UpComing Workshops and Selamat Hari Raya!

It’s been a while but
WE ARE STILL HERE
!
Things has been crazy over the past few months but we are back to share with you the geekiest exciting things we can think of 🙂
Update on Workshops
We have conducted countless Workshops of various topics in the past months, and the response had been overwhelming. Thank you! For the upcoming events, you may find the information
here
. Register online immediately as seats are limited. Photos of the workshops can be found
here
.
SolidWorks Electrical Workshop in August
Some new topics that have gained very good response is the
SolidWorks Electrical
 Workshops. It is a relatively new product and has already made a huge difference for our Electrical Engineer friends!
Register now
 to attend the 7th Aug class – seats are limited!
Last but not least,
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
to all. Enjoy precious time with your family and friends, stay safe and save some Raya cookie for me! 😉


Why You Should Use SOLIDWORKS for Modelling in Malaysia

Nowadays,
CAD
 or computer-aided design is well-known to all industries in Malaysia especially the ones involved in design. It is a must-have tool to deliver products which are competitive and cost efficient.

Why does SOLIDWORKS stand out amongst other CAD software? Today, we will highlight the 3 main reasons for that:

Integration and Associativity

Two reasons here? No, these are only considered as one reason because they are correlated. A CAD software is no longer what everyone is looking for; everyone needs a smart CAD software which can communicate with other software seamlessly.

Everyone wants to do less work and spend more quality time with their family, a SMART CAD tool that is able to communicate with other software and do their job automatically. Is SOLIDWORKS one of that tools? No! There is no such tool but SOLIDWORKS is the closest one.

SOLIDWORKS is working closely with more than 500 solution partners to develop integrated add-in which extend the functionality of SOLIDWORKS to CAE (computer-aided engineering),
CAM (computer-aided manufacturing)
,
 visualization
,
data management
, design automation and more.

One of the benefits of integrated add-in and also the most crucial one is associativity. A lot of time human likes to change their mind, one minute he wants to eat McDonald’s, then next minute he wants to eat KFC. Same goes to engineers and designers, lots of decision making and design changes occur every day.

Usually, these changes add collateral damage to the operation cost such as delay production due to slow data update and scrap or rework due to wrong revision used. With integrated solution, any changes will be propagated and updated instantly since data are associated with each other.

Ease of Use

The most ideal employee for an employer is a fresh graduate with 10 years of working experience.

SOLIDWORKS developer team compressed decades of design experiences into this software and makes it extremely easy to learn and use. There is a built-in tutorial inside SOLIDWORKS where you can follow a step-by-step guideline to learn how to use SOLIDWORKS.

Even a secondary school student is able to pick-up this skill easily, as long as they have proper interest. Moreover, IME is partnered up with 80% of education institutes in Malaysia and
we provide training
 to the students.

This means that if we simply pick a graduate from 100 people, there is an 80% chance that he or she is already equipped with SOLIDWORKS skills and is ready to perform with minimal training. If you are looking for extra bit of help, IME provides top notch training with a fully qualified instructor as well. The training content is customizable to suit all needs.

Abundance of Resources

There are millions of components out there in the cloud ready for you to download and import into SOLIDWORKS.

These are the sweats and tears of the other designers that you enjoy for free thanks to the huge community developed throughout the year. You can import those standard components and use it directly without the need to recreate the components, this can save a lot of time.

Furthermore, there are a lot of
SOLIDWORKS forums and videos
 out there that users can refer to and find ideas to develop their own product. Thanks to the advanced in internet or cloud technology, we are no longer working as an individual.

We are working as a community where our brains are intertwined virtually to form a network of creativity.

Save Cost

There is a fourth point? Yes! Because maybe I didn’t strengthen my point enough in the past few points. I will highlight once again here in the last point, SOLIDWORKS helps to SAVE COST!

Although the starting investment is not exactly cheap, but in a long run it will help the company to save cost in terms of improving productivity, reducing unnecessary scrap or rework, speed up the process to market your products and standardizing your workflow.

Other than that, SOLIDWORKS has a range of
license types
 that you can choose from to suit your budget.

To find out more on SOLIDWORKS license cost, contact us via email at
sales@cadcam.com.my
.

Follow us on
Facebook – SOLIDWORKS Malaysia
 or visit our website at
www.imetech.com.my
 for more information.

– Maxwell Wong, Application Engineer, IME Technology Sdn Bhd


Using eDrawings as a Technical Communication tool while working remotely

Having to work from home might cause you to feel like there is a restriction in communicating with your vendors, customers, or even colleagues.

If you are looking for a medium to send your CAD files for viewing or approval, eDrawings is a useful tool to help you communicate with other parties, even if they do not have any CAD software installed on their computer.

With eDrawings, you are able to have several options to save your CAD data.

 Save as eDrawings file

If you save your files as eDrawings parts or assemblies, your recipient may open it in eDrawings software from their computer, without having to install SOLIDWORKS. The eDrawings software is a free CAD viewer software that can be downloaded from
https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/eDrawings/e2_downloadcheck.htm

With eDrawings, you can;

View CAD files

Rotate the CAD model

View assemblies in exploded view

Measure model dimensions

Play animations

View result plot from SOLIDWORKS Simulation

Use Markup tool

View configurations

View mass properties of the parts

Example to save an assembly as an eDrawing file and open it in eDrawings software:

Open the assembly in SOLIDWORKS.

Go to File > Save As.. select eDrawings (.easm).

If multiple configurations exist within one SOLIDWORKS file, you may choose the specific configurations that you wish to export to eDrawings file.

Launch the eDrawings software and browse for the file that you just created.

The file opened successfully and you may view, rotate, measure or explode the model accordingly.

 Save as eDrawings Web HTML file.

In the case where your recipient does not have the eDrawings viewer and does not intend to install it, you may also save the file as eDrawings Web HTML file. This file type can be opened in any internet browser from the computer, or even from your smartphones, without having to install any software.

However, the file must first be created in the eDrawings viewer. Please refer the steps below:

From the eDrawings viewer, go to File > Save As.. then select eDrawings Web HTML Files (.html)

Once saved, you may send the html file using email, WhatsApp, or any document sharing platform.

The recipient can then open the file using any internet browser; Eg: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox.

[From Google Chrome]

You can even open it from your smartphones!

[From browser on Smartphone]

With this interactive tool, you can communicate with all stakeholders effectively using CAD data. Your recipient may check the model for validation and discussion can be made remotely.

**However please keep in mind that the capabilities of the viewer on web is quite limited compared to using the eDrawings viewer installed on your computer.

Stay safe!

#JustStayHome


Using flexible component for your industrial equipment design

Flexible component is one of the features you need to know, if your machine design involves or required to study the solid component movement or motion base on the design reference.

As we know, in order to stimulate the machine movement, usually we will group up components in different sub-assembly, instead of moving individual parts by parts, using sub-assembly, the movement of the machine or equipment will be more nature.

Grouping up the component using sub-assembly feature.

As you can see, originally, the spring is straight, do not align with the bar.

Normally the spring component tend to become straight instead of bending.

Right click the component, and select the flexible component, select the subject and flexible component, allow you to force the spring to move base on the bar position.

In the flexible feature, you select the reference for the other end.

The different reference at each end reference of the spring, will force the spring to twist to meet the condition set in the flexible components.

The flexible component feature will bend the spring according to the reference setting.

Sometime, it takes some times to refresh the graphic detail if your machine is too complex. But end result of the feature will be amazed you.

After you move the components, usually it takes a bit of time to load.

This feature not only applicable for spring, you may apply on the solid object, such as the door hinge, to move when the door is open or close.

Door hinge can be move using flexible component.

Suspension spring in the assembly.

Contact us if you wish to know more about SOLIDWORKS What’s New 2020 feature!


Valentine is coming!!

My love bear cute or not? If ah lau created his love cup, i also did create my love bear..and prototype it!!! Design with SolidWorks, and then use ZCorp Printer to prototype it…so guys, do this to impress your girlfriend since valentine just around the corner…this will be such a meaningful gift since you design the gift by yourself, and cannot found at any store,very priceless…trust me!!


Vase – designed by SS

I have spoke to some of my friend about the intention to create a design group since last month. Most of them give positive feedback but none of them send me their product for display so far. But one of them, SS (nickname) did send me what he/she designed which i am going to publish it in this post. With the help of Nelson and photoview 360, this is the final rendered image of his/her product.

A vase…….by SS…

SS, i hope you like the rendering effect of your vase.

For others, if you have good design that you wish to share with us. So what are you waiting for??? Send us the picture or send us your model and we will render for you.

Thank you, SS!!

Arigato Gozaimasu!!


virtual event is back- DS SolidWorks Innovation Forum

You saw the BIG image on top of my blog and sure you are wondering what is that? Right?

Every year after SolidWorks Innovation day, DS SolidWorks will held an online virtual event for you to get to know more about SolidWorks latest release. This year, it named “
DS SolidWorks Innovation Forum
“. The benefits? You can access anytime, anywhere (
provided you have internet access
)

join now
https://www.imetech.com.my/innovationforum2011

“
DS SolidWorks Innovation Forum
 is a series of online events hosted on a virtual conference platform. It provides you with a conducive environment for SolidWorks community to network and interact with each other, irrespective of geographical location. Get the update on the latest trends and technology from industry and product experts. Gain knowledge and enhance your skills to become more productive at what your do best.”

DS SolidWorks Innovation forum will go ‘
live
‘ for three weeks and every week it have a theme:

Winning in Business: 14th November 2011

Winning in Product Innovation: 21st November 2011

Winning in life: 28th November 2011

Detail you can refer to
https://imetech.com.my/

Register now for free, have a ‘walk’ in the virtual conference and you stand a chance to win a lucky prizes.

Join now and bump me in the virtual hall. I  will be walking around the conference for whole day. See ya!~

(I can’t wait for
Michael A. Podolinsky
 presentation)


Wanna have a Christmas Mystery Gift?

IME wish you a merry Christmas,

SolidWorks wish you a merry Christmas,

We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year………….

Year 2009 is leaving us soon, thanks for joining SolidWorks Malaysia community. We appreciated your support, your participation for all the activity and the event that organize by IME Technology.

IME SolidWorks Malaysia community vision is
“To provide the best service, to deliver the latest technology information to Malaysia engineering industry”!
 To serve you better, we always look forward for your opinion or suggestion to serve you better. Visit SolidWorks Malaysia Facebook community discussion board to drop your idea, your suggestion, etc………
Visit SW Malaysia FB
The most creative idea, the most attractive posting will stay a chance to win for a Christmas mystery GIFT!!

What to suggest?
* Event & Activity that you would like to attend?
* Creative idea for SolidWorks program
* SolidWorks Rendering competition
* Information you would like to know
* SolidWorks Training Courses, etc…………….

Lastly, we wish you
a Merry Christmas and a fruitful and happy year 2010…………

Visit SW Malaysia FB
 Discussion Board


Want to design your own glasses???

Hey friends, Happy 2010!~Wonder how you spend your holidays during last weekend? Well, I’ve enjoyed the shopping with my family and bought myself a cool sun glasses!Looking at my cool stylish sun glasses, I was wondering how SolidWorks can design this kind of stuff? I will say the frame is the core to decide how attractive and stylish the glasses will be, and this is also the portion where you need to handle well when design a glasses in SolidWorks!

If you look properly, you will notice actually the frame of the glasses is a 3D Curve. What is 3D curve? Picture below will be the best way to show you the difference between 2D &3D curve in CAD!

2D Curve

3D Curve

You can create several types of 3D curves by using these function provided in SolidWorks for example: projected curve, composite curve, helix & spiral, curve through reference/XYZ points. To handle the frame of the glassess, you can use projected curve. Projected curve can be applied whenever you want to project a sketch onto a model face / surface, or, when you want to obtain the intersection of sketches from two different sketch planes (intersection planes).

To use this function, 1st, you need to sketch out the shape of the glasses from front view and definetly the sketch will be located on front plane:

shape of the glasses from front view

Then, Open another sketch on right plane, you will need to figure out the shape of glasses how it looks from side view:

s
hape of the glasses from side view

Next, go to
Insert >Curve> Projected…
Use option : “Sketch on Sketch”, select the two sketches and from the preview you will see the shape of the new curve:

 If you try to predict the output of projected curve, in fact it is the intersection of two surfaces extruded out from the selected 2D sketches:

intersection of two surfaces

The projected curve can be used as the sweep path when you try to create the frame and also as the boundary of the glasses, just apply the “Filled Surface” function to fill up the boundary:

Filled Surface

 The glasses
Tada!!!

This is the rendered image of my simple design. I did it during a boring night~


Want to know what’s new in SolidWorks 2010???

How can this happen within few seconds???

What are the differences between imported file and native SolidWorks part file opened in SolidWorks window? Look at the 1st SolidWorks window picture from above, obviously the imported file doesn’t carry any feature as compared with the SolidWorks part file. This will cause a lot of inconveniences when you are trying to modify the imported file. So, what can we do is to recognize all the feature belongs to the part. Let’s have a look on how
Direct Editing
 SolidWorks help you to manage it!

Direct Editing is one of the powerful functions introduced in SolidWorks 2010. It is a feature presented by
FeatureWorks
-> one of the add-in in SolidWorks Professional. It has the ability to let you directly edit an imported file without concerning the sequence and even the possible features within the part. What you need to do is just simply right click on the option that you want to edit and select the edit features command, the software is intelligent enough to recognize all the feature within the part! The most important thing is, all the recognized features are editable as what you expect in SolidWorks! Amazing?


We Love Robot, never too old to play it

I love Robot!! It just like ….
Optimus Prime in Transformer movie….. “COOL MAN”…..
I was so excited when SolidWorks invite a certified customer highlight presentation from
MEGA Brand, INC.

I was surprised to learn how much MEGA Design engineer fully utilize SolidWorks in their product development. This process all started when the team was presented with a request from marketing to create a new toy to fulfill the need in the product line. After initial sketches, the team begins with modeling different ideas in SolidWorks using the same design process. After a few ideas are modeled up, they are then printed out using rapid prototyping. This process allows them to quickly evaluate differences design concepts and determine which design should be need for further refined
.

Haha, so steal some of your kid’s toys and start modeling them up in SolidWorks. Who knows, you might be a future toy designer having the time in your life.

Hurray! ….the REAL Robot


Wedding Crown Pt 2

Hi….this is the result after add Nelson 3 carats diamonds ; )


Wedding Crown

Hi…long time didn’t post anything…so finally i did design my jewellery….the wedding crown. Took about 1 hour to complete include rendering. So include a lot of surfacing, the rest just simple features. I still not satisfied, maybe later can improve the design ; ) Oh ya..maybe i can use the 3 carat diamond from Nelson to add to the crown….interesting…Got inspired from my coming wedding actually…hehe….


Welcome 2010- Happy New Year

31st Dec 2009- It’s so fast to reach the last day of year 2009. For the pass 365 days, what have you achieved? Beside sitting in front of the monitor screen everyday.

for you who following SolidWorks-Malaysia blog since the very 1st day, we are glad to tell you that this is our 1st year anniversary and my 1st ever blog-
Ice Kacang machine
 Our blog started last year, since 10th of December & thank to the team commitment and passion on SolidWorks with a willingness to share, we currently have
79 followers
 from varies country (mainly from Malaysia) and posted
 170 blogs.

For a new blog in the
 bloggy blog world
, we really proud to share with you our excitement and our achievement. Continue to support us by following our blogs and i guarantee you more and more interesting and eye-opening articles will be share in year 2010.

We wish you a fruitful year in 2010!~

Bye bye 2009! Welcome 2010!~


We’re back; from IME SWID’09 JB

Hi guys/girls, we are back! Sorry for my MIA.

One down, two to go!

Yes, I’m talking about
IME SolidWorks Innovation Day 2009
 in Johor.

We organize it every year in Johor-southern region, Klang Valley (mostly Shah Alam) & Penang-northern region. This is the best time  for our to meet up with our beloved SolidWorks community in Malaysia and taking this opportunity for us to present to you the latest features & enhancements in SolidWorks products ranges.

To make this event a successful 1 and worth to attend, our team really put a lot of effort, hard work and rehearsal to give our best for every single second you spend in this event.

Trust me, I really mean it~

Johor otak-otak + king of cat mountain (durian)

We travel all the way down to the most southern area of Johor and held our meaningful event @ The Zon Regency Hotel.

The Zon Regency Hotel

The environment was superb. At night, it actually have a live band with some hot chicks and foreign singer singing the hit song of the 90′ at the hall and is indeed a best place for
last minute preparation
 relax for the event to kick start the next morning.

On that day, it didn’t go well as something bad happen in the morning before the event started but luckily we manage to overcome it, credits go to

保济丸

The attendance is more than what we had expected. The turn out rate is more than the registration. In fact, we need to add in

more

more

more

chairs into the hall. Thank god that the hall can allow us to add  in additional chairs.

the hall

Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to express my infinite thanks for those who attended and be with us for the whole event, from 9.30 am to 1.00 pm. Sincerely hope that our effort is worth for your precious time.

Another big thanks to our platinum sponsor, Hp and Gold sponsor, 3D connexion to give the fullest support and not forget to mention the fabulous prizes sponsored by them. The participants like it
(very much)
 and we like it
(very very much)
 as well, especially most of the prizes are designed to be sustainable, which totally suit our theme.

they are so happy!~

I will not share much on the contents yet as I would prefer to keep it as a secret for Penang kia and Klang Valley participants to come and explore together. So, those who haven register,
REGISTER
 now; better do it fast to avoid disappointment.

Next week,
Shah Alam
 &
Penang
! See you there!

Do buy me some tambun biscuit & char keow teow when you come in ya!~

p/s: Johorian who miss the event, I don’t mind you drive up to Shah Alam to join us.


What do you need to know about SOLIDWORKS HVAC simulation?

Have you been wondering, “What do I need to know about SOLIDWORKS HVAC simulation?” Worry not! We will explain briefly in this blog.

HVAC simulation allow you to perform

Airflow Optimization
 – Manage the airflow within a large-scale environment ensures that the optimum temperature is maintained within the human comfort temperature

Product Thermal Design
 – The HVAC Applications Module simulates airflow in the environment and products used in the environment, considering real-world behaviours or criteria applied in the simulation.

Human Comfort Factors
 – The effectiveness of environmental control is measured by eight human comfort factors that evaluate both the reaction of people and the environment.

Tracer Study
 – Simulate the flow of an admixture in an existing carrier fluid to evaluate the effectiveness of a ventilation system in removing contaminant

The simulation tools can be used in SOLIDWORKS HVAC

Advanced Radiation modeling
 –Thermal radiation can have a major effect on cooling requirements. Understanding the impact of material choices requires sophisticated radiation modeling that’s included in the HVAC Applications Module.

Comfort parameters
 – “Predicted mean vote” (PMV) and “Predicted percent dissatisfied” (PPd) are the two main comfort parameters out of eight calculated by the HVAC Applications Module. These parameters identify where there are problems in thermal comfort level, so you can resolve them before the cooling system is built.

Tracer Study
 – When an admixture substance (such as a contaminant) diffuses in a carrier fluid, you can evaluate the mass fraction of the substance as well as the local Air Quality index (lAQi) and Contaminant removal Effectiveness (CrE) parameters to determine the effectiveness of the ventilation system.

Engineering database
 – An enhanced engineering database includes a wide range of building materials and fans so you can do thermal analysis quickly and efficiently.


What do you need to know before using SOLIDWORKS Non-linear Simulation?

The concept of nonlinear

Linear static analysis assumes that the relationship between loads and the induced response is linear. For example, if you double the magnitude of loads, the response (displacements, strains, stresses, reaction forces, etc.), will also double.

Pressure drop analysis using the air flow simulation

All real structures behave nonlinearly in one way or another at some level of loading. In many other cases, the linear solution can produce erroneous results because the assumptions upon which it is based are violated. Nonlinearity can be caused by the material behaviour, large displacements, and contact conditions.

In the nonlinear static analysis, dynamic effects like inertial and damping forces are not considered. Processing a nonlinear study differs from processing a static study in the following ways:

The assumption of non-linear study before you start your experiment/simulation.

linear analysis is based on the static and linearity assumptions and is, therefore, valid as long as these assumptions are valid. When one (or more) of these assumptions fails, linear analysis will produce wrong predictions and nonlinear analysis must be used to model the nonlinearities.

The linearity assumption is true if:

All the materials in the model comply with Hooke’s law, that is stress is directly proportional to strain. Some materials demonstrate such behavior only if the strains are small. As the strains increase, the stress-strain relationships become nonlinear. Other materials display nonlinear behavior even when the strains are small. A material model is a mathematical simulation of the behavior of a material. A material is said to be linear if its stress-strain relations are linear. Linear analysis can be used to analyze models with linear materials assuming that there are no other types of nonlinearities. Linear materials can be isotropic, orthotropic, or anisotropic. Whenever a material in the model demonstrates a nonlinear stress-strain behavior under the specified loading, nonlinear analysis must be used. Nonlinear analysis offers many types of material models.

The induced displacements are small enough so that you can ignore the change in the stiffness caused by loading. Nonlinear analysis offers a large deformation option when defining the material properties of a solid component or a shell. The stiffness matrix computations can be recomputed at every solution step. The frequency of recalculating the stiffness matrix is controlled by the user.

Boundary conditions do not vary during the application of loads. Loads must be constant in magnitude, direction, and distribution. They should not change while the model is deforming. For example, contact problems are naturally nonlinear because the boundary conditions change when loading contact occurs. However, linear analysis offers an approximate solution for contact problems where the large deformation effect is considered.

The result you expected to get from SOLIDWORKS simulation

Stress result, allow you to determine the stress level base on the different position. Picture above is the result before the ring moved into the hook.

Stress result, allow you to determine the stress level base on the different position. Picture above is the result after the ring moved into the hook.

Since the ring moved the most in the simulation, the ring remain in red colour which indicate the object moved the most distance in the simulation.

Deformation when the ring moved into the hook.


What is CAD Software and Its Uses?

CAD stands for computer-aided design, using computer software to aid in the creation, modification, analysis and optimisation throughout the design processes. CAD software can be used to create two-dimensional (2D) drawings or three-dimensional (3D) models. Since its introduction in the 1960s, it is often associated with digitised design processes in all sorts of industries.

Some examples of CAD software that is used widely in the industry include SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD, DraftSight 2D CAD and many more.

Compared to the traditional design process, CAD has replaced the messy hard copy hand sketching and manual drafting papers. Apart from that, the use of CAD software tools allow the object to be viewed from any angle, even from the inside looking out. Complex design with thousands of parts can be viewed at a glance. Here I would like to highlight some of the main advantages of having CAD.

Collaborative Design

Collaboration is crucial for successful product development. Nowadays, with cloud-based CAD technology tools, the organisations can unite multiple disciplines and stakeholders across locations and timezones to work together to contribute ideas and accelerate the design process.

With the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, designers and engineers worldwide can collaborate seamlessly from ideation through delivery in one integrated environment. Entire teams can check out plan modifications easily and get informed if there are any changes. Tedious traditional paper drawings checking can be eliminated easily by using CAD compare apps on the platform.

Faster Design Lifecycle

CAD reduces design time by allowing precise simulation rather than builds and tests physical prototypes. With CAD, designs can be replicated instantly and allow design changes that propagate downstream, so we do not have to worry about missing out any reference updates. This can never be done using traditional methods with pen and paper.

Better Quality

With implementation of CAD, all information can be utilised ultimately to increase productivity. It allows designers taking consideration of electricity, plumbing, fatigue strength and other elements, helping to create a more comprehensive and sustainable design.

Cost saving

Using CAD enables engineers and designers to detect problems with their designs much earlier because you can clearly see interferences between various components. This could save unnecessary rework costs.

Looking at those main benefits that aid us to continue sustain in the industry, are you still hesitate to move beyond?

Great design can be so easy with the correct CAD software. Contact us at
sales@cadcam.com.my
 , we can advise accordingly.


What is SOLIDWORKS API?

SOLIDWORKS API (Application Programming Interface) is a programming interface to SOLIDWORKS software. Programmer can directly access to SOLIDWORKS functionality such as create sketch, extrude, create new part, create drawing, modify dimension and thousands more other function to create a macro or customized program. This allowed SOLIDWORKS user to harness the full capability of this powerful software. A lot of partner product utilize this API to interact between their product and SOLIDWORKS. For instance, MasterCAM created an add-in which is MasterCAM for SOLIDWORKS which allowed MasterCAM user to streamline their design and manufacturing process. This sort of add-in is one of the many possibilities what using SOLIDWORKS API can achieved. However, it is not easy, not easy at all. In order to create such fancy add-in, one must possess extensive knowledge in all aspect of mechanical theory, mathematical calculation and programming skill.

Back to when you are still studying, you might be wondering when you are going to use all the algebra and geometries learnt in mathematics. Well, those who are creating SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS add-in possess a strong knowledge in these topics. You must know how to deal with integration, derivative and matrices when creating engineering software. Creation of software is tough, same as designing mechanical products. You must have experience, more experience and much more experience combined with many years of practices to create or design your own product. However, nothing is impossible when you have a strong will.

The beginning is always the toughest, SOLIDWORKS API is consider as one of the starting points for SOLIDWORKS user to learn programming.  This is because the interface is what you are familiar with, and the functionality and behaviour are more or less predictable. As a conclusion, SOLIDWORKS API is a programming interface to SOLIDWORKS where you can create macro, add-in or standalone program. The functionality of these programs varied from design automation, rendering and simulation. There is no limit what these programs can do, the only limit is your own imagination.

As an example, below is the IME InterX which is an add-in for SOLIDWORKS created by IME:


What Makes A Great Engineer?

Do you have any engineers in mind that you always look up to? Who is your all-time favourite? Thomas Edison? Nikola Tesla? Henry Ford? Have you got what it takes to be a great engineer?

To be successful in the field of engineering, here are some of the common traits and similarities great engineers shared and the skills and personalities that are required of you.

Cheers, to all the great engineers out there, and the soon-to-be engineers.


What Will “GREEN” Look like in our future

Rainy day! Is a nice and relaxing morning, by having a cup of coffee.

Suddenly I remember what Lau mention to us yesterday on Going Green and Sustainability during our meeting. Let’s search some information to share with you, why are we going green now and how can we help the world become more sustainable?

I was thinking, what will “Green” look like in our future? What will be the breakthroughs in technology be in our future that will make our world more sustainable?

I just read an article wrote by Criff at 3D Perspective. Criff mention that “Going Green” and “Sustainable” are common terms that have been used, and over-used. And we have seen the world making more of an effort to help with sustainable efforts. But where are the big breakthroughs in technology to help us become more sustainable? Dassault Systèmes believes one way to look into the future for a new sustainable solution is visualizing it…in 3D.

Criff post up a video message from Bruno Delahave to explain what Dassault Systèmes is doing to help the world become more sustainable and how to create products which do not hurt the planet.

The video share with us how the 3D creation tool able to calculate environmental impact of an object being create, and how the designer able to take the smart decision of the component of the material he create to redo the carbon foot print of his design……

Let’s watch the video


What’s new 2010: 3D ISO for piping

Woohoo!~ finally it’s here.

3D Isometic drawing is very common in piping industry. In SolidWorks 2010, it has a new enhancement where just one click away to generate a 3D isometric drawing for piping layout with the Bill of materials (BOM). A simple window appear asking us to select the right drawing template and BOM template when generating the 3D Isometric drawing. Of course, you still can save your BOM into excel, which i like the most.

There are still room to improve and enhance in term of generating output for piping industry and meeting their requirement. at least it’s a good start. the most important- easy to use!~

Hmm, i was thinking, is it possible to hide all the 3d model and only show the 3D sketch line?

For better understanding, below video show the simple steps to generate 3D iso in SolidWorks drawing.

(edited: replaced with new video, without my voice as background music)


What’s New 2010–Configuration Publisher

Configuration publisher is a customized user interface where user can define the variable of a model so that later it can be configured to obtain different version/combination of parts.

In the Configuration Publisher dialog box, you can create an interface for specifying configurations of parts and assemblies not only in SolidWorks but also in 3D Content Central. You can upload the models to 3D Content Central directly from the dialog box. On 3D Content Central, your end users use the interface to build the configuration they want. When they download your model, it contains only the configuration they specify.

How to create the publisher?

1. Decide the variable in design table.

2. Open the configuration publisher, drag the list box into the template.

3. Link the created parameter with the variable in design table, put it the allowable value for the variable as well.

4. You can preview and test the publisher. Save it.

5.In SolidWorks, the interface appears as a property manager where you can select a component configuration when you add the component to an assembly. You can start with a model with one or more configurations.


What’s New in Solidworks 2009

FloXpress

COSMOSFloXpress provides qualitative fluid-flow analysis. An internal flow using a
single inlet and outlet
 is considered. FloXpress is a cut-down version of the popular COSMOSFloWorks product – also developed by Flomerics – that enables engineers and designers to simulate complex, 3D fluid flow and heat transfer processes via a simple, wizard-driven user interface inside the SolidWorks user environment. It also helps users to consider the effects of water and air flow when optimizing their product designs.


What’s New in Solidworks 2009

DFMXpress

DFMXpress
 allows engineers and designers to check their designs for turning manufacturability such as minimum corner radii and bore reliefs.

DFMXpress Features & Benefits

Explanations and recommendations that will help designers identify manufacturing feasibility

Basic sets of rules for drilling, milling & turning

Rules parameters can be configured

Simple Graphical User Interface

Seamlessly integrated into SolidWorks

Feature Based (works with Automatic Feature Recognition engine)

Leverages SolidWorks’ SWIFT technology


What’s New in Solidworks 2009

IDF Import/Export and PADS ASCII Import

CircuitWorks
 is a bi-directional system, SolidWorks parts and assemblies can be export to IDF file format and import back into an ECAD system. You can then place the remaining electrical components and interconnecting traces.


what’s new in Solidworks 2009

TolAnalyst

Tolerance analysis is an application that determine the effect that dimension and tolerance have on part and assemblies. The tolerance tools let you perform “worst-case” tolerance stack-up on assemblies.

Click
here
 to know more about Tolerance Analysis in Solidworks. Here i had attached a FAQ of Tolanalyst that i found from google.

Besides, i also found some videos about tolanalyst from SolidProfessor and Youtube.

https://files.solidworks.com/solidworks2008/TolAnalyst/TolAnylist.swf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDjSMbII-08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHenBVKDk4s&feature=related
 = this is a cartoon about Tolanalyst which i think it’s quite funny. Enjoy..

By the way, it’s now 12.08am of 25/01/09….it’s chinese new year eve. Wow…….time pass very fast…..it’s another brand new year for all of us. So i would like to take this opportunity to everyone who visit this blog

“
Happy Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Fa Chai
!!”

Cheer for a better year!!

~ah lau~


What’s New in SolidWorks 2010->Assembly Visualization

Hey guys & gals! Heard about assembly visualization before? If you haven’t explore in SW2010, perhaps you don’t know about this! This is a brand new feature introduced in SolidWorks 2010!

Basically,
Assembly visualization

provides multiple ways to display and sort components within an assembly in a list and in the graphic area.
 With this function, user can sort the list by one property at a time.

Assembly Visualization

How Assembly Visualization Can Help You?

1) Basic information calculated from SolidWorks such as mass, volume, surface area are available in the tool.

2) User can define other properties such as vendor, revision or status of a component in the part file itself and then access those data from Assembly Visualization.

3) If you sort by SW-Material, you can edit component materials directly from the list!

4) Color indication-In the graphic area, colors are applied to the model to help the user visualize and compare the relative value of the sorting property for each component.

5) You can save the list information in a separate file such as a Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet or a text file.


What’s new in SolidWorks 2010: Drawing Enhancementsssss

Easier. Faster. Focus on design, not drawing.

Selamat Pagi (Morning) guys, I just woke up, haven brush my teeth and I’m thinking how to explain all the new enhancementsssss (yes, lot of  ‘s’) for drawing. For the number of  ‘
s
‘ you see, i believe you know what I mean. Yes! lot of enhancementsssss.

Some of the enhancementsssss:
1. New dimension palette. Reduce mouse travel.
2. Text tolerances with recent setting record
3. Change section depth to remove unnecessary sketch.
4. Detail view with ordinate dimension.
5. Dimensioning with popup widget.
6. drag and drop note.
7. Ballon size standard.
8. Annotation in 3D model.

You know what? Just watch after the jump and you will get what I mean by enhancementsssss.

Happy Sunday!~


What’s New in SolidWorks 2010- Hole Wizard Enhancement!

In SolidWorks 2010, when creating hole using
Hole Wizard
,

1.
User no longer need to preselect a planar face
 to create a 2D sketch, the hole wizard creates a 2D sketch unless you select a non planar face or explicitly request a 3D sketch.

2. New added
Australia Standard
 in hole wizard function!

3.

Straight Pipe Threads added for all standards!
 Previously, the Hole Wizard supported straight pipe tapped holes for the DIN standard only.

Let’s have a look on the video as shown below:

Hole Wizard


What’s new in SolidWorks 2010: Hole Wizard~

Last of the day, Hole wizard. Good news for Australian, it now come with Australia Standard. Hmm.. do we have Malaysia standard? Cosmetic thread can now easily insert into the hole during inserting the hole via hole wizard.

Video speak all!~


What’s New in SolidWorks 2010- How to apply cosmetic thread in 2D engineering drawing?

Cosmetic Thread

Facing problem to assign cosmetic thread in your Drawing? Good news from SolidWorks 2010! With the enhancement in 2010,
you can directly assign the cosmetic thread in 2D drawing without prepare it in your 3D model 1st.
 Basically,user just need to activate the
cosmetic thread
 function under drawing annotation, then select the circular edge from the drawing view that you wish to apply the symbol, various type of hole standards is provided under this function! Due to the capability of propagating the changes in 2D into 3D model, the cosmetic thread symbol that has been applied in 2D drawing will just update the 3D model itself as well. That’s why when you generate the section view from the parent view of cosmetic thread, you can clearly see the symbol is appear as well in the new generated section view!


What’s new in SolidWorks 2010: Mirror components

Still remember how to model a handle by just referring to an existing 2D drawing? Refer my previous post,
projected curve
, if you don’t get what I mean. Model a handle is piece of cake for you. After the handle bar, of course we need to design the grip, grip shift, brake lever etc. Since left and right is the same, all we need to do is mirror the components.

Honestly, I believe most of you facing a comment issue when mirror a part. It may end up in an orientation which not as what we are expecting, something like this,

Aiya!~ How ar? What can I do ar? The answer is SolidWorks 2010. In SolidWorks 2010, a great enhancement available for mirror feature. It allow us to select the mirror part and reorient it to the right position which make you happy. Like this,

With the mate ‘mirror’ along, interactive motion is more accurate and faster result. As usual, after the jump is a video that I would like to share with you all.

Happy weekend!~


What’s New in SolidWorks 2010- Multi lips Groove

Mari!  Mari! Great lips groove enhancement in SolidWorks 2010, I’m pretty sure product design and related industry will like it
very very
 very much!~

Yes, now lips groove come with ‘MULTI’ & ‘JUMP GAP’. How?

1. Mutli lips groove means that now you can select multiple face at one time to create the lip even though the faces are not merge together. we are talking about saving time, a lot a lot of time!~

2. Jump gap means if you have a gap in between two created lips, then instead of leaving is as a gap, turning on this feature allow it to create a continuos
wall
 gap. So, it reduce the need to manually create a wall’ to close the gap.

Ok la, i know you prefer to watch it in action. A video after the jump!~


What’s New in SolidWorks 2010- Rapid Dimension & Dimension Palette

Rapid Dimension & Dimension Palette

In SolidWorks 2010, there’s a lot of enhancement focus on how to make the user to create a 2D drawing in a smarter and faster way. One of the enhancement is user can use the rapid dimension manipulator to place dimension so they are evenly spaced and easier to read. The rapid dimension appears when you insert dimension in drawing views. You can use the manipulator to place dimension at evenly spaced intervals. For example,  if you insert a dimension between two dimensions, the new dimension is spaced evenly between them.

Tips: To place dimensions quickly,

Use Tab key to switch to the different manipulator locations

Space bar to place the dimension in a suitable location outside of the model geomentry .

 Besides that, the new introduced dimension palette also enable the user easily to access the dimensioning formatting. Let’s have a look on the video on how the enhancement can help  you to produce your drawing faster than ever before!


What’s New in SolidWorks 2010- Virtual Component

Using the
Virtual Component
 function, you will be able to make an external component become a virtual part, which mean:

1. A copy from the original part which will be saved internally with the assembly and without its own individual part file.

2. It will breaks the link to the external component file such as the original drawing file (while if it has in-context features with other parts in the assembly, the in context features will be remained.) The virtual component is renamed.

As you can see from the video, after the ring was made virtual, it will not effect to the drawing of the original part!

Besides, you can also copy virtual components between assemblies. The copy is not linked to the original virtual component. Existing references are not copied, and the copy is given a new name.

This function is really good in terms of, the designer are free to make change to the standard parts without affecting their library. If you wish to bring back the original part, what you need to do is just right click on the virtual part and select replace…


What’s New Solidworks 2009

SWIFT™
While most designers understand how powerful the capabilities of 3D CAD software can be, many of these same users may have felt they were forced to spend a significant amount of time mastering the system to recognize the inherent benefits. SWIFT is just one of the things that lets any SolidWorks® user realize the benefits of 3D CAD without having to learn complicated techniques. In other words, SWIFT lets you focus less on the CAD tool and more on your design. SWIFT Technology is about letting any SolidWorks user realize the benefits of 3D CAD without becoming an expert

FilletXpert
The FeatureXpert eliminates the need for a user to worry about the order of creation for filets in a model.

SketchXpert

The SketchXpert presents the users with solutions to handle any conflicts in sketch dimension and relationships.

MateXpert

The MateXpert deals with conflicts in assembly mates. Users can isolate problems, understand what mates are in conflicts and step their way to their desired mating positions.

DimXpert

DimXpert extends traditional auto-dimensioning tools by identifying manufacturing features and adding correct dimensioning schemes. This tool applies dimension and tolerance to part according to the requirement of ASME Y14.41-2003.


What’s New SW 2010 -> Mouse Gesture, Sketch Fillet & Split Line

Mouse Gesture

Feel cool in modeling after watching the video? Yes, the interface that you have seen is one of the user interface improvement in SolidWorks 2010 called mouse gesture. It is
a shortcut way to minimize the movement of mouse as you proceed with your modeling.
It is very simple to activate the function whereby you just need to
 hold on your right hand mouse button and move your cursor
then a guide with few command will just appear on the window.

As you can see from the video, user is allowed to customized the command provided within the guide by go to Tool> Customize…then select the Mouse Gestures tab. You can assign up to eight command within a guide! Come on! work smarter and faster with the existing of mouse gestures!

Sketch Fillet & Split Line

Another
 good thing in SolidWorks 2010 would like to share with you all is sketch fillet and split line function! From the video, you will found that the sketch fillet is much more interactive compared with last time, it can be even applied to two discontinuous lines! For split line fuction, SolidWorks now can support multiple closed contours at once! This is very convenient for the user especially for simulation, when you need to divide the surface into few area for multiple part loading!Does it cool? =)


What’s News in SolidWorks 2010-> Closed Corner & Hem

Good news for those users who always working with sheet metal design! I found that throughout the years, the ability of sheet metal features is keep on increasing in order to compensate the needs from users. This year, the enhancements are focus on
how to enable the user create more complex geometry for sheet metal model in an easier and smarter way!
One of the examples is now we can use the existing
Closed Corner
 command with a greater variety of sheet metal parts. When you are applying the closed corner function to add material for an opened gap, SolidWorks help you to manage the transition well.
Another example will be the improved sheet metal functionality to let the user design more complex sheet metal parts. User can now
add hems to non linear edges
. When you add hem to a sheet metal part edge, you can now edit the hem profile to control the length! Just like how you can do for edge flange!
Let’s go through the video:

Closed Corner & Hem in sheet metal

We have more than that! please keep following SolidWorks M’sia Community~ =)


What’s next after R8 & Gallardo?

Look like Bumblebee fever still around the corner.

We seen an expert modeled an Audi R8 with SolidWorks. We watched youtube for Lamboghini modeling by using SolidWorks. Now, we have another most wanted automobile appear in SolidWorks. Present to you- CAMARO

Here come another SolidWorks user (Matthew Perez)who proof his skill by providing 100% free tutorials on how to model your own Camaro with SolidWorks.

You may pay a visit to SolidSmack to download the complete tutorial via below link:
https://networkedblogs.com/8Zr2Q

More rendered photos of the muscle car:

Anyone want to start with a Proton Saga? :)


Where to find a SolidWorks Certified TRAINING, SUPPORT & SERVICES Centre!

Congratulations

to

Mr. Wong Chee Liong

from
 IME Technology Sdn Bhd
achieving the status of

Elite Engineer in Asia Pacific
.

Congratulations

to

IME Group of Companies

achieving the status of

Certified Training and Support provider
Certified Advanced Services Provider
Certified Advanced Analysis Provider


Which Type of Engineer Are You?

Hey, you. Yeah you, person staring at the screen right now…

Are you an engineer?

Do you want to be an engineer?

Do you like taking personality tests?

If your answer is yes to any of those questions, that you’re welcome to take IME’s “Which Type of Engineer Are You?” personality test.

Anyone who had the chance to take this short quiz during IME’s Innovation Day event 2 years ago found it insightful to their engineering career type.

Today, you get to be that anyone. Just scroll down and take the test. Tell us how you feel in the comment section below. Enjoy!

Blogger HTML code:

If the quiz doesn’t show up on your browser, just click on this link to be directed to the quiz page:
https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/5a2541c6c32e79001462826d


White House Playground Set Designed With SolidWorks

Today, I get some interesting information from SolidWorks APAC.

Clement, had posted some interesting links around SolidWorks, today our creative design had been posted in SolidWorks APAC, soon and soonest our designer will be recognize world wide.

Hahaha…. See,
Lau’s Dice design
 with the highl
ight of the use of “Shape” features in SolidWorks had been posted.
Emm…. Off course we have to learn from other, through Clement informative SolidWorks link, I get some surprise information where SolidWorks are now in the market of children playground.

You will surprise, this White House Playground Set is Designed With SolidWorks, the president Obama can now watch his daughters playing through his Oval Office windows.

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Lets
read more about this article
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Why Draftsight?

DraftSight has been around for many years and the name of this might ring a bell to most users that interact with 2D drawings everywhere. For those who have not heard of DraftSight before, it is professional-grade software that allows you to create, edit and mark-up 2D drawings and designs.

As you know SOLIDWORKS has recently launched DraftSight 2019 and is offering in paid version only, all free version of DraftSight (2018 or earlier) will cease to run after 31/12/2019.

In this blog, we will talk about the features of DraftSight and why you should consider purchasing it.
So let us go straight into the main functions of DraftSight:

Interoperability ( Supports many formats such as .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tif, and .tiff inclusive of DGN-File Support) & PDF Underlay (Attach multiple PDF to their drawings

Toolbox For Mechanical Symbols And Annotations

The toolbox is a very powerful and convenient set of tools for you to glide your way through the design process by having the industry standards at your fingertips! DraftSight supports many different drafting standards and therefore has a huge range of features. Last but not least, the toolbox offers the user with the ability to generate a BOM and the ability to export it as a text file.

Batch Printing (Send a set of drawings for printing)

Print multiple drawings instead of doing it one by one! You will never have to go through the tedious process of opening each file to print. Many people tend to underestimate this feature, but when you’ve had a long day and you’re ready to wind down towards the end of the day and someone comes up to you to request for 50 sheets of drawings to be printed, this feature might just save your sanity!

Not many software supports 3D Modelling at the compelling price that DraftSight does. Now with DraftSight Enterprise Plus, users will be able to increase their work quality with the aid of a new dimension.

G-Code Generator (Ability to convert files into machine specific codes) & Drawing Comparisons

For the G-Code Generator, it might seem very complicated at first but rest assured that with DraftSight’s help guide you will be able to understand and use it without a hitch.

The other main selling point of DraftSight is its Community Resources, this means that if you ever have any problems or questions, and most of the solutions are already up on the forums online. You will be just a click away from your solutions.

Most importantly is the Technical Support. Buying software that comes with technical support will ensure that if any problems come your way, there will always be someone there to help you with it. This saves you the trouble of going to troubleshoot the issue manually which can be very time consuming! (Only comes with DraftSight Enterprise & Enterprise Plus)

These are just a glimpse into the features of DraftSight and the list goes on and on!

Contact us now for more info!


Why go for SolidWorks EPDM?

SolidWorks Enterprise Product Data Management (SW EPDM)- a Product Data Management solution that can be used to help you
MANAGE, FIND, SHARE & REUSE
 valueble data, both within Engineering Department and throughout the Organization.

However, PDM is a term that easy to speak out but still not much people aware the importance of it. This article is about introduction of SW EPDM and what benefits that a company can gain after SW EPDM implementation:

·

RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM & CHALLENGES

o

Restrict someone from accessing highly confidential document

Ø

Permission Control

Ø

Security of files (Intellectual Property of Company)

o

Miscommunication within organization

Ø

Right data to the Right Person at Right Time

o

Time wasting on searching files

Ø

Enhance for design re-use

o

What is the History and revision of file tracking

Ø

Reduce wrong file used to minimize faulty works

o

Files life cycle control that comply with your ISO

Ø

Flexible workflow control

·

SOLUTIONS & BENEFITS by SolidWorks EPDM

o

Easy to Start, Easy to Use

Ø

Quick Implementation Plan (10-15 days)

Ø

Unique Window Explorer interface

o

Secure Access

Ø

Right Data to Right Person at Right Time

Ø

Second Layer of Security (Admin, Folder & Workflow Permission Setting)

o

Design Re-use

Ø

Customize Variable can be created such as: Revision, Cost, Material, Approved by, Approve Date and more…

Ø

Customize Data card enhanced searching result

Ken (
skfoong@cadcam.com.my
) is the Application Engineer (AE), specialist in SolidWorks and SolidWorks enterprise PDM for IME group of companies. He may not have a good fighting skill but he is good in providing solution to manage your company data.

o

Flexible Workflow and Automated Revision Control

Ø

Enforces company processes

Ø

Maintain regulatory compliances such as ISO

Reduce chances of using wrong files (Latest Revision)

o
   T
racking File/ Admin Vault History

Ø

Tools for investigation


Wii would like to Works

Blogging from Miri. Yup, I’m now at Miri. Doing nothing cause nothing much I can do in Miri (boring) but luckily hotel provide free Wifi. Woohoo~

WiiWorks? Wii would like to
play
 works. An interesting video i found in youtube and would like to share with you all.

Possible?


Win an IPAD & AR.DRONE

All you need to do is to hold a SolidWorks® Customer Portal account by May 22 to stand a chance to win an IPad and AR.Drone.

Once you have a Customer Portal account, you just need to participate in the annual customer survey, giving you a voice to provide valuable feedback. After completing a simple, very simple quiz, you are eligible to be the lucky winner to take home an IPad and AR.Drone.

Register now!~

To find out more, click below link:

https://solidworkslaunch.com/customer_portal/


Working at home with SOLIDWORKS PDM

With the sudden increase in COVID-19 cases from few hundreds to few thousands in short span of time, our Prime Minister has declared the entire country will be on a movement control order starting from March 18 to 31.

You may feel like this action may result in inconvenience to your daily routine, especially when you need to work from home as it can be challenging to manage your data where it is mostly hosted in your company offices. With SOLIDWORKS tools, there are many things that can be done to make the transition easier. Here are some tips on how you can work while at home:

1. SOLIDWORKS Licensing – Standalone License

A standalone license allows you to activate SOLIDWORKS on one machine. Just deactivate your current install (office PC/laptops) and activate your alternative install by launching SOLIDWORKS on that new machine and following the activation prompts that appear. If you are unable to access your work computer to deactivate,
contact our technical support
and we can do remotely for you!

2. SOLIDWORKS Licensing – Network License

If you are using home computer and your company owns a network license, it allows you to access SOLIDWORKS in 2 ways:

Use a VPN connection to connect to your company’s license server

Make sure that you had set up VPN (Virtual Private Network) access to your company’s server and you are able to access to SOLIDNetwork License Server and use SOLIDWORKS the same way as you are in office.

Borrow license to local machine

If you are unable to access the server, then you can borrow the SOLIDWORKS license from the SolidNetwork License Manager.

Borrowing a license:

STEP 1: Open SOLIDNetwork License Manager and choose to the tab ‘License Borrowing’.

STEP 2: You will need to set the duration, with maximum of 30days of the borrowing period.

STEP 3: Select the available licenses to be borrowed/required then click on Borrow.

STEP 4: Click Refresh, and the Expire Date will indicates when the license is due.

STEP 5: Click OK.

Returning a borrowed license:

Any borrowed licenses will not be available in the network pool until it is returned. If you are back in office before the return date, you can manually return the license by doing these simple steps:

STEP 1: Open SOLIDNetwork License Manager and choose to the tab ‘License Borrowing’.

STEP 2: Select the product to return.

STEP 3: Click on Return.

3. SOLIDWORKS PDM

If you want to syncronise your design data across your entire enterprise, SOLIDWORKS PDM is the right software for you! SOLIDWORKS PDM allows you to share the right information, at the right time to the right people. PDM also helps you to manage your data files and documentation and enables you and your teams to securely store and index design data for fast retrieval, eliminate concerns over version control and data loss, and collaborate on designs anywhere in multiple locations.

If you are a SOLIDWORKS PDM user and planning to take your PC or laptop home to work remotely, there are few things you will want to consider:

Just like in SOLIDWORKS Licensing, you will need to set up your VPN of which there are many possible solutions, both Hardware and Software based in order to access a “PDM Vault” directly. The key factor to make sure everything works as expected, is to guarantee the Firewall on the VPN (both ends) is correctly configured to allow communications with the “License Manager”, “Database” and “File Archives”.

Please talk to your IT provider to make sure the following “Ports” are “open” by configuring Firewall Rules within the VPN.

If you had already purchased SOLIDWORKS Professional or Premium, you are already entitled for SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard. So, why hassle when you can work from home?

Contact us now
 to know more about SOLIDWORKS PDM and we will be more than happy to assist you!


Workshop: Achieving cost-effectiveness with SolidWorks Simulation

We are pleased to invite you to attend a hand on workshop “
Achieving

cost-effectiveness with SolidWorks Simulation
”
.

The workshop will focus on the use of Computer-Aided Design to experience the complete suite of SolidWorks structural,functional and flow analysis applications in the product development process. Design better products and predict the performance of product design under real world conditions with a complete simulation tool.

The event details are as below for your kind reference.

Date    : 25
th
 March 2011 (Friday)

Time    : 9am – 1pm

Venue  : IME CTSP Center, Petaling Jaya

Should you have further enquiry about this event, please feel free to contact MR. Pete at 03 – 7783 6866 or write in via e-mail:

slsin@cadcam.com.my


Workshop: Reduce your carbon footprint with SolidWorks Sustainability

We are pleased to invite you to attend a hand on workshop
“Reduce Your Carbon Footprint with SolidWorks Sustainability”
.

The agenda will be to give a hands-on experience on the Sustainability tools namely Sustainable Design overview, Environmental Design Dashboard, Material Selection tools, automatically generated Environmental Reports, Lifecycle Assessment.

The event details are as below for your kind reference.

Date    : 25
th
 Feb 2011 (Friday)

Time    : 9pm – 1pm

Venue  : IME CTSP Center, Petaling Jaya

Call us for more detail:
603-7783 6866


World Cup fever!

Do you ever think before to model a football in SolidWorks, it looks simple since it is a round shape. Somehow, when you really look into it, you will found that there is a “hidden challenge” inside! Due to the shape is form with a combination of hexagon and pentagon, how would you control the number and size for each of them in order to get a sphere with certain diameter???

I have download and explore a SolidWorks football model from 3D Content Central, here is the video to show how’s the model being constructed! Any idea on how to obtain the ~16 deg and ~ 21 deg of the “cut extrude”in order to obtain the very 1st pentagon and hexagon?


Xixo’s Sport Rim

Hey Member, Xixo is here again.

He had sent me another new design “Sport RIM” ….. Very good design! I am sure Xixo only take a few minutes to come out this design and render it in SolidWorks PhotoWorks! Xixo now had stand a higher changes to be the lucky winner. Where is yours design?

The pattern of the spoke is same as the logo of branded japanese bike manufacturer. Can you guess which brand is that? ( I guess most of us know right?)


Yahoo Widgets -Watch IT!!

I found something interesting in Yahoo Widgets. Surprisingly there is a widget created to monitoring Solidworks Files.

You can use this utility to monitor changes to files. It is great for teams working with data stored in a shared folder. Simply drag that folder onto this Widget and you will be alerted when any files in that folder are modified. You can also open the changed file directly from this Widget.

Happy Trying…


Your Success Is Our Success

Over the years, we have remained dedicated to growing our people and strengthening our capabilities – to build trusting relationships and success with you, our dear customer. We believe that making your business even more successful through continuous innovation is the only way IME can achieve our own success. Therefore we always uphold our 3 simple philosophies – Respect, Listen and Care in all our business relationships.

RESPECT our customers, employees, suppliers, friends and family.

LISTEN to customers’ needs, employees’ voices and more importantly, listen with patience.

CARE about customers’ concerns, employees’ future, our surroundings and society welfare.

We are truly inspired by your burning desire in taking your career and business to an entirely new level. You are the main driver for us to keep innovating, so we can deliver greater experience and value to you.

As a result of our effort, we are pleased to announce IME has been awarded with “Highest Customer Satisfaction in AP South” in recent SOLIDWORKS World 2015. We are glad as we are on the right path – to continuously driving innovation with you to achieve higher success.

“SOLIDWORKS Top Reseller – Highest Customer Satisfaction AP South”
* Results based on highest customer satisfaction score resulting from an exclusive SOLIDWORKS Customer Satisfaction Survey in 2014

We couldn’t have done it without your continued support and confidence in IME.

In IME, customer satisfaction is not only about exceeding customer’s expectations, but also delivering the business outcome we promised. We will continue to maintain the highest level of customer service in the years ahead. Also, we will work even harder to understand industry’s needs from time-to-time so that we can bake it into the solutions and services we deliver.

“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Henry Ford

If there is anything that we can do to improve our solution or service to you, we will listen. Please contact us at
feedback@cadcam.com.my
. We look forward to many more fruitful collaborations and partnership in near future.


Yuan Bao Autotrace and Visualization

Chinese New year is just around the corner, a lot of retail shops are already started their selling on CNY decorations since before last Christmas. Various designers compete with each other to come out with the decoration with stunning appearances. But often times when engineer want to create an artistic design it will result in complete failure since engineer is more about precision while artist is more about free form design. But don’t worry, SOLIDWORKS has the ‘Autotrace’ feature which can trace the free form design from picture and convert into a sketch. The ‘Autotrace’ feature by default is turned off, you can turn it on by going to options > Add-ins and check on the ‘Autotrace’.

Now we will go through the steps to create the artistic content by using SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS Visualize. Firstly, we will use the model we created previously. You can find the steps from the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKo86QLTEJQ

Instead of a standard Chinese character, we want to use a picture to get the result as below:

You can see that the wording is livelier and less boring. Below is the step by step video on how we create the result:

From the video, we had skipped some of the steps by showing the completed Autotrace sketch because some fine tune is needed afterwards. Nevertheless, you can see how easily a complex sketch can be done with minimum effort.

With this feature, it is possible for us to utilize the graphical content created by other profession such as artist and put it into our CAD model. Furthermore, SOLIDWORKS Visualize can be utilized as well to transform our CAD model into a photo realistic content. Below is the result from rendering by using SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional:

With this, we would like to wishing you all a prosperous Chinese New Year 2020,

GONG XI FA CAI!!