Let’s Go Design
National Pi Day: A True Holiday for Engineers
So I’ve just found out it's National Pi Day here in the States because they write today's date as 3/14 rather than 14/3. I guess that means Pi Day back in Europe should be July 22nd (22/7). It's a somewhat serendipitous event, as I'm analyzing an assembly which is a mass of screw thread, spheres and cyclic mechanism. When you stop and think about it, pretty much the whole of engineering is built upon that two-letter constant.
... ContinuedEverything is bigger in Texas–including SolidWorks World #sww11
So setup for SolidWorks World 2011 is under way, and dozens of people are hard at work getting everything set up for the show to get started.I spent some time walking around the convention center this morning, watching everything starting
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Mark Gibson of SolidWorks
Name: Mark Gibson Title: Principal interactive design engineer Company: DS SolidWorks Corp. Job Description: I'm a member of DS SolidWorks’ user experience group, which works with the product definition group to address SolidWorks users’ needs with elegant solutions. My primary
... ContinuedBatter Up–Let’s Go Design Project #2 Is Live!
After designing and building something for the designers out there, Jeremy Luchini and the Let’s Go Design team decided to shift gears for their second project and design something that can be used for working off all of those sugary
... ContinuedLet’s Go Design – The Ultimate CAD Chair unveiled
If you've been following the Let's Go Design series over the past few months, today is the day you've been waiting for. Jeremy Luchini and team have finally unveiled the finished product, and it's pretty impressive. If you haven't already,
... ContinuedLet’s Go Design episode 5 is live (with help from 3DVIA)
You may remember when I posted a few weeks ago about some production delays that Jeremy Luchini and the Let's Go Design team were encountering. I'm happy to say that they're back on track, and the long awaited fifth episode
... ContinuedLet’s Go Design – An Update On The Ultimate CAD Chair
If you've been following Jeremy Luchini and his design team as they work on building the ultimate CAD chair environment, you may have noticed that things have been a little quiet lately. Jeremy just posted an update to the Let's
... ContinuedLet’s Go Design – Your Ideas Needed!
I just got back from vacation today, and I hear that Jeremy Luchini and his team have finished up the ultimate CAD chair/office and completed filming on the fifth and final episode. I haven't had a chance to get downstairs
... ContinuedLet’s Go Design – Steel vs. Aluminum
Hey all, I'd like to take you on a deeper dive from a sustainability perspective into the "steel vs. aluminum" design question that's being debated in Episode 4 of Let's Go Design. Let's start with the punchline from my goofy
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Jeremy Luchini of SolidWorks
Name: Jeremy Luchini Title: Manager, SolidWorks Worldwide Certification Program Hometown: Barnstable, Mass. About: When not enlisting new users into the SolidWorks fold, Jeremy hosts the Let’s Go Design web series, where designers from all over the world collaborate to design
... ContinuedIntroducing Let’s Go Design, our new interactive video series
Back at SolidWorks World 2010, Jeremy Luchini, the brains behind our certification programs, announced that he would be hosting a new video series called Let's Go Design. We're happy to announce that the series is now live. Over the course
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