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It has come to my attention that the University of Nebraska will
offer Solidworks training at their College of Engineering and
Technology Center located on the former Aksarben grounds. They
currently teach AutoCad and Pro-Engineer as a part of their
Engineering Technology curriculum.

Amen,
I believe Central Community College - Columbus offers classes on
SolidWorks, it is geared more towards the student starting out, but, at
least when I took the class, the teacher's helper was fairly knowledgeable
about it and could help with some of the more advanced questions.
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    Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 13:15:47 -0000
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Subject: SolidWorks training

In response to discussion questions:

1) Thoughts regarding SWorks training:
In general, training on the software mostly has been a brief overview
with help when you get in trouble or can't figure out how to do
something. A more in depth training process is in order. Overall, the
software is an user friendly package and a very powerful tool in the
design of parts and assemblies. However, even with the amount of time
I have spent using Solidworks, I feel I have only scratched the
surface of what the software can do.

2) How does my company train new employees about Solidworks:
For those who haven't used Solidworks before employed, an experienced
drafter will spend a few days introducing the basics and then tries
to be available for future problems.

3) What release of SWorks is used at my company:
The current version is 2001 Plus

4) Who offers training within the state of Nebraska:
As far as I know, Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, and Tridaq
also in Omaha.

5) Aware of any onsite training programs:
The only one I am aware of is offered from Tridaq.

6) Academic institutions offering SWorks training:
As before, Metropolitan Community College in Omaha.

7) Text books I have used to enhance my SWorks knowledge:
I have used Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2000, but I think that
book is a piece of junk. I tells you what to do to create the parts
and assemblies but does a poor job of explaining why you do it that
way. I have relied mostly on Getting Started with Solidworks and
online help. I have found the book Inside Solidworks has also been a
big help. It isn't actually a textbook but it does do a better job
explaining procedures.

8) Are there any interactive CD-ROM training programs:
I don't know.

9) Additional thoughts or comments regarding SWorks training:
SolidWorks, I believe, is probably the most powerful 3-D modeling
software for mechanical drafters available today. From what I have
seen from other providers, SolidWorks is the easiest to use and most
powerful. ProEngineer is the most popular but it is much more
difficult to use and is much more expensive. I believe that
SolidWorks can become the industry standard if the company invests
more money and energy promoting their products at the middle and high
school level. They need to be a little more engaged in providing
training for its users. It is good that they offer a Professional
Certification but they also need to provide the opportunity for the
necessary training to achieve it.






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In response to discussion questions:

1) Thoughts regarding SWorks training:
In general, training on the software mostly has been a brief overview
with help when you get in trouble or can't figure out how to do
something. A more in depth training process is in order. Overall, the
software is an user friendly package and a very powerful tool in the
design of parts and assemblies. However, even with the amount of time
I have spent using Solidworks, I feel I have only scratched the
surface of what the software can do.

2) How does my company train new employees about Solidworks:
For those who haven't used Solidworks before employed, an experienced
drafter will spend a few days introducing the basics and then tries
to be available for future problems.

3) What release of SWorks is used at my company:
The current version is 2001 Plus

4) Who offers training within the state of Nebraska:
As far as I know, Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, and Tridaq
also in Omaha.

5) Aware of any onsite training programs:
The only one I am aware of is offered from Tridaq.

6) Academic institutions offering SWorks training:
As before, Metropolitan Community College in Omaha.

7) Text books I have used to enhance my SWorks knowledge:
I have used Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2000, but I think that
book is a piece of junk. I tells you what to do to create the parts
and assemblies but does a poor job of explaining why you do it that
way. I have relied mostly on Getting Started with Solidworks and
online help. I have found the book Inside Solidworks has also been a
big help. It isn't actually a textbook but it does do a better job
explaining procedures.

8) Are there any interactive CD-ROM training programs:
I don't know.

9) Additional thoughts or comments regarding SWorks training:
SolidWorks, I believe, is probably the most powerful 3-D modeling
software for mechanical drafters available today. From what I have
seen from other providers, SolidWorks is the easiest to use and most
powerful. ProEngineer is the most popular but it is much more
difficult to use and is much more expensive. I believe that
SolidWorks can become the industry standard if the company invests
more money and energy promoting their products at the middle and high
school level. They need to be a little more engaged in providing
training for its users. It is good that they offer a Professional
Certification but they also need to provide the opportunity for the
necessary training to achieve it.

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SolidWorks is Golden in California With 13,000-Plus Users

Juniper Networks, Delta Design, Teradyne, Fairchild Fasteners, TRW Astro Aerospace, and 3,000 other California businesses use SolidWorks, the state's standard for 3D CAD software

CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2002-- More than 13,000 product designers in California use SolidWorks® three-dimensional computer-aided design (3D CAD) software, the company announced today. Juniper Networks, Teradyne, Fairchild Fasteners, TRW Astro Aerospace, Hobie Cat, and Delta Design are among the more than 3,000 businesses in the state that use SolidWorks to design everything from spacecraft systems to semiconductor equipment to catamarans.

California is among the states with the highest concentration of CAD users in the country. This market has spawned many large resellers including 3D Cadware, CAD Graphics, Digital Dimensions, GEI Technology, GoEngineer, Hawk Ridge Systems, Pacific Automation, and Solid Design Solutions. These businesses sell and support SolidWorks 3D CAD software and have created the largest installed base of SolidWorks in the United States.

SolidWorks' speed and accuracy help designers around the state, according to Greg Cunningham, vice president of sales at SolidWorks reseller Digital Dimensions, Inc., which serves San Diego County and Arizona. Having worked in the mechanical CAD industry with SolidWorks for more than six years, he said his customers average a 20 to 25 percent savings in design time using SolidWorks. Some report as high as a 50 to 55 percent increase in productivity. Because it's easier to visualize products in 3D than in 2D, customers find they save time and money by building fewer physical prototypes. With 3D, they can identify interference and fitting problems during product development rather than during production, which ultimately leads to quicker time-to-market. The percentage of scrap material companies have to discard during manufacturing due to engineering errors decreases significantly when they use SolidWorks.

"It is extremely rewarding for us when customers say, `Because of SolidWorks, we are able to design our products right the first time,'" Cunningham said. "California-based companies have always been progressive in their adoption of new design tools. Many early adopters saw the value of moving to 3D with SolidWorks several years ago. In addition, this state has a considerable number of start-up companies, many having no legacy 2D or 3D CAD system constraints to start with, making SolidWorks an easy first choice."

San Diego-based Delta Design, uses SolidWorks to develop integrated circuit (IC) handling equipment and package specific tooling for the semiconductor industry. "We selected SolidWorks based primarily on a criteria of capability, price, and ease of use," said Jim McFarlane, senior vice president at Delta Design. "We truly felt there was a significant learning curve advantage compared to competitive 3D CAD products."

"SolidWorks has grown into the standard for 3D CAD in California. That's largely because the companies there appreciate our innovation and our understanding of what's probably their biggest issue - time to market," said Mike Crismond, vice president of North American sales at SolidWorks. "Just about everything we do in developing products and partnerships is geared toward reducing the amount of time it takes them to roll out new, high quality products. That focus got us to the head of the pack in California and the rest of the world as the most widely used 3D CAD product in the industry."

About Digital Dimensions

Digital Dimensions Inc., a charter member of the SolidWorks reseller organization provides mechanical design and analysis programs for engineering, manufacturing, and educational users in San Diego County and throughout Arizona. DDI's expertise in the implementation, training and support of CAD and the SolidWorks family of products has helped hundreds of companies realize the benefits of state-of-the-art design and analysis tools for over 18 years. For more information about Digital Dimensions, visit the company Web site at www.ddicad.com or call 1-800-575-7543.

About Delta Design

Delta Design, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cohu, Inc., (NASDAQ: COHU - News) is a recognized leader in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of semiconductor test handling equipment. The company has engineering and manufacturing plants in San Diego, Calif., Littleton, Mass., and Lewis Center, Ohio with sales and service locations through the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The rapid growth of the past decade has made Delta Design the largest U.S. manufacturer of semiconductor test-handling equipment. For more information, visit www.deltad.com or www.cohu.com.

About SolidWorks Corporation

SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets mechanical design software solutions. Founded in 1993, SolidWorks' mission is to unleash the power of 3D for everyone in product development. In six years of shipping product, SolidWorks has shipped more than 188,000 total seats of software worldwide. SolidWorks has offices around the globe and sells, distributes, and supports its products through a worldwide network of resellers. For the latest news, information, or a live online demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000).

SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2002 SolidWorks Corporation.

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SolidWorks and COSMOS/ Help Engineering Students Compete At SAE Competitions

University of California and California State Students Receive Praise At National Competition After Using Leading Analysis and CAD Software

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2002-- COSMOS/, the analysis business unit of SolidWorks Corporation, today announced that its analysis and simulation software play an integral role in the creation of tournament vehicles for college-level competitions sanctioned by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Teams impressed competition judges with safety features and analysis capabilities. Engineering students from California State University at Sacramento and the University of California at Irvine attribute their success in the competition to design and analysis capabilities found in SolidWorks®, COSMOS/Works, and COSMOS/DesignSTAR software.

The annual SAE tournaments, including the Mini-Baja and Formula SAE competitions, call on college students to display their engineering design projects and compete with one another. The Mini-Baja contest, sponsored by Briggs and Stratton required student teams to design, build, test, and promote their off-road Mini-Baja vehicles. Competitors in the Formula SAE contest designed and fabricated small, formula-style racecars from scratch. Vehicles were judged based on static inspection and engineering design, solo performance trials, and high performance track endurance.

James Strayer, a senior mechanical engineering major at UC Irvine, used SolidWorks three-dimensional computer aided design (3D CAD) software and COSMOS/Works analysis software to design and analyze the suspension uprights on his formula racecar entry. COSMOS/Works is fully integrated with SolidWorks software, making it easy for students to design projects quickly. Strayer cited COSMOS/Works' ease of use as a key factor in helping to design and test his racecar in record time. "Because I used SolidWorks to design the car, I didn't have to continually switch over to the analysis program -- COSMOS/Works works within the user interface, making it easy to design a component and then conduct analysis. COSMOS/Works is so much easier to learn than other analysis packages. It took a little more than 15 minutes to run the 3D stress analysis calculations on my design. To conduct that same analysis by hand would have taken hours. I've tried to learn other analysis software and found it extremely difficult to grasp and time consuming to use. COSMOS/Works is very simple and efficient, and its integration with SolidWorks makes designing complex parts so easy," said Strayer.

Aaron Martin, a senior engineering major at California State Sacramento, utilized COSMOS/DesignSTAR for his team's Mini-Baja analysis requirements. Aaron's team tested suspension components for a 3G pump, which measures the impact created by rough terrain. The team also tested for axial loading and the constrain chassis. "The judges stated that the safety features on our Mini-Baja vehicle were the deciding factor in helping us rank among the winners in the competition," Martin said. "COSMOS/DesignSTAR enabled us to determine where the high stress concentrations were located in the vehicle prior to building the actual product. These analysis procedures helped us build an incredibly light and safe vehicle, that would likely prevent dangerous rollovers."

About the Society of Automotive Engineers

Since its founding in 1905, the Society of Automotive Engineers has been a resource for technical information and expertise used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles. Over 83,000 engineers, business executives, educators, and students from more than 97 countries form a membership network to share information and exchange ideas for advancing the engineering of mobility systems. For more information, visit www.sae.org.

About SolidWorks Corporation

SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq:DASTY - News; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets mechanical design software solutions. Founded in 1993, SolidWorks' mission is to unleash the power of 3D for everyone in product development. In six years of shipping product, SolidWorks has shipped more than 188,000 total seats of software worldwide. SolidWorks has offices around the globe and sells, distributes, and supports its products through a worldwide network of resellers. For the latest news, information, or a live online demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 800/693-9000 (outside of North America, call 978/371-5000).

About COSMOS/

COSMOS/ is a strategic business unit of SolidWorks Corporation focused on developing analysis and simulation solutions for the mechanical computer-aided engineering market. For more information and a product demonstration, contact your local COSMOS/ distributor or reseller today, or call COSMOS/ directly at 800/469-7287 (outside of North America, call 310/207-2800). For the latest news and information from COSMOS/, see the company's Web site www.cosmosm.com.

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SolidWorks New Education Edition Offers Complete Suite of Professional-Quality 3D CAD/CAE Tools to Engineering Schools Worldwide

SolidWorks Education Edition features popular COSMOS/Works analysis and e-mail-enabled eDrawings design review and collaboration tools

CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2002-- SolidWorks Corporation today unveiled a new version of its SolidWorks® Education Edition software suite that will help engineering schools enhance their curriculum by adding new analysis and collaboration capabilities that are critical to the mechanical design process.

The three dimensional computer-aided design (3D CAD) tools provided in the Education Edition let students create and test their designs using one comprehensive software license that addresses multiple disciplines. The Education Edition now includes the COSMOS/Works and COSMOS/Motion (powered by ADAMS(c)) analysis tools, and the eDrawings Professional collaboration tool. They join the productivity tools already integrated into the Education Edition: SolidWorks 2001Plus, PhotoWorks(TM), SolidWorks Animator, and SolidWorks Toolbox. This full range of real-world tools broaden students' understanding of the design process and fully prepares them for the design challenges they will face in their careers.

Using COSMOS/Works with COSMOS/Motion, students can perform tests on how their designs will hold up under stresses and in motion, and then make changes quickly and easily. The single-window user interface between the COSMOS/ products and SolidWorks software lets students focus on solving real-world design analysis problems instead of struggling to learn difficult and complicated software. With the Education Edition, students can create designs, and then conduct sophisticated motion simulations, stress and displacement analysis, thermal analysis, and assembly analysis.

The SolidWorks Education Edition demonstrates the company's commitment to providing educational subscribers with resources for enhancing the engineering design graphics curriculum.

"Our goal is to help the academic community expand its use of 3D CAD technology so they can better equip their students for challenging engineering jobs after graduation," said Rosanne Kramer, director of worldwide education markets for SolidWorks Corporation. "Most first-year engineering courses focus on the principles of design and graphics, but once these foundation courses are completed, the next level of learning always includes the study of analysis. The Education Edition offers today's students and educators a set of powerful, yet easy-to-use tools that address this next step in engineering education. Several of SolidWorks' academic partners are already using COSMOS/Works in upper level design projects, and we look forward to seeing the results of putting these powerful new tools in more students' hands."

The new Education Edition also includes eDrawings Professional, the first email-enabled communication tool that facilitates review of design data and assignments between students and instructors. Professors can use eDrawings Professional to view and grade student projects more quickly and completely. This tool will help students learn how to use the Web to collaborate on 3D designs to accelerate design review.

All subscribers receive the new SolidWorks Teacher Guide and Student Courseware book, offering a competency-based approach to teaching 3D design. It includes a syllabus, ready-made lesson plans, homework assignments, assessment exercises, reproducible study outlines, and correlations to standard mathematics curriculum. The new Teacher Guide has additional chapters that focus on how to use SolidWorks Toolbox, a library of standard parts and components; SolidWorks Animator, an integrated animation module; and PhotoWorks, a rendering application.

The SolidWorks Education Edition is available from authorized SolidWorks resellers. For further information contact SolidWorks or any of its authorized resellers.

About SolidWorks Corporation

SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets mechanical design software solutions. Founded in 1993, SolidWorks' mission is to unleash the power of 3D for everyone in product development. In six years of shipping product, SolidWorks has shipped more than 188,000 total seats of software worldwide. SolidWorks has offices around the globe and sells, distributes, and supports its products through a worldwide network of resellers. For the latest news, information, or a live online demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000).

SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2002 SolidWorks Corporation.

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If you use SWorks for progressive die design and are willing to share
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To: row@...
Subject: SolidWorks info

We are currently looking at the SolidWorks software & I am trying to
locate
companies that use it for progressive die design, which is our main
business. I would appreciate any company names or contacts you may be
able
to provide.

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Design Supervisor
Moore Quality Tooling

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RAND Worldwide Completes Partnership Accord with IBM and Dassault Systemes to Expand Product Lifecycle Management

MISSISSAUGA, CANADA--Rand A Technology Corporation, operating as RAND Worldwide(TM) (TSE: RND - News), today announced the completion of its agreement (see joint IBM/Dassault Systemes/RAND Worldwide Press Release, April 15, 2002 and RAND Worldwide Press Release, April 16, 2002) with IBM and Dassault Systemes to significantly expand worldwide marketing, sales, and services for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions from these two companies, including CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, and SmarTeam. According to the terms of this final accord, RAND Worldwide becomes an IBM premier Business Partner, a DELMIA Business Partner, and a Dassault Systemes CAA V5 partner for complementary application development.

IBM-Dassault Systemes PLM solutions, with core applications for product design, engineering and development from Dassault Systemes, help manufacturers of all types innovate, improve quality, and reduce both costs and product development times. They also help companies collaborate internally, across geographic boundaries and with suppliers. RAND Worldwide is one of the world's leading providers of engineering services and technology to manufacturers looking to optimize their PLM processes. RAND Worldwide, Dassault Systemes and IBM are investing jointly to integrate RAND offerings with the IBM-Dassault Systemes PLM portfolio, and RAND Worldwide is further expanding and focusing its global business on providing world-class technical education and professional services around PLM solutions from Dassault Systemes and IBM.

As part of this initiative, RAND Worldwide is receiving financial support from Dassault Systemes in the form of two 10-year convertible secured loans aggregating U.S.$25 million. The first half of these funds, U.S.$12.5 million, was advanced in the form of a loan, convertible at RAND's option, into RAND Worldwide Common Shares. This money was used to repay all of the Company's outstanding bank indebtedness. Subject to certain conditions, the second convertible loan is advanceable in equal installments of U.S.$6.25 million, approximately eight and fourteen months from the closing date. Under the terms of this agreement, Dassault Systemes' equity position in RAND Worldwide must not exceed 19.9 percent of RAND Worldwide's outstanding common shares.

"Product lifecycle management is the most important new wave to hit the manufacturing industry in more than a decade and there is no doubt that IBM and Dassault are the visionary leaders at the front of this PLM wave," said Brian Semkiw, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of RAND Worldwide. "We are extremely pleased to be invited as an integral part of implementing these technologies and processes for the manufacturing companies that, like RAND Worldwide, IBM and Dassault, are determined to be the very best in the world."

RAND Worldwide is one of the world's leading providers of engineering services and technology to manufacturers looking to optimize their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) processes. Unlike traditional CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM technologies, PLM provides collaborative solutions to define and manage information throughout the complete product lifecycle and across the entire extended enterprise. PLM helps organize and facilitate secure access to product information by everyone who needs it - from those involved in initial product design, to users in manufacturing, sales, marketing and maintenance, as well as business partners and suppliers. As the world's only independent global engineering technology provider, RAND Worldwide employs over 1,300 people in more than 100 international sales and client service centres. The Company's corporate head office in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada can be reached at 905-625-2000 or through the Internet at www.rand.com.

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Greg W. Taylor
VP Investor Relations & Communications
Phone: (905) 625-2000
Fax: (905) 625-8535
gtaylor@...

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SolidWorks Corporation provides data management solutions to complement its 3D CAD products

New PDM product line gives SolidWorks customers full range of choices for managing product design information

CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2002-- SolidWorks Corporation today unveiled a new line of product data management (PDM) solutions that will help customers more effectively manage growing volumes of product design information. With SolidWorks® PDM products, engineers can now immediately view the latest version of a product design so that they can reduce the risk of errors from multiple versions of the same design, accelerate the design process, and bring new products to market quickly. These PDM products will complement SolidWorks three-dimensional computer-aided design (3D CAD) software.

SolidWorks' line of PDM products consists of SolidWorks Explorer, an integrated file management tool, DesignSource Technology, Inc.'s PDM/Works®, and SmarTeam Corporation's SMARTEAM enterprise data management software. SolidWorks has signed a letter of intent to acquire DesignSource Technology by the end of June, and has established a dedicated team to sell and support SMARTEAM to the SolidWorks community. SolidWorks customers now have a single source for PDM applications that support single users, work groups, and large enterprises.

SolidWorks Explorer allows individual users to manage the many associated files that can comprise a single design. PDM/Works is a design-centric product that supports engineering workgroups' needs for a variety of revision control and storage capabilities. SmarTeam's products focus on enterprise data management needs such as workflow, bill of materials management, change management, and collaboration.

"When you look at the role that SolidWorks software plays at our customer sites, adding data management capabilities to our product portfolio is a logical progression," said SolidWorks CEO John McEleney. "This past year, our customers logged more than 50 million hours using SolidWorks software. This represents an enormous volume of product design data created. Data management gets more and more important as the data volume increases, as it inevitably will. With SolidWorks Explorer, PDM/Works, and SMARTEAM, SolidWorks offers customers the most appropriate product to keep all their data organized today and as they grow."

DesignSource and SmarTeam are SolidWorks Certified Gold Partners, meaning their products are fully integrated with SolidWorks software. Under the agreements, all DesignSource employees will join SolidWorks Corporation, and SmarTeam employees who previously supported SolidWorks customers will join the company as well.

"This is a good pairing of complementary technologies," said DesignSource Technology President Jim Foster. "SolidWorks brings a great deal of direct customer feedback and broad market knowledge into the product development process. Going forward, we will be able to more easily enhance and support the data management capabilities now available in the SolidWorks solid modeling environment."

SmarTeam CEO Avinoam Nowogrodski said, "SolidWorks' attention to enterprise data management solutions will accelerate PDM's adoption into organizations by highlighting data management's growing importance. The body of design data is growing so massive that organizations have to view it through the same prism as they do their financial and customer data. Product data management is truly a strategic asset to the long-term success of any manufacturing organization. SmarTeam will continue to develop enterprise data management solutions for SolidWorks customers worldwide. Moreover, SmarTeam will also develop, sell, and support SMARTEAM software through other channels and for other CAD software customers worldwide."

The Henniker River Group, LLC, a business development firm, has been acting as consultants to DesignSource Technology and helped facilitate the transaction with SolidWorks.

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SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets mechanical design software solutions. Founded in 1993, SolidWorks' mission is to unleash the power of 3D for everyone in product development. In six years of shipping product, SolidWorks has shipped more than 188,000 total seats of software worldwide. SolidWorks has offices around the globe and sells, distributes, and supports its products through a worldwide network of resellers. For the latest news, information, or a live online demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000).

SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2002 SolidWorks Corporation.

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Spatial and Tech Soft America Announce FREE HOOPS 3D Part Viewer for ACIS

Part Viewer Enables Advanced Viewing of ACIS Part Files

WESTMINSTER, Colo. & ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2002--Spatial Corp., a market-leading provider of world-class 3D development technologies, and Tech Soft America (TSA), the leading provider of component graphics technology to the CAD/CAM/CAE industry, today announced the release of the free HOOPS 3D Part Viewer for ACIS, which allows for real-time collaborative viewing of ACIS part files.

Developed around the ACIS 3D Geometric Modeler v8.0 and the HOOPS 3D Application Framework (HOOPS/3dAF) from TSA, the HOOPS 3D Part Viewer for ACIS includes numerous features such as real-time, simultaneous collaboration between multiple users and the ability to visualize large models and precise distance measurement computation.

"We are extremely pleased with the development of the HOOPS 3D Part Viewer for ACIS, particularly because it offers free, real-time collaboration," said Rex Sellentine, visualization product manager, Spatial. "There has been a clear and significant industry demand for collaborative functionality and the ability to view ACIS parts. This free application addresses this demand in a highly effective manner."

Gavin Bridgeman, co-founder and member of the technical staff for TSA said, "By making this technology freely available to the ACIS user community, we hope to provide a valuable service while at the same time showcasing the advanced capabilities of the .HSF format and the HOOPS components."

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How does a person change the location of the origin on a part?

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The question of putting threads on bolts is whether or not you need
that much detail in a drawing. With the memory required and processor
workout involved, it generally isn't worth it. However, there is a
way to represent threads on a part or a bolt without the excessive
use of memory.
I will take a side view of the part and sketch a series of thread
cross sections along the edge for the distance of threads I need.
Then do a revolved cut around the part. True, they are not real time
threads but unless you are looking close it is hard to tell in the
drawing.
Another way is to revolve cut a single thread, and then do a linear
array copying the thread down the length of the part.
Hope this helps someone.

John Bishop
Drafting and Design
Ballantyne of Omaha
Omaha, NE
jfb02@...

The question of putting threads on bolts is whether or not you need that
much detail in a drawing. With the memory required and processor workout
involved, it generally isn't worth it. However, there is a way to represent
threads on a part or a bolt without the excessive use of memory.
I will take a side view of the part and sketch a series of thread cross
sections along the edge for the distance of threads I need.
Then do a revolved cut around the part. True, they are not real time threads
but unless you are looking close it is hard to tell in the drawing.
Another way is to revolve cut a single thread, and then do a linear array
copying the thread down the length of the part.
Hope this helps someone.

John Bishop
Drafting and Design
Ballantyne of Omaha
Omaha, NE
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2002--Structural Research & Analysis Corp. (SRAC), developer of COSMOS/Works, the best selling design analysis program for SolidWorks® users, today introduced COSMOS/FloWorks, a computational fluid dynamics software powered by NIKA's popular flow simulation technology.

The only fluid dynamics program that is fully embedded within the SolidWorks user environment, COSMOS/FloWorks provides design engineers with a fundamental analysis of the flow of gases and liquids, heat transfer, and other forces on immersed or surrounding solids. The same qualities that make SolidWorks the industry's leading mid-range CAD system for the design of engines, valves, hydraulics, piping, pumps, HVAC, and other complicated assemblies make COSMOS/FloWorks the perfect tool for analyzing them.

COSMOS/FloWorks ignores the traditional practice of handing off fluid analysis to specialists by translating problems into engineering analysis goals rather than numerical convergence criteria and solver parameters. Leaving the SolidWorks geometry as a solid model, COSMOS/FloWorks empowers engineers who are not analysis experts to succeed in today's design environment.

"At SRAC, our goal is to provide designers with easy-to-use simulation tools that allow them to experience the benefits of analysis at all stages of the design cycle," said Barbara Guerra, President and CEO of SRAC. "We feel that COSMOS/FloWorks perfectly complements this vision and will be a useful addition to every SolidWorks designer's desktop."

"Our technology has generated a great deal of interest and commercial success since it was released three years ago," said NIKA CEO Roland Feldhinkel. "We are excited about the prospect of working with SRAC to introduce COSMOS/FloWorks to those engineers who wish to perform flow simulation but are not necessarily experts in the field of computational fluid dynamics."

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Privately held with world headquarters in Germany and regional operations in San Francisco and Paris, NIKA is redefining how engineers conduct fluid flow simulation and analysis. Founded in 1999, the company develops a new breed of fluid simulation software that is designed specifically for the design engineer, allowing users to immediately create designs and analyze them without having to transfer the data to the analysis code. NIKA counts blue chip companies such as TRW Automotive, Intel, NASA Ames, Lufthansa, Sandia National Labs, Teledyne Baker Hughes, Purolator-Facet, Delphi Automotive, Ametek Aerospace, Siemens, Panasonic, Swagelok and Neumag among its clients. To find out more about the next generation in fluid flow analysis, visit http://www.floworks.com.

About Structural Research & Analysis Corporation

Structural Research & Analysis Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dassault Systemes S.A. (Euronext Paris # 13065, DSY.PA) (Nasdaq: DASTY - news) and develops and markets the COSMOS/ suite of easy to use design analysis software products for the mechanical computer-aided engineering market. For more information and a product demonstration, contact your local COSMOS/ distributor or reseller today, or call SRAC directly at 1-800-469-7287 (outside of North America, call +1-310-207-2800). For the latest news and information from SRAC, see the company's web site at www.cosmosm.com.

SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation. All other brands or product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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Calvin Rollmannm - CAD Instructor
Holdrege High School
600 12th Avenue
Holdrege, NE 68949
308.995.5734
crollman@...

In my experience threads are pretty and make nice detailed pictures, but
they are not very functional.  They slow down the rendering considerably
unless you suppress that feature.  But here is how I have made threads
in the past (I'm sure there is another way):

The basic idea is to create a sweep along a helix path with some sort of
triangular profile.  So first we create the helix.
1) Open sketch on end of bolt.
2) Convert entities to create sketch that includes a circle the diameter
of the bolt.
3) Create helix by selecting the sketch and going into your Insert pull
down menu.  Insert/curve/helix...

Now we create the triangular profile on a plane perpendicular to the
path at the beginning of the helix.  It is easiest to define the helix
with a starting point of 0 or 90deg. so that the triangle can be drawn
on one of the pre-defined planes.

Finally, select both the new sketch and the helix and create a sweep
feature.  Insert/Boss/Sweep...

Hope this helps!

Lonny Cooper, Product Engineer
T-L Irrigation Co.

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I have a student who is advanced further than anyone else in the class
and
she asked me how to make threads on bolts.  Being that I'm pretty much a
Novice user myself, and I couldn't find anything in any of my reference
materials, can anyone explain in some detail or direct me in a direction
to
answer this students question?

Calvin Rollmannm - CAD Instructor
Holdrege High School
600 12th Avenue
Holdrege, NE 68949
308.995.5734
crollman@...





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I have a student who is advanced further than anyone else in the class and
she asked me how to make threads on bolts.  Being that I'm pretty much a
Novice user myself, and I couldn't find anything in any of my reference
materials, can anyone explain in some detail or direct me in a direction to
answer this students question?

Calvin Rollmannm - CAD Instructor
Holdrege High School
600 12th Avenue
Holdrege, NE 68949
308.995.5734
crollman@...

The following information regarding a Manufacturing Engr. position in
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Is it possible to set up an assembly so that bolt will stop when it meets
flush with a face?  But, we would still like to show movement in the other
direction.

Calvin Rollmann
Holdrege High School
crollman@...