Is your SOLIDWORKS drawing taking an excessively long time to save? As in, seemingly forever and ever? This article might have both the explanation and the fix. Introduced in SOLIDWORKS 2020 is the ability to open drawings in Detailing Mode (File > Open > select the drawing > Mode > Detailing > Open) for high […]
Reorient Your Models Like a Pro with 3 Easy Navigation Tips
One of the most fundamental and useful skills when using SOLIDWORKS. is being able to easily orient ourselves around the model using the SOLIDWORKS Graphics Window. Most people are familiar with holding the middle-mouse button to rotate around but that isn’t always the most precise way to navigate. Sometimes we just want to spin ourselves […]
A Guide to Custom File Properties
For some time now, showing units in BOMs has been a limitation of SOLIDWORKS. While there have been workarounds to accomplish this, they were not perfect. There have been a number of enhancement requests for this functionality, and I’m excited to share they have been implemented in SOLIDWORKS 2024! Text type Custom File Properties can […]
A Complete Guide to SOLIDWORKS Weldments
In SOLIDWORKS Weldments refer to a set of tools and features that enable users to design and model structures composed of structural members such as beams, tubes, and plates, commonly found in welded metal frames, supports, and frameworks. Weldments streamline the process of creating these structures by providing specialized tools tailored to this type of design. […]
American Express names Sharon Chew VP & General Manager of Global Merchant Services Asia
American Express announced the appointment of Sharon Chew as the Vice President & General Manager of Global Merchant Services Asia. In her new role, Ms Chew will be responsible for all aspects of card acceptance, including payments processing, client management, merchant partnerships and the development of new payment technology to drive merchant acceptance for American […]
Italy’s CONSOB orders blocking of access to seven unauthorised investment websites
Italy’s Companies and Exchange Commission (CONSOB) has ordered the blocking of seven new websites that offer financial services without the necessary authorization. The websites targeted by the orders are: “BTX+” (website https://btxplus.io and related pages https://client.btxplus.io and https://webtrader.btxplus.io); “Tide Technologies Group” (website https://tidetechnologiesgroup.ltd); Fast-MNG EU Limited (website www.fast-mng.com); “Alfacapitalinvest” (website https://alfacapitalinvest.com and related page https://client.alfacapitalinvest.com); […]
Clive Harrison retires as Chairman of Fiske
Fiske plc announces Board changes.Clive Harrison has retired as Chairman and as a director of the company as of the conclusion of the AGM today. Tony Pattison, currently a director of the Company, has stepped into the role of Chairman of Fiske plc. Clive Harrison founded Fiske & Co in 1973, having started his career […]
MAS strengthens regulatory measures for digital payment token services
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today published its final tranche of responses to feedback received on its proposed regulations for Digital Payment Token (DPT) service providers in Singapore. The consulted proposals detail business conduct and consumer access measures to limit potential consumer harm. It also stipulates minimum technology and cyber risk management requirements for […]
HK regulator commences legal proceedings against AMTD Global Markets Limited
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has commenced legal proceedings asking the Court of First Instance to inquire into the circumstances of non-compliance by AMTD Global Markets Limited (AMTD, currently known as orientiert XYZ Securities Limited) and its former executives with the SFC’s notices in initial public offerings (IPOs)-related investigations. The SFC’s investigations related […]
eToro launches XtremeWeather portfolio
Online broker eToro has launched XtremeWeather, a new portfolio providing retail investors with exposure to companies best-positioned to prosper due to increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather events. The XtremeWeather portfolio comprises 30 stocks from key industries such as renewable electricity, industrial machinery, supplies and components, fertilizers and agricultural chemicals, retail home improvement, electrical components […]