GSC

GSC

2mo

How Weiland Doors Automates Custom SOLIDWORKS Models, Drawings, and BOMs in Minutes To read more, please visit:https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/how-weiland-doors-automates-custom-solidworks-models-drawings-and-boms-in-minutes/...Show more

GSC

2mo

CAMWorks Tips and Tricks That Improve Toolpath Quality and Save Time If you use SOLIDWORKS CAM or CAMWorks, you have probably seen at least one of these headaches: Curves that machine like a stop sign instead of a smooth spline 3D surfaces that come out faceted even though the model is clean A CAMWorks Feature Tree that gets cluttered after every design change Simulations that lag, or worse, crash when parts get complex In a recent GSC training session, Applications Engineer Alejandro Murillo walked through practical settings and workflows that fix those problems fast. This article breaks the session into a shop-friendly checklist you can apply right away. Who this is for Newer CAMWorks users who want fewer surprises and cleaner results Experienced users who want better defaults, fewer clicks, and faster rebuilds Anyone programming parts with splines, fillets, multi-surface features, or turning grooves... To read more, please visit: https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/camworks-tips-and-tricks-that-improve-toolpath-quality-and-save-time/...Show more

GSC

4mo

From Beta to 8 Million Users: 30 Years of SOLIDWORKS Innovation Thirty years ago, “3D CAD on Windows” sounded more like a bet than a business plan. In 1995, the very first SOLIDWORKS beta ran on the brand-new Windows 95—and a handful of bold engineers said “yes” to trying it in the real world. One of those people was our own Jeff Setzer, who’s helped unveil every single new version since year one. Three decades, 34 releases, and more than eight million users later, SOLIDWORKS isn’t just a product line—it’s the backbone of modern mechanical design. As GSC, we’ve had the privilege of growing alongside SOLIDWORKS from the beginning. Here’s a retrospective—through Jeff’s stories and our customers’ wins—on how a scrappy Windows-native CAD changed the industry and kept reinventing itself year after year.... To read more, please visit: https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/from-beta-to-8-million-users-30-years-of-solidworks-innovation/...Show more

GSC

4mo

60 Years Of SOLIDWORKS Well, the day has finally arrived. November 14, 2025 marks the 30th birthday of SOLIDWORKS as a publicly released software package. While people were able to purchase beta copies at $1,295 for several months beforehand, that first official release really made the whole thing, for want of a better word, “real.” And two people that were there for it, and are still here for it, are me and my twin brother John. Together, we have 60 years of SOLIDWORKS experience. What has changed? Hardware, for one. Running SOLIDWORKS on a laptop was pure fantasy back then, and a 300-part assembly would tax the most powerful desktop workstation available at the time. Connectivity is another huge change. Initially, if you wanted to share your design, you put it on a 3.5” floppy disk. Or later, a Zip disk. Eventually, you’d burn a CD or later a DVD. The Internet wasn’t a thing in the very beginning for most people, and the speeds barely supported postage-stamp-sized video, let alone 3D CAD data. And then there is what SOLIDWORKS itself has become. Initially, it was just “SolidWorks,” which was the company name and the name of the single software product they produced. Now, SOLIDWORKS is a brand — and a portfolio — with over a dozen different applications, and to be clear, when we’re talking about the CAD software itself, we need to say “SOLIDWORKS Design” to clarify what we mean... To read more, please visit: https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/60-years-of-solidworks/...Show more

GSC

11mo

Five Reasons GSC Should Upgrade Your PDM Upgrading SOLIDWORKS PDM, at least annually, should not be considered optional. Nevertheless, there are a few reasons that compel people to defer the undertaking to the future. One reason, saving money, is actually a myth. Since 2016, renewing lapsed subscriptions includes the cost of all “skipped” major releases of the software. The overall cost is the same as upgrading annually but comes due all at once in the Nth year. Another reason is that you may feel it’s not worth the effort because you don’t “need” the new features rolled out with the release. Both admins and users will, however, benefit from the improvements to performance and reliability that are rolled out with them (and probably the new features too). If not for those reasons, the time and complexity involved in the upgrade itself is usually blamed for putting the upgrade off. Veteran PDM administrators are familiar with arduous off-hours upgrades, accompanied by the angst of fearing a misstep that can push downtime into valuable production hours. We grade ourselves on our customers' success, so we absolutely want you to be running the latest and greatest version of SOLIDWORKS PDM at all times. We also want those upgrades to go smoothly. So, if you are considering postpoining your upgrade for any of the reasons cited above, or ... To read more, please visit: https://www.gsc-3d.com/blog/five-reasons-gsc-should-upgrade-your-pdm-2/...Show more