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What Is DoppelPaymer, and Why Should Engineers Be Worried?


CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / December 1, 2025

Why this attack matters — and what engineering organizations must do now. Last year’s DoppelPaymer…



Meet the Converge Support Team!


CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / November 19, 2025

At Converge we don’t just patch problems — we remove the causes of them. Our…



Why SOLIDWORKS PDM In The Cloud?


CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / November 17, 2025

Let’s be honest—on-premise PDM is starting to feel like dial-up internet. It technically works, but…



3 Pillars of CAD Data Webinar Series Continues! – #6 Do You Know Everything About Your CAD Software Entitlement?


Announcements / November 10, 2025

We’re back with the Final session in our 3 Pillars Webinar Series Wednesday December 10th…



Converge Customer Story: Titan Steel Door – Onboarding at Scale: ESPR + MCAS 

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CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / November 3, 2025

Last month, we continued our story focusing on Titan Steel Door in this blog post, and how, even…



3 Pillars of CAD Data Webinar Series Continues! – #5 Flatter Files Data Distribution


Announcements / October 27, 2025

We’re back with the next session in our 3 Pillars Webinar Series Wednesday November 12th…



The Top 3 Reasons Why Your Team Needs SOLIDWORKS PDM


Announcements / October 20, 2025

If you’re managing product design workflows without a formal system for storing and controlling your…



Converge Customer Story: Titan Steel Door Data Distribution

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CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / October 6, 2025

Last month, we continued our story focusing on Titan Steel Door in this blog post,…



3 Pillars of CAD Data Webinar Series Continues! – #4 Who is Managing My Data and How?


Announcements / October 1, 2025

We’re back with the next session in our 3 Pillars Webinar Series Wednesday October 15th…



SOLIDWORKS on 3DEXPERIENCE: Everything You Need To Know


SOLIDWORKS / September 22, 2025

Back in 2022, the big news was SOLIDWORKS officially joining the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Fast forward…



The Top 6 Reasons Why Cloud-Based CAD Just Makes Sense in 2026

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CAD,Cloud / September 15, 2025

Let’s keep it simple: engineering teams are under pressure to do more with less. That’s…



Converge Customer Story: Titan Steel Door Data Management

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CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / September 8, 2025

Last month, we continued our story focusing on Titan Steel Door in this blog post,…



Converge Partners with CADchat To Solve The Design Review Problem


CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / September 3, 2025

We’re thrilled to announce our strategic partnership with CADchat, a bold step forward in our…



Switching SOLIDWORKS PDM License Types: A Quick Guide for Engineering Teams


CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / August 25, 2025

Whether you’re scaling your team or adjusting workflows, changing a SOLIDWORKS PDM client license type…



Converge Customer Story: Titan Steel Door Data Creation

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CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / August 11, 2025

Last month, we introduced you to Titan Steel Door in this blog post, and how,…



Converge June Meeting – Getting Things Done


CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / August 4, 2025

At Converge, we believe in practicing what we preach—distributed design, cloud-hosted systems, and the ability…



Recent SharePoint Breach Exposes Government and Industrial Targets


CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / July 31, 2025

In the past month, a significant cyber breach involving Microsoft SharePoint servers has come to…



The Importance of Product Data Management in the CAD Industry

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CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / July 28, 2025

In the high-stakes world of CAD design, managing design data efficiently is no longer a…



Converge Customer Story: Titan Steel Door Tackles The 3 Pillars

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CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / July 21, 2025

Every design/manufacturing company’s story is unique, but at the core you will find very common…



Private vs Public Cloud: Reliability and Performance


Cloud / June 19, 2025

Over the past several years we’ve looked at different aspects of the question of private…



Unlocking the Future: The Benefits of Hosting SOLIDWORKS PDM in the Cloud

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CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / June 16, 2025

In today’s engineering landscape, agility, collaboration, and scalability aren’t just nice-to-haves — they’re essential. As…



The Hidden Costs of Inadequate Engineering Documentation

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CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / May 19, 2025

In the fast-paced world of product development, engineering success relies not only on innovation but…



SOLIDWORKS PDM vs. 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud PDM: Workflows, Licensing, and More

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Managing CAD data efficiently is no longer a luxury — it’s essential for engineering teams…



The 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Explained and Its Advantage for Design Teams

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3DExperience,CAD,Cloud / April 2, 2025

The 3DEXPERIENCE Platform is an innovative platform that revolutionizes the way businesses operate across the…



What is SOLIDWORKS with Cloud Services?

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CAD,SOLIDWORKS,Tech Help / January 2, 2025

What is “SOLIDWORKS with Cloud Services”? If you’re buying Solidworks this year, you will probably…



SOLIDWORKS Cloud Is Exciting

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News / November 17, 2021

Wow, It’s hard to believe Thanksgiving is just over a week away. 2021 has been…



Moog Music Gains CAD Productivity in the Cloud

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Uncategorized / January 20, 2021

In keeping with its storied history and reputation for innovation, Moog Music (rhymes with “vogue”) recently…



Celebrating the Next Great Thing This Thanksgiving

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Cloud / November 25, 2020

  There’s much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving… Like new ways to live, work,…



Flatter Files With SOLIDWORKS PDM: A Cloud-Based Solution for Data Distribution

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Cloud / May 27, 2020

  We’ve touched on this subject before in various CAD-in-the-Cloud blog posts, but I still…



What Customers Are Saying About Our EpiGrid Solution for SOLIDWORKS Cloud

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Uncategorized / May 20, 2020

  Here at Converge, we’ve been focused on enabling remote access for CAD teams for…



Has the Cloud Finally Realized Its Potential in CAD?

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Cloud / April 22, 2020

There are several ways in which life will change forever after this Coronavirus pandemic has…



Remove the Barriers to a Remote CAD Team With SOLIDWORKS Cloud

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Cloud / March 30, 2020

If there’s one lesson we can learn at the beginning of this global pandemic, it’s…



How Converge Can Help Enable Your Remote Workforce: COVID-19

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Cloud / March 20, 2020

We want to take a moment to address the Covid-19 crisis and let you know…



Private vs Public Cloud: Management of the Solution

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Cloud / July 1, 2019

      Last week in our series on private vs public Cloud, we discussed…



Private vs Public Cloud: Security and Compliance

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Cloud / June 24, 2019

    This is the third post in our series on private vs public Cloud….



Private vs Public Cloud: Pricing

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Cloud / June 17, 2019

    Last week we gave you an overview of the topic of Private vs…



Private vs Public Cloud (Spoiler: Private is Better)

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Cloud / June 6, 2019

    Here at Converge, we’ve adopted the Cloud as a means to facilitate collaboration…



How CAD In The Cloud Is Changing PDM

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Cloud / February 7, 2019

  The cloud is a nebulous and unknowable thing, right? Not so much these days….



What is EpiGrid?

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Cloud / January 10, 2019

Understanding what EpiGrid is comes down to one phrase, simple SOLIDWORKS hosting. Whether you work…



SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM – Your Guide to the End-Of-Life of this Product

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SOLIDWORKS / September 15, 2018

  We’ve had a love-hate relationship with the SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM product since its inception….



Top 5 Tips to Transform Product Design for Smarter Products

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Cloud / September 11, 2018

The Journey Toward New Development Approaches The emergence of smart, connected technologies is enabling unprecedented…



EpiGrid and DesignPoint Announce Exclusive Technology Partnership to Enable CAD in the Cloud

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Announcements / September 1, 2018

  Today EpiGrid and DesignPoint announced a strategic exclusive partnership to provide CAD and PDM…



Converge Announces Premier Partnership With EpiGrid for Putting SOLIDWORKS® CAD & PDM in the Cloud

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Announcements / July 17, 2018

    Today Converge, LLC announces their acceptance as a Premier Partner with EpiGrid, LLC—establishing…



10 Reasons Engineers Should Be Using CAD in the Cloud

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Cloud / July 7, 2018

  The engineering sector is dynamic – the industry may boom, or economies may lull,…



Attention Mechanical Designers: 5 Reasons Why You Should Be Using CAD in the Cloud

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Cloud / July 5, 2018

    You use the cloud every day.  It has become commonplace. Email, phone apps…maybe…



SOLIDWORKS CAD Admin Services and PDM Application Management

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CAD Data Management / June 25, 2018

    SOLIDWORKS Product Data Management (PDM) is an incredible tool. PDM has been the…



Converge’s Private CAD in the Cloud Solutions

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Cloud / June 21, 2018

We’ve given you an overview of CAD in the Cloud as it stands today. In…



CAD in the Cloud Increases Performance and Relieves Administration Headaches

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Cloud / June 13, 2018

Hosted CAD or PDM systems (what we call “CAD in the Cloud”) is an emerging…



CAD in the Cloud Blog Series

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Cloud / May 9, 2018

  We are committed to CAD in the Cloud. We’ve spent a lot of resources…



Converge Sees a Cloudy Future…And So Do Gartner and CloudTech

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Cloud / April 19, 2018

Gartner believes that by 2020, a ‘no-Cloud’ policy will be as rare as a ‘no-internet’…



SILVER LININGS: Eight Reasons To Move to SOLIDWORKS Cloud

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Cloud / March 15, 2018

  In a recent article posted in the online Dassault Systèmes magazine Compass, they outlined…



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