SolidBox vs Manufacturer Direct for CAD/CAM Workstations

People ask us almost daily, "why should I invest in a SolidBox rather than buying direct from Dell, HP, etc.?" Short answer: time-value. Time-value is a concept that is on or near the top of every CFO's priority list. If just one engineer is unable to get the job done because of computer failure, the cost of that downtime is threefold. You're not only losing just the time of the engineer, but also the time of the IT professional who is tasked with fixing the issue, and quite often, the time of o

published March 13, 2019

A SolidBox for Dave Bear

Recently SolidBox had the opportunity to be a part of a great project in helping a Certified SOLIDWORKS Power User in need. Dave Bear lives in Australia and is a very active member of the SOLIDWORKS forum. He recently underwent brain surgery and has been without a SOLIDWORKS-capable laptop. His friend Todd Blacksher, leader of the SOLIDWORKS User Group of Nebraska, organized a fundraiser to get Dave a SolidBox. How Dave Started Using SOLIDWORKS Dave originally began using SOLIDWORKS becau

published October 08, 2018

SolidBox Laptops — Now With 50% More Cores!

For years now, SolidBox has been providing laptops purpose-built for SOLIDWORKS. Until now, all those laptops have had one thing in common: 4 processor cores. The quad-core processor has been a trusted workhorse since the beginning, but the latest generation of SolidBox laptops is moving to Intel’s newest line of mobile processors with six core CPUs. While most functions in SOLIDWORKS are single-threaded (negating some of the benefits of multi-core processors), simulation and photo-renderin

published August 21, 2018

NVIDIA Graphics Card Driver Update How To

We've been getting calls from customers reporting messages within SOLIDWORKS stating it's time to get an updated NVIDIA graphics card driver. In fact, all CAD programs lean pretty heavily on your GPU. Therefore, it's a good idea for you to always use the latest driver even if you haven't received a message. NVIDIA is regularly modifying the drivers that control NVIDIA graphics cards. Furthermore, these updated drivers are often released through their website every few weeks. Installing the late

published April 06, 2018

CAD and Digital Manufacturing – Autodesk Live Session

Join SolidBox's own CAD-master Matt Perez and engineering training consultant Eli Delia for a live session with Autodesk on their facebook page for CAD and Digital Manufacturing.     Here's the official invite from Autodesk: Join us for a Facebook Live session hosted Tuesday, April 3rd at Noon PDT. Altogether, this live Q&A session will feature 3D Model Creation with Autodesk Fusion 360 instructor, Matt Perez, and engineering training consultant, Eli Delia, an indust

published March 28, 2018
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