Whether you’re among the ranks of Engineering or Quality, creating inspection sheets can be a real pain. InspectionXpert is a valuable tool for automating processes around inspection sheets, and worth a look if your industry requires documented inspections. Continue Reading
There is a performance problem with a specific element of the SolidWorks API in SolidWorks 2009 SP4.1 and SP5.0 that can cause problems with the ENOVIA SmarTeam integration for SolidWorks. If you’re using the stated version of SolidWorks with SmarTeam, consider downloading and applying the relevant hotfix for SolidWorks. Continue Reading

For those of you not able to attend SolidWorks World 2010 in Anaheim, CA earlier this year, let us recap some of the most significant events related to the show. As usual, SolidWorks lined up a number of interesting and motivational speakers (James Cameron, James McLurkin, Jeff Ray, and Bernard Charles). There were also a handful of product and technology announcements related to PDM and Design Automation that made this year particularly interesting. Continue Reading
The CADFIT tool for SolidWorks has just been released by Razorleaf for general use. You can read the marketing blurb to see a list of features and benefits, as well as what past users have to say about the tool. But what does CADFIT really do? How is it going to help your company design better products and get to market faster? As with any data analysis tool, it depends on what you do with the results that really matters. Continue Reading
Razorleaf is proud to announce the availability of CADFIT (CAD File Inspection Tool) for SolidWorks. CADFIT provides a detailed analysis of the integrity of your CAD data, even when it is distributed across multiple network locations. The tool and associated data quality assessment are available for free at www.razorleaf.com/CADFIT. Continue Reading
We hope that by now you’ve had the opportunity to attend a What’s New in SolidWorks 2010 session sponsored by your local reseller. But if you haven’t, here are some of the features, functions, and issues that are worth noting. Continue Reading
If you’re wondering about the integrity of your CAD file relationships, we have just the tool for you. Without a PDM system in place to protect and manage CAD files and their complex inter-relationships, it is easy to misplace files, duplicate files, and generally mess up your CAD data set. Razorleaf’s File Analysis Tool is a new offering, but has been used internally for the past two years. With the File Analysis Tool, SolidWorks users can examine their CAD data set (searching across local and network drives) to find duplicates, missing files, and other file-related problems. Continue Reading