Celebrate Our 10-Year Anniversary!

Applied CAD Solutions is proud to be celebrating our 10-year anniversary. When Applied CAD Solutions was started it was to fill a gap in professional CAD & PDM Administration Services. Within a few years, we were taking on larger vault systems and expanding our services. We now do data migrations, build custom APIs, and provide…

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ACS at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2021 Recap

We hope you had a great time at 3D EXPERIENCE World 2021. As always, we enjoyed catching up with all of our colleagues and meeting new people to chat about all things CAD. Craig and Tom had two different presenting options, which even got noticed in the day 3 recap video! Yes it feels great…

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Prep list for upgrading SWx and PDM 2020

With the recent release of SOLIDWORKS 2020 SP1.0, we thought it’d be a great time to review a PDM upgrade checklist of things that we highly recommend: 1. Review: Check that you know all the proper admin passwords for your systems. If you are going to use a SOLIDWORKS install image, then decide if you…

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New SOLIDWORKS Data Management Certification Added!

ACS is proud to announce that Craig just became a Certified SOLIDWORKS Specialist in Data Management. Data management allows us to quickly and efficiently manage data files and documentation to maximize productivity and improve product quality. Both Tom and Craig now have this certification, which will only bring more expertise and experience to our core products…

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SOLIDWORKS File Management

Since many of you have asked for the presentations for the SWUG here they are. North Eastern SOLIDWORKS User Conference (NESWUC) When: November 13, 2014 Where: New Hampshire SOLIDWORKS User Group at the Daniel Webster College in Nashua, NH Topic: SOLIDWORKS File Management / Relations Presenters: Randy Lennox and Tom Cote View the presentation here: SWUC-File-Management_Rev-7

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Our HQ is Moving!

Applied CAD Solutions LLC is going to have a new headquarters in the Tampa Bay, Florida area starting winter 2018! Tom and Barbara have been considering the relocation of the ACS headquarters for some time and have decided the best time is when it is cold in New England. The move will have no impact…

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“Unthinking” Workgroup and Adopting PDM

View Tom Cote’s presentation from SWW 2019, which covers the following topics: Why SOLIDWORKS discontinued Workgroup PDM Different terminology History, versions and revisions How the vault “works” The different look and use within Explorer The different look and use from within SOLIDWORKS Data Card vs Custom Properties (or Property Tab Builder) Workflow vs Lifecycle View/Download…

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ACS Refreshes Branding

When Applied CAD Solutions was founded in 2011 by Tom Cote the focus was getting off the ground quickly for customers. Four years later, Tom decided that it was time to rebrand ACS’s original branding to better align his company to his vision and customer-base. The rebranding included a new logo, website, letterhead, invoices, business cards,…

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Tom Cote at SOLIDWORKS World 2015

Attending SOLIDWORKS World is always a blast and 2015 was no different. I, Tom Cote, was given the opportunity to present again. This year I chose to speak about Understanding File Management and File Relations. The session was for beginners to help teach how SOLIDWORKS references files, the order SOLIDWORKS searches for files, and the…

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SOLIDWORKS Tips & Tricks

ACS founder, Tom Cote, presented SOLIDWORKS Tips & Tricks last night at the NHSWUG meeting. The user group met at Daniel Webster College and learned about the interactive “What’s New” help window, sketching on surfaces, the ToolBox Flag and more. Click here to download and view the presentation to learn more! Tom Cote will be at the next CMA-SWUG…

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