Purchase 1 license of SolidWorks 3D CAD software (any version) by June 22nd, 2007 and receive a 2nd license at half price. Or buy 3 licenses and get a 4th license at no cost.
Take advantage of this one-time offer, gain a quantum leap in productivity, and design better products for the future. Only SolidWorks gives you all of the design capabilities you need in one fully integrated package. Contact CAPINC for further details.
Polhemus Scanner
CAPINC is pleased to announce that we are now selling and supporting the Polhemus 3D scanner. FastSCAN is the ultimate laser scanner. With a simple sweep of the FastSCAN wand, you can create instant real time 3D images and databases--anytime, anywhere. FastSCAN is the industry's most flexible and most affordable scanner. Please contact CAPINC for further information or a custom demo. Polhemus Scanner
3D scanning made easy is demonstrated at EASTEC with Polhemus FastSCAN.
SolidWorks 2008 - Help us help you get the latest release!
Make sure that your SolidWorks license is registered in the name of the person who should receive the software upgrade. Any seats that do not have names on them get shipped to CAPINC and will result in a delay as we try to determine the recipient. Please go to the SolidWorks web site and register at http://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/Registration.html Make sure you receive your software without delay!
Charlie Ghiringhelli - Business Development Manager
Charlie joined CAP to work with our customers to plan and coordinate customer implementations of PDMWorks Enterprise. He has extensive experience in CAD/CAM and PDM technologies, starting as a CAM Programmer with Raytheon; technical sales and business development with vendor UGS; and business development and project planning of data management products at PTC. In his spare time, Charlie is restoring a 1972 Datsun 240Z sports car and enjoys digital photography. He has three children and lives in Franklin, MA with his wife Mona. You can contact Charlie by phone at x 142 or by email.
Colleen Mavrakis - Administrative Assistant
Our new adminitrative assistant Colleen is responsible for coordinating training registration and Dimension material orders. You can contact Colleen at x139 or by email.
Training
Q3-Q4 Training Schedule available - New classes added!
Stay tuned for the upcoming unveiling of SolidWorks 2008 in September. Once again, CAPINC will be hosting this event in New England.
Come to a CAPINC class and learn how to enhance your Designs with Advanced Shapes and Complex Surfaces. Improve the aesthetics and ergonomics of your product designs by generating advanced shapes, complex surfaces, and interactively manipulating surfaces using the Freeform feature. Save time when creating new geometry or using imported surfaces with a variety of built-in tools such as drag handles that make surface manipulation easy and intuitive.
CSWP exam
Like professionals in many other industries, users who pass the SolidWorks Professional Certification Program (CSWP) test demonstrate a high level of proficiency in use of the software. Upon successfully passing the CSWP Exam, you will be included in the SolidWorks web-based directory of certified professionals. Program benefits include use of SolidWorks logos in your marketing materials, business cards etc.
Date: June 18
Time: 9 AM - 5 PM
Location: Manchester NH
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News from SolidWorks and Gold Partners
Navigate to 3D and SAVE $500 on a Dell system
Move to SolidWorks 3D now and receive $500 off the purchase of one of 3 SolidWorks-certified Dell precision workstations. Offer ends 6/30. Offer details
PDMWorks Enterprise Webcast
Join us for a PDMWorks Enterprise webcast where you will learn how to:
* Find SolidWorks parts, drawings and assemblies more efficiently
* Automate Engineering Change processes
* Share data with remote engineering, design and manufacturing locations
* Allow every department to gain faster access to the most current designs
SolidWorks v Torimoto Origami Master Who will win? Watch as an origami master competes against SolidWorks to create a robot. Then fold the origami robot yourself with the downloadable instructions. Click here just for fun!
DriveWorks Webcast
Does your company design or engineer-to-order?
Do you have repetitive design tasks that could be automated?
Could your products be defined by a set of rules and equations?
Do you need a product/sales configurator?
Webcast: Join the global community of former AutoCAD users
Find out why hundreds of thousands of AUTOCAD users have switched to SolidWorks. Attend our webcast and learn about AUTOCAD-to-SolidWorks Data Migration and other tips 'n tricks from KAP.
Join CAPINC at the National Rapid Prototyping A Manufacturing (RPAM) Regional Workshop. This year's event is sponsored by the National Science Foundation in conjunction with Saddleback College and will be held at Central Maine Community College in Auburn Maine. CAPINC will be presenting sessions on "Direct Digital Manufacturing - An Overview of the 3D Printing Process" by Dana Seero, president of CAPINC. Jason Pancoast, CAPINC's award-winning Elite SolidWorks application engineer will present a session on "Preprocessing for 3D printing - Using SolidWorks workflow for RP best practices". For details and to register, please contact Jennifer Lyons at CMCC.
Dimension 3D Printing Group Accounts for More Than 50 percent of 2006 3D Printer Sales Wohlers Report 2007 shows Dimension expands its market share in 2006 Press release
RedEye RPM Delivers Instant Parts Quoting Directly from SolidWorks 3D Software - Users of SolidWorks can download a print driver from RedEye that enables instant parts quoting. RedEye RPM print drivers
Hot Tech Tips
Tech Tip: What's Old is New Again: Dynamic Editing
A function was added in SolidWorks 99 that allows you to dynamically edit features without having to Edit Sketch or Edit Feature definition. This functionality is still there, lurking in the software, waiting to be rediscovered by today's SolidWorks user!
First, to access Move/Size Features, you need to add an icon to your toolbars: Open a part file. Go to Tools - Customize... Click on the Commands tab. Select the Features category of icons. In the third row of icons, look for two small green spheres with four black arrows. Drag and drop that icon onto your toolbar of choice.
Now that you have the icon available, what can you do with it? To use any of the Move/Size Features capabilities, turn on the function by clicking the icon once to activate it. Now, here's what you can do:
Activate the Move/Size Features icon. All of the following behavior will only occur if Move/Size Features is active. Click the icon to activate or deactivate the function:
Move Features. Click on the face of a feature and drag/drop it onto another face (or edge). This works with Extrude, Revolve, Fillet and Chamfer. You have now reassigned the location of the feature to either a new sketch plane (or new edge to fillet/chamfer). Normally you can only drag/drop to move features in this manner if you hold down the Shift key, but with Move/Size Features active you do not need the Shift key.
Size Features. Select the face of an Extrude. Three small green sphere "handles" appear. Drag the one that has two straight arrows sticking from it and you can dynamically change the extrude depth without having to Edit Feature. Cursor feedback tells you the length of the extrude as you drag it. Moving your cursor nearer or further from the extrusion centerline alters the drag increment.
Resize Sketches. Click on the face of a feature, such as an Extrude, that is built from an underderfined sketch. You will see the outline of the sketch highlight in green. You can now immediately drag underdefined sketch geometry to resize the feature without the requirement of using Edit Sketch first.
Modify Sketches. Be very careful with this next use of Move/Size Features since it is difficult to reverse except with Undo. Select a face of an extrude feature. If you drag and drop one of the other two green sphere "handles" (either the one with four arrows or the one with two curved arrows) then you will invoke the Tools - Sketch Tools - Modify command. This allows you to move the sketch of the feature around freely, thus repositioning and/or reorienting the sketch origin.
Dynamic Sketch Editing. Saving the best for last here... If your Move/Size Features icon is active, then you can Edit Sketch immediately by double-clicking the sketch in the FeatureManager. While editing, you will see a golden preview of the feature that updates real-time as you make changes to the sketch.
These techniques are not for everyone, but perhaps you will enjoy interacting with your features in this manner, today and in the future..
Customer News Customer Profile - Cool Gear International (Please email us if you would like your company to be profiled in an upcoming newsletter.)
Since 1986, Cool Gear International of Plymouth MA has been conceptualizing and developing ideas, and turning them into products and bringing them to the marketplace. Cool Gear is recognized for infusing both a fresh approach and fashionable colors, while providing the consumer an innovative product at a great value. Their proprietary gel products are patented in the USA, as well as foreign countries.
Check out Cool Gear's Innovation Gallery. See how they
move through the various development stages using SolidWorks and the Dimension 3D Printer. Experience products come to life with an infusion of color and innovative design.
"After we brainstorm product ideas and finalize the concept, the real work begins. With our talented engineers, SolidWorks enables us to create multiple digital renderings which we narrow down to an almost final representation that can be manufactured without complication.
"Using the Dimension 3D printer, we are able to print prototypes, which give us a jumpstart on designing our layouts for packaging, PDQ’s, floor displays, and advertising. CAPINC has provided invaluable support and training on these design tools, helping us to refine and streamline our product development process. Saving time and money - now that's cool!" - Donna Roth, President, Cool Gear International
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