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“He’s a designer, so he shouldn’t touch CAM, right?” Wrong—and here’s why.
CAD and CAM are so frequently lumped together that many people outside our industry have a difficult time separating the two. “CAD/CAM” has become a single catchall phrase for two very different processes; modeling and machining a part. That line
... ContinuedThe IFWE Challenge – Reloaded, and in 3D!
IF WE ask the right questions, we can change the world… In 2012, more than 500 of you submitted crazy ideas to our crowd-sourced collection of world-changing dreams. 3 winners were awarded with prizes and software to help bring their
... ContinuedTenLinks to Award Top SolidWorks Bloggers
Do you blog about SolidWorks? If so, you could win recognition by your peers and other members of the SolidWorks community. The following was posted to CadDigest.com yesterday. We’re proud to sponsor this program, and look forward to seeing the
... ContinuedEnter The Ocean Cleanup Contest for a chance to change the world (and win prizes)
Millions of tons of plastic are polluting the world’s oceans. It reaches the oceans through rivers and waterways, and then accumulates in five high-concentration areas called gyres. Boyan Slat, a student at the Delft University of Technology, and his Ocean
... ContinuedCatching up with the SolidWorks community at Maker Faire NYC
This past weekend, I went on a spontaneous trip to Maker Faire in New York City with some friends working in the Lewis Research Group at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. We woke up at the crack
... ContinuedCheck out the latest updates to My.SolidWorks
The My.SolidWorks team has released updates to My.SolidWorks.com that make it easier for you to find answers to your questions across the SolidWorks community. Starting today, you will find a new home page for My.SolidWorks that places the search option
... ContinuedColorado teenager Easton LaChappelle 3D prints the next generation of prosthetic limbs
A coworker recently sent me a story about Easton LaChapelle. Easton is a 17-year-old student from Colorado (in the western US) who has been doing some incredible work designing advanced prosthetics. Without telling the whole story, Easton met a young
... ContinuedIf you want to build the Iron Man suit, you can do that: engineering student immortalizes himself at Georgia Tech freshman convocation
With the new school year starting, I got to thinking about the reasons people choose to go into engineering. Is it to create the future design of the NASA space suit, become the next George Stephenson, or even just follow
... ContinuedCome Out and See Me – Here's Where I'll Be
My favorite part of the job is traveling too and speaking at SolidWorks User Group meetings. Throw in 10 (or so) SWUGN Summit events, and I can stay happy all year. The next few months are very busy, and there's
... ContinuedThis Week in the SolidWorks User Group Network (07/08 – 07/12)
I'm in the office this week, but that changes dramatically starting with the SWUGN Summit – Denver on the 16th, and continuing on through the SWUGN Summit – Minneapolis in late August. In between, I will visit SolidWorks User Groups
... Continued800 Miles From the Sea
It's been a terrific couple of weeks. I was fortunate to attend six SolidWorks User Group meetings, and travel around the country with Suchit Jain, VP, Strategy, User Advocacy & Community and Richard Allen, Director, Product Portfolio Management. The Brotherly
... ContinuedThis Week in the SolidWorks User Group Network
This is a holiday week here in the US, so there's only one meeting on the calendar – and it just happens to fall on our Independance Day. Western Cape SolidWorks User GroupThursday, July 4th – 6:30pm to 8:30pm User
... ContinuedThis Week in the SolidWorks User Group Network
Sorry for the late entry everyone – computer issues and travel have put me a little behind this week. And what a week it is… I'm traveling through the heartland with Rich Allen, DS SolidWorks Director of Product Portfolio Management,
... ContinuedThis Week in the SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN)
I'm hitting the road this week with Suchit Jain, DS SolidWorks VP of Strategy and Community. We'll be visiting SolidWorks User Groups in the Philadelphia area. We also plan to attend the annual Atlantic Design and Manufacturing show on Wednesday.
... ContinuedMagic Wands
It's not often that we see a father and son combination at a SolidWorks user group meeting, but when its Graham and Richard Wand, it's not that unusual. Graham and Richard are long-time SolidWorks users, and have been involved in
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