Systems where AI is adding the most value and how it’s helping in real-world, everyday workflows in 2026.A single use-case keeps...
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SOLIDWORKS 2027 Sneak Peek: The Beta Excitement Is Real — Here’s What’s...
Every fall, SOLIDWORKS users get that familiar itch: What’s actually new this year?This time, the answer feels different. The SOLIDWORKS 2027 Preview Program kicks off July 15, 2026, giving...
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How to Get Real Value from Every Simulation Project
Simulation projects rarely fail because of bad engineering — they stall because of process gaps. I’ve spent the last seven years at Hawk Ridge Systems in roles ranging from application engineer to...
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Engineering as Art: 12 Builds That Double as Masterpieces
We put a question to the people at Hawk Ridge Systems: What counts as damned good engineering that also passes as art? What we got back was a catalog of obsessions. This is just a thin slice of...
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