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Stratasys Digital ABS: Your New Multi-Purpose Material
Digital ABS by Stratasys is the 3D printing material of choice when you need toughness with smooth surfaces and fine details. Digital ABS Material features: Simulation of ABS engineering plastics performance Superior finish with smooth, glossy surfaces Excellent impact resistance... Continue reading
Posted 8 hours ago at CATI Tech Notes
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3D Printing Technology Day
Chances are that you may have heard about or seen 3D printing. In recent months, it has been in the news, on TV shows, and even in the President’s State of the Union Speech. 3D printing is now a mainstream... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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SWUGN Summit - Chicago
The SWUGN Technical Summit is coming to the Chicago area on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013. The SWUGN Technical Summit is a one-day learning and networking event hosted by the SolidWorks User Group Network and features technical presentations by local SolidWorks... Continue reading
Posted Apr 17, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Free SolidWorks Training - Upgrading SolidWorks Workgroup PDM to 2013
Join us on April 22, 2013 from 2pm-3:30pm Central Time for this virtual training event. There is no cost to attend this presentation. This is a lecture style class covering how to upgrade your SolidWorks Workgroup PDM server, web viewer,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 15, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Stratasys Fortus 400mc FDM 3D Printer/Production System Up and Running in Our Buffalo Grove, IL Headquarters
With work almost complete on our new 3D Production Lab in our Buffalo Grove Headquarters, we couldn't resist firing up our new Fortus 400mc for its very first build. You can see in the video that we are printing on... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Cold Beer, BBQ, and SolidWorks
Well, it has been a rather rough winter here in the midwest. I'm sure most of you out there would like to see winter go away peacefully. Today, the first day of spring, we reached a high temperature of 22... Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Why Automate Your Designs?
There are several good reasons why companies want to automate what they do: Reduce the cost of custom designs Respond quickly to sales enquiries Enhance product quality Reduce repetitive tasks DriveWorks can be set up to automate your repetitive design... Continue reading
Posted Mar 19, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Joe Gibbs Racing Uses Stratasys Fortus Technology to Maximize Driver Safety
When it comes to safety, the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) design engineers don’t leave anything to chance. Thanks to a new SR-100 soluble support material used with Fused Deposition Modeling® (FDM) from Stratasys, they can now create complex carbon monoxide... Continue reading
Posted Mar 14, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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CATI Product Development Forum 2013 Announcement
Join us for our 3rd Annual Product Development Forum series! This unique event will show you how to take your product from concept to reality and improve your product development process with the help of solutions from CATI. Event highlights:... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Ten Strategies for Becoming an Effective CAD Leader - Part 11
The importance of CAD leadership CAD technology has become the cornerstone of today’s successful product development organizations. However, as with any tool, maximizing the potential benefits of your CAD system demands a combination of planning, organization, and expertise. Using the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Ten Strategies for Becoming an Effective CAD Leader - Part 10
Strategy 10: Demonstrate product development contributions Perhaps the most critical strategy for becoming an effective CAD leader is to find ways to demonstrate the value of the contributions that your product development team makes to your entire enterprise. By showing... Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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DriveWorks World 2013
DriveWorks World 2013 will be held at the Marriott Chicago O’Hare hotel. It will introduce you to the latest DriveWorks software release - DriveWorks 10 and include instructor-led training sessions on DriveWorks Solo and DriveWorks Pro. Date and Registration: March... Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Ten Strategies for Becoming an Effective CAD Leader - Part 9
Strategy 9: Communicate effectively with business personnel 3D CAD technology represents a quantum leap in your ability to communicate design information with important audiences outside of product development. Extrapolating what an actual 3D physical product will look like from a... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Ten Strategies for Becoming an Effective CAD Leader - Part 8
Strategy 8: Manage product design data efficiently Using CAD tools to design innovative, error-free products will get you only partway to your goal. An effective CAD leader realizes that creating solid models is only the beginning. How well you manage,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 12, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Ten Strategies for Becoming an Effective CAD Leader - Part 7
Strategy 7: Document and analyze productivity CAD leadership requires more than intuition and observation. In order to make prudent, practical decisions about how to best deploy next-generation CAD tools to achieve your quality and efficiency goals, you need access to... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Ten Strategies for Becoming an Effective CAD Leader - Part 6
Strategy 6: Leverage design data throughout the enterprise Today’s CAD leaders recognize that product development is no longer the isolated, autonomous enclave of engineering that it was in the past. With the adoption and advancement of 3D CAD technology, product... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Ten Strategies for Becoming an Effective CAD Leader - Part 5
Strategy 5: Focus on continuous quality improvement Continuous quality improvement is the mantra of many manufacturing organizations. It is also a primary focus of effective CAD leaders. Your CAD system can have a significant impact on the quality of the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Automate Your Designs With DriveWorks
If you would like to find out more about Automating your Designs or using DriveWorks Software, then here are some links that you may find useful. FREE – DriveWorksXpress webinar – Tuesday 5th February http://www.driveworksxpress.com/index.php/training/free-webinar FREE – DriveWorks Solo webinar... Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Ten Strategies for Becoming an Effective CAD Leader - Part 4
Strategy 4: Foster collaboration and innovation A rising challenge for many design and engineering managers is how to supervise interaction among the growing number of players in today’s product development environment. Because innovation has become an increasingly critical factor for... Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Ten Strategies for Becoming an Effective CAD Leader - Part 3
Strategy 3: Maximize integration and automation Rooting out redundancy, duplication, and waste is the clarion call of effective CAD leadership. No single product development operation should be performed more than once, and no one should ever have to rebuild an... Continue reading
Posted Jan 24, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Ten Strategies for Becoming an Effective CAD Leader - Part 2
Strategy 2: Develop skills and retain talents Equally as important as choosing the right CAD tool to support your operations is putting it in the hands of skilled designers and engineers. No matter how automated technology becomes, product design will... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Ten Strategies for Becoming an Effective CAD Leader - Part 1
Successful engineering organizations have two important things in common: they know how to utilize computer-aided design (CAD) technology in ways that consistently advance productivity and instill innovation in product development, and they are led by capable managers who know how... Continue reading
Posted Jan 17, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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3DVIA Composer is Becoming SolidWorks Composer
It's official, 3DVIA Composer is being re-branded as SolidWorks Composer. “What does this mean to me and why the need for such a change?“ is a very logical question. Well for starters, moving forward, there will be one annual release,... Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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How to Build and Maintain Effect Design Tables in SolidWorks
Join us for the first CATIpult Webcast of 2013, How to Build and Maintain Effective Design Tables in SolidWorks. When - Thursday January 17th, 12pm-1:30pm Central Time Registration Link *What is a Design Table? A design table allows you to... Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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SolidWorks World 2013 Update - CATI to Deliver 11 Presentations
Well it's that time again - time for SolidWorks World! With over 200 technical presentations to choose from, this year looks to be even better than last year. The CATI team will be busy with 11 technical presentations. Check back... Continue reading
Posted Jan 8, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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