Just Announced! Hawk Ridge Systems Partners with 3D Systems to offer a broad range of 3D Printers.

With the addition of the 3D printing line from 3D Systems®, Hawk Ridge Systems is widely positioned to offer the best-in-class engineering design and manufacturing solutions – from 3D CAD to manufacturing and production. As Dale Ford, President and CEO of Hawk Ridge Systems says, "By combining our superior 3D design software experience with the most comprehensive 3D printing portfolio available today, Hawk Ridge Systems is positioned to provide the optimal design-to-manufacture solutions to our customers."

Product News

3D Printers
From desktop to high production full-color 3D printing, Hawk Ridge Systems now offers the full range of printers from 3D Systems. The new 3D printers include the CubeX, the ProJet 3500 series and the newly announced ProJet x60 series. Now, with one source for all your engineering and manufacturing needs, Hawk Ridge Systems can provide you with one stop shopping for all of your engineering solutions.

SolidWorks Premium
Are you ready for the advanced functionality in SolidWorks Premium? With built in structural analysis, routed systems design, ECAD-to-MCAD data exchange, tolerance stack-up analysis, and the ability to import and work with the scanned data, SolidWorks Premium makes the development and sharing of ideas faster and simpler. All of this gives you a more productive design experience. Take 5 and watch the video – find out what SolidWorks Premium can do for you.

SolidWorks Product Data Management
Are you still wondering about the differences between Workgroup and Enterprise PDM? Join Director of Product Data Management, John Peros for an apples-to-apples comparison of Workgroup PDM vs. Enterprise PDM. Catch the webinar on Friday, April 26:  Workgroup PDM vs. Enterprise PDM. Register Now!

SolidWorks Composer
Did you know that with only a single license of SolidWorks Composer, you can give your entire organization the ability to collaborate on your 3D models, in a completely safe manner? Enable and empower your team members to source the information they need without giving up control of your designs. Save time, money…and headaches! To learn more about SolidWorks Composer, view the videos on SolidWorks Composer.

SolidWorks Electrical
Designing embedded electrical systems and mechanical CAD models are traditionally two separate processes. But with SolidWorks Electrical, you can easily integrate your electrical subsystems with your 3D design. Electrical designers and mechanical engineers can now unify workflows and
simplify product development. Watch a short video to learn more. Take your First Look at SolidWorks Electrical.  

CAMWorks
Hawk Ridge Systems offers seamless integration for CAD/CAM with CAMWorks, the first SolidWorks Gold Partner. Because of its native SolidWorks interface, CAMWorks is the preferred choice for SolidWorks users. Learn more about CAMWorks.

SolidWorks Simulation

May is Simulation Month at the Ridge!
Join Product Manager Glenn Whyte in May for weekly webinars to explore the different analysis tools available from SolidWorks, and learn how these tools can put powerful analysis capability in the hands of your design team. Look for an exciting announcement about a new addition to Hawk Ridge Systems' analysis offerings. Visit SolidWorks Simulation Month at Hawk Ridge Systems. 

Analysis Consulting
Do you have a project where some analysis insight would help you with a design problem? Look no further than our Analysis Consulting Service. We can help you define the goals for your project, perform the analysis, and provide the results you need to make your design decisions. Watch a short video on how Hawk Ridge Systems performed an analysis in SolidWorks Simulation for our customer Weldco-Beales to determine the size of actuator necessary for their latest project.

Hawk Ridge Systems Training
Online Training Courses are added frequently to the Hawk Ridge Systems Store. The most popular course is Introduction to SolidWorks, now available online in 8 three-hour interactive sessions.  Also available are 3 new advanced courses, including SolidWorks Motion, Simulation Premium Dynamics, and Simulation Premium Non-linear. Check out the complete Hawk Ridge Systems Training Schedule.

Customer Corner
MARE designs in SolidWorks to illuminate the oceans’ unknowns! Hawk Ridge Systems customer Marine Applied Research and Exploration (MARE) uses SolidWorks, Simulation and Flow Simulation to design and produce the BATFish, the first underwater ROV. As MARE Executive Director, Dirk Rosen said, “SolidWorks helped MARE go from “brain to beach” in at least double the speed.” Read more in Hawk Ridge Systems News.

Dirk Rosen and the BATFish

My.SolidWorks.com is Here!
Join your peers and fellow SolidWorks users on the new SolidWorks community site. Browse the latest blog entries and forum posts, see what’s on YouTube and search multiple sources for answers to your questions – all in one place. Get to know more about My.SolidWorks.com.