Posts Tagged ‘solidworks pdm’
Join Us For WMLSWUG Technical Summit 2025
The Western Michigan Lakeshore SOLIDWORKS User Group (WMLSWUG) Technical Summit returns on December 18, 2025, in Holland, Michigan, bringing together designers, engineers, CAD managers, and PDM professionals for a full day of technical learning and community collaboration. This year’s agenda features two deeply practical sessions designed to strengthen everyday SOLIDWORKS workflows: one focused on configurations,…
Read MoreBest Practices for New User Requests
Best Practices for Requesting, Approving, and Creating New Users in a SOLIDWORKS PDM Environment Managing access in a SOLIDWORKS® PDM (Product Data Management) environment is an essential part of maintaining a secure, organized, and efficient engineering data system. While user creation might seem like a simple task—just a few clicks in the PDM Administration tool—the…
Read MoreCOMING SOON AT #3DXW2025…
COMING SOON AT #3DXW2025… Dassault Systemes just announced that Tom and Craig are co-hosting a presentation called “Oh Sh*t I Shouldn’t Have Done That!” It is going to be a class to teach you what to do when you shouldn’t have done what you did. A “Must See” For All PDM Admin’s Following the successful…
Read MoreDid Craig Beat Tom in the 3DXW24 Session Rankings?!
Over the past several years one or more of the ACS team has been invited to give a presentation regarding PDM or SOLIDWORKS at 3DEXPERIENCE World (and its predesessor SOLIDWORKS World). Every year we wait (im)patiently for our rankings, that tally of your votes that tell us if we were successful in presenting our material. …
Read MoreEffective Strategies for Managing Your User Base in SOLIDWORKS and PDM Session
We are excited to have our team be a part of the 3DEXPERIENCE World event again this year! On Wednesday, February 14, 2024, our own Tom Cote will be joined by our friend Marty Ohnemus in a presentation aimed at helping you manage your SOLIDWORKS and PDM users. In this presentation, we’ll unlock the nuances…
Read MoreCelebrating 12 Years!
We’re excited to celebrate 12 years of serving you as Applied CAD Solutions! In 2011 Tom and Barbara Cote established Applied CAD Solutions to fill a void in the industry. There were many companies that had engineering and drafting departments but needed someone dedicated to the administration of their data. Tom’s years of experience in…
Read MoreCatch Tom’s SOLIDWORKS PDM testing environment presentation at 3DEXPERIENCE World
Setting up the Ultimate SOLIDWORKS & PDM Testing Environment Check out Tom’s presentation at 3DEXPERIENCE World about SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS PDM test environments! The 2023 3DEXPERIENCE World conference is coming up soon chock full of information about SOLIDWORKS,SOLIDWORKS PDM and the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform! As usual, our own Tom Cote will be leading a presentation. This…
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