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3D Modeling at Your (Literal) Fingertips

Imagine a team leveraging AR or VR to collaborate in real-time on highly-realistic 3D models, editing on the fly by simply grabbing a point or face, and manipulating it …

February 13, 2018 | James Jepsen

Thoughts from the Founders for the New Year

Last year, over 26,000 engineers, designers, students, teachers, and businesses made the decision to learn with SolidProfessor and achieved incredible things.

January 17, 2018 | Phylicia Clifton

Looking to the Future at Autodesk University 2017

Applying futuristic concepts to existing processes and procedures could solve for many of the challenges we face today while also preparing us for the future …

January 9, 2018 | Tony Glockler

Lower Engineering Costs by Designing for Manufacturing

Design for manufacturing (DFM) helps engineers and designers recognize possible product design issues, avoid common pitfalls, and impact business efficiency …

July 26, 2017 | Quinn Frantzen

Understand and Apply the Essentials of GD&T

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) is a set of rules, symbols, and tools allowing you to control the critical features of a design and ensure …

July 26, 2017 | Sam Sanchez

SolidProfessor April Newsletter: Mastercam 2017 Courses Are Here!

It’s been a great month here at SolidProfessor!

April 12, 2017 | Megan Davidson

SolidProfessor March Newsletter: Technical Certificates and FREE CSWA Vouchers for Spring!

This month, we have new team members and a ton of new courses including Introduction to DraftSight, Principles of Finite Element Analysis, Introduction to CATIA V5, Swift Calcs Essentials, and Introduction to Solid Edge ST9.

March 15, 2017 | Megan Davidson

SolidProfessor March Newsletter: Announcing Technical Certificates!

This month, we have new team members and a ton of new courses including Introduction to DraftSight, Principles of Finite Element Analysis, Introduction to CATIA V5, Swift Calcs Essentials, and Introduction to Solid Edge ST9.

March 15, 2017 | Megan Davidson

Reflecting on SOLIDWORKS World and Pacific Design & Manufacturing

We had the opportunity to see how others are helping to spur innovation forward via manufacturing and take in “The New.

February 22, 2017 | Phylicia Clifton