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Ugh, here we are again. We are knee deep in the holiday shopping season and I don't know about you, but I'm already tired of getting run over by shopping carts. It truly is the season of giving, and the most popular gift this year is a massive headache and a dash of road rage. If only there was a way to avoid all of this suffering...

Well there is! Simply use our 2019 best STEM gifts guide to just order everything online. Every gift on this list has been carefully vetted by yours truly to guarantee ultimate satisfaction. Maybe your kids will learn something using them, maybe they won't. At least you don't have to go out in public.

So you've finished (or tested out of) the SOLIDWORKS Essentials course. Congrats! You are now ready to start diving deeper into the SOLIDWORKS interface and learn the nuances that make it such an amazing tool for manufacturers around the world. 

Welcome to part 2 of our Ultimate Guide to SOLIDWORKS Training series. This time around we are walking you through the entirety of the SOLIDWORKS Drawings course, answering any questions that may arise so you know exactly what to expect that first day in the classroom. 

Hey you! Yeah you. Have you looked at the calendar recently? Christmas is less than 3 weeks away, which means we have officially hit the 2 minute warning of the holiday shopping clock. Lucky for you, whether you waited till the last minute, or you are just looking for a few more presents to put under the tree, Alignex has you covered.  

I present to you our breakdown of the best STEM gifts this holiday season. They are all fun, engaging, educational and most of all, offer you the best chance possible of getting your kids to stop playing Fortnite for like, 2 seconds. Enjoy!

Now I am not old by any means, but I'm certainly starting to feel like it. I remember a time when something like virtual reality was found only in movies and TV shows. I would stay up on Friday nights watching Star Trek: The Next Generation as a kid, dreaming of what could be possible if something like the holodeck actually existed. It was a distant pipe dream that only seemed possible in the world of science fiction.

As Summer approaches, the school year is finally winding down and students around the country are getting ready for a much deserved couple months off. This also means a new edition of SOLIDWORKS Education Edition is out, and with it a plethora of new features guaranteed to help students be even more prepared for what awaits them after graduation. 

In case you missed it, a few weeks back we published a post called 7 Websites Every Engineer Should Be Using Today. It was based off the answers we collected from you, the readers, and was meant to be a resource for all engineers to use to gather all the information they need to do their jobs. Well apparently we missed some....

SOLIDWORKS World 2018 ended a few weeks ago and to say that it was an awesome event would be the undersell of the century. The entire week was jam-packed with amazing guest speakers, inspiring breakout sessions and a much needed break from the sub-zero temperatures of the Midwest (thank you, Los Angeles). 

A few months back we asked you, the readers of the Alignex blog, to take a survey regarding your favorite engineering-related websites, forums and social media accounts. The goal was to assemble the best answers in hopes of providing engineers and designers more resources to help make their jobs easier. We received an overwhelming amount of fantastic responses, and one terrible one (I'm looking at you guy who suggested Myspace).