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Look no further for high quality drawings

We are busy this week with many drawings for a new drainage system. Our client is a manufacturer and has a clear brief on what they require. They sent us their original CAD data, and we are updating this to make the drain design fit for purpose. We are also Read more…

SolidWorks Design

Achieving our vision

White Horse CAD was born from a passion for delivering high-quality design services to various industries. Our vision then and continues to be the South West’s go-to contract CAD mechanical design service. And we are achieving that vision, working on multiple projects. Here’s a little insight into the work we Read more…

A remedy for your design capacity headaches

It feels as though the ‘normal’ world is resuming, and our clients are busy with that. We are enjoying new enquiries as well as those from our existing clients. However, a common theme for both parties is design capacity and its limit. It’s great to have the projects, but there Read more…

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Welcome to our first blog of November. We’re having chilly and scenic starts here at Heywood House. The freshness is a good awakening ahead of busy days and gives some time to think about how we can help our clients. One thing that has come to mind is a common Read more…

If you don’t try, you’ll never know

For this week’s blog, our inspiration is the Large Hadron Collider. Some people said it would cause a massive hole that would destroy the earth. However, 13 years on, no such thing has happened. From a product development perspective, fear of the unknown or fear of failure is the most Read more…

The importance of a back up

For this week’s fact, our inspiration comes from the Olympics. The intention is for the relay torch and the Olympic flame to burn for the duration of the event. The masterfully crafted torches are highly capable of achieving this. Yet if the flame goes out, it can only be reignited Read more…

Humble beginnings

If you’re reading this on your computer, glance down to see the product in the spotlight for today’s fun fact. If you’re not, here are some hints: For some, this will be a simple tool that makes your work easier. It might be a plug-in or wireless. It could have Read more…

Make your ideas stick

We are inspired by an everyday item for this week’s Friday Fact. Can you guess what it is from these clues? This item has many practical uses on earth and in space. It was invented by a Swiss electrical engineer named George de Mestral. It was inspired on a walk Read more…

Keyboard Shortcuts For Engineers

How often have you been working on a report or an engineering drawing and needed to add engineering characters that are not on the keyboard? Not sure what I mean? How about: If you found this helpful or useful and would like to receive more hints and tips in your Read more…

Solid Habits

Getting the most from SolidWorks is easy if you have a set of Solid Habits. I am often surprised how many SolidWorks users do not have their templates set up to leverage design information from every model. Spending a few hours creating parts, assembly, and drawing templates will be repaid Read more…