30 Years in a One Week Span
I spent last week in the Southeastern US visiting three SOLIDWORKS User Groups, all celebrating their 10th anniversaries. It was a great trip, good people, and good food! My first stop was Atlanta where Tom Ellis has been holding down
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Certification: Paying for it
I’ve done a session at SOLIDWORKS World for the last few years on Tips and Tricks to passing the CSWP exam. I have had some good success with it, filling the room each year and most years having enough on
... ContinuedIntroducing Your SOLIDWORKS World 2016 T-Shirts
In October, we asked the community to design the SOLIDWORKS World 2016 t-shirt. With more than 50 design submissions, you did not disappoint. After narrowing the field down to a group of seven finalists, we again asked the community to
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS 2016 Provides One-click Access to Online Training and Much More
Access to SOLIDWORKS training has never been easier. With SOLIDWORKS 2016, we’ve integrated MySolidWorks content and services directly into the user interface. You can now access hundreds of online training videos with a single click right from the SOLIDWORKS task pane. Have a question?
... ContinuedMBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DONTs – Motivate All Involved
We talked about “Don’t hesitate (Part 1 and Part 2), and “Establish a core implementation team” in Table 1. A common question facing the core implementation team is how to motivate participants, especially those not on the core team. This
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Workshop for Warriors: Helping Veterans Transition to Civilian Life
I don’t think I fully realized what it meant to grow up in a military family despite the profound impact it had on the things I hold most dear in my life. The decision to enlist in the U.S. Air
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS World 2016: Top Ten ideas for enhancements still open for submissions
It is the time of the year to start preparing for SOLIDWORKS World 2016. To start things off we are looking for your input in creating the SOLIDWORKS World Top Ten List. This is a list of your ideas for
... ContinuedWhat I learned in the Great Northwest
I recently had the chance to visit a few user groups in the Great Northwest, and I am still floored by how amazing this trip was. I talked about all of the possible drawing views in SOLIDWORKS, beginning in Portland,
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Inspection 2016 – OCR Editor
The main goal of using SOLIDWORKS Inspection is to streamline and automate the creation of ballooned drawings and inspection reports (AS9102, PPAP, etc.). Most of our customers experience a productivity gain of between 70-90 percent, whichoften translates to the ability
... Continued2000 Feet Under: How Center Rock used SOLIDWORKS to Rescue a Group of 33 Chilean Miners
On August 2010, the Chilean mining accident shook the local and global community as 33 Chilean miners were trapped 2,300 feet underground. For 69 days, grief-stricken families worked to convince the Chilean government to continue drilling the ground until the
... ContinuedHow Customers benefit from Dell and SOLIDWORKS Long-Standing Partnership
It’s amazing to see how much technology has transformed engineering and design. The critical and creative work enabled by a software and hardware toolset can produce incredible projects, from rockets bound for mars to solar-powered medical facilities. And these complex
... ContinuedFreeform Modeling in SOLIDWORKS Industrial Design
Conceptual design of stylized products often starts with hand sketches, and may involve several disconnected software applications for sketching, surface modeling, and sharing the concepts with others. SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer streamlines that process with a unified workspace where hand sketches,
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS World 2016 – Why You Should See MY Session
SOLIDWORKS World 2016 will be here before you know it, and it’s time to start thinking about the sessions you will attend. Over the next couple of months, we’re going to ask SOLIDWORKS World presenters to come here and convince you
... ContinuedMBD Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DONTs – Don’t Take Too Big a Bit At First
In my last post, we talked about the proven benefits and opportunities associated with Model- Based Definition (MBD) along with the cost of inaction (not taking advantage of this fast-growing trend). Please refer to the posts, “Don’t hesitate (Part 1
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