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Activating Your SOLIDWORKS SimulationXpress Tool
With most of us working from home, hopefully everyone is settling in and successfully accessing their SOLIDWORKS tools just like you normally would if working from the office. If you are having any...
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Adding Color to 3D Printed Parts With HP Jet Fusion and SOLIDWORKS
Have you ever seen a color 3D printed part and wondered how they do it? Maybe you have tried exporting a file you created with your CAD software only to discover that your part did not carry the color...
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Testing Airflow Through a Classic Car With SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
I have always had a fascination with classic cars. They are fun to admire, drive and work on, but sometimes they lack the comfort of modern cars. Driving a car without air conditioning in the hot...
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How to Utilize Destructive 3D Scanning for Hidden Features
Sometimes there is no way to fully scan a part that has features hidden from sight. Since optical scanners are analogous to spray-painting with light, you must have line of sight on any feature that...
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How to Customize the Formatting of a SOLIDWORKS DXF or DWG File
A DXF or DWG file is the common input required for cutting machines like a laser, plasma, hot wire, or water jet cutters. Each machine is unique and likes the file formatted in a certain way to...
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How to Insert Internal Components With Markforged Composite 3D Printing
Have you ever wanted to securely embed hardware and components inside your 3D printed parts? In some of our previous content, We’ve touched on how Markforged composite 3D printers allow users to pause...
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How to Print a QR Code Using SOLIDWORKS and HP Jet Fusion
With HP Jet Fusion color 3D printing, one of the exciting capabilities is to add QR codes to printed parts. Now it is possible to incorporate technical documentation, instruction manuals and your...
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3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Explained
On July 6, 2020, SOLIDWORKS released 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS, a variant of the SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD software that is connected to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. This new version represents a shift in the...
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Advanced SIMULIA Simulation Capabilities Now Available
SOLIDWORKS Simulation has powerful structural and thermal capabilities and puts them in the hands of everyday designers and engineers directly through the SOLIDWORKS interface. This allows them to...
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4 Fiber Routing Techniques for Markforged 3D Printers
Have you ever been curious about how to efficiently route fiber into Markforged 3D printed composite parts? In a previous blog called “How to Select the Correct Fiber for Your Markforged Application,”...
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Creating a Center of Mass Reference Point in a SOLIDWORKS Assembly
In the SOLIDWORKS assembly environment, you can visualize the center of mass (COM) in the graphics area and read the coordinate points, but you cannot reference the COM. In the part modeling...
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10 Pro Tips for Making Color Prints with SOLIDWORKS and HP Jet Fusion
More and more folks are looking at HP Jet Fusion color 3D printers for end-use parts and production level cosmetic prototypes. With this demand for high quality, there is a need to understand how to...
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How SOLIDWORKS Plastics Can Help Maintain the Supply Chain
When it comes to the world of consumable products, most experts know that economies of scale are everything. Whether they be food containers or medical supplies, producing these items quickly and...
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Getting Started with SOLIDWORKS: Training Opportunities
Wondering how you can become a SOLIDWORKS expert? We’ll cover all of the comprehensive and meticulously crafted training opportunities provided by Hawk Ridge Systems to get you to the skill level you...
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Getting Started with SOLIDWORKS: Registration and Installation
Now that you have your SOLIDWORKS Serial number, it’s time to create your SOLIDWORKS ID, get your products registered, and start the installation process. In this article, we’ll be covering everything...
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Getting Started with SOLIDWORKS: MySolidWorks and the Customer Portal
In this article, we’ll be covering all the capabilities of your new SOLIDWORKS ID account, from MySolidworks to the Customer Portal and everything in between. If you don’t have a SOLIDWORKS ID yet, be...
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Getting Started With SOLIDWORKS: Hawk Ridge Systems Resources
In this article, we’ll be covering all the SOLIDWORKS resources available to you through Hawk Ridge Systems, including our technical support team, our YouTube channel and everything in between. This is...
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4 Easy Steps to Create a First Article Inspection Report
In this article, we’ll be discussing First Article Inspection (FAI) reports and covering a basic strategy for creating them in the SOLIDWORKS Inspection standalone program. But first, what is FAI all...
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IT Considerations for SOLIDWORKS Network Licensing
SOLIDWORKS Network Licensing (or SNL for short) relies on a lightweight server component to handout licenses to client PCs. As users load SOLIDWORKS products, the appropriate licenses are checked out...
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Serialization of 3D Printed Parts with Materialise Magics and HP Jet Fusion
This blog post will reveal how you can automatically generate serial numbers for your 3D printed parts using HP Jet Fusion and Materialise Magics. In an additive manufacturing environment, traceability...
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