Let’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
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Susan Evans of MCAD Technologies
Name: Susan Evans Title: President and Founder Company: MCAD Technologies, Inc. MCAD specializes in sales, support, and training of engineering productivity tools, including 3D solid modeling, design validation, product data management, product documentation and 3D color printing technology. Hometown: Tolland,
... 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 Todd Turner of Macro Plastics
Name: Todd Turner Title: Senior Product Engineer Job description: Total product development responsibility, from concept to production Company: Macro Plastics, a producer of large plastic material handling bins, primarily for agriculture Hometown: Denver, Indiana 1)Why did you choose to do
... ContinuedSix More Tips for Using Microsoft Excel with SolidWorks
A few months back, we released a screencast that gives you ten tips for using Excel with SolidWorks. It was so popular, the masterminds behind it came up with six more. So if you want to check it out, just
... ContinuedDo you have the skill to design the 2012 Olympic torches?
The 2012 summer Olympics are being held in London, and it looks like the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) needs a team of designers to create the Olympic torches. According to the Design Council website, these are
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Robbie Liotta of SolidWorks
Name: Robbie Liotta Title: Senior Technical Support Manager, DS SolidWorks Corp. 1. Why did you choose to do the work you do? I really enjoy the mix of challenges that technical support presents. In technical support you have the opportunity
... ContinuedSolidWorks teams up with the Boy Scouts of America on the Inventing Merit Badge
The Boy Scouts of America came into being 100 years ago, way back in 1910. And until 1915, there was a merit badge for inventing. The story goes that the BSA retired it because only ten boys ever earned the
... ContinuedSabine Gossart and Sue Evans are helping turn the engineering men’s club co-ed
Two women in the SolidWorks community have made this year’s CRN magazine list of the technology reseller channel’s female movers and shakers. CRN has named Sabine Gossart, DS SolidWorks’ vice president, worldwide channel marketing and MCAD Technologies CEO Sue Evans
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2011 hotel deals
The ladies of the SolidWorks event team asked me to share something with everyone. The San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk and Rivercenter hotels have a special rate available to SolidWorks World attendees that expires on August 25. The rate for a
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2011 registration is now open!
Just a quick follow-up from last week's post. Registration for SolidWorks World 2011 opened up on the SolidWorks World website at noon today, so go ahead and get signed up. But if you're thinking you'll be the first person, you're
... ContinuedRegister for SolidWorks World 2011, and maybe even get in free!
Are you a SolidWorks World regular? Or are you intrigued by stories your coworkers tell of SolidWorks Worlds gone by, whispered in back rooms and dark alleys? Either way, you’re in luck. Because the SolidWorks World 2011 website is live
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Devon Sowell
Name: Devon Sowell Title: Owner, Designer, PDM Consultant Company: 3-D Design Solutions and PDMSolution.com Hometown: Carlsbad, CA 1) Why did you choose to do the work you do? My father was a mechanical genius. He taught me well! I grew
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Brian McElyea
Name: Brian McElyea Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer at Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation. Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation (INTUITIVE), a certified 8(a) Company and Small and Disadvantaged Business, supplies a wide range of services including programmatic support, systems engineering, product
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Jason Balser of Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Name: Jason Balser Title: Development Engineer, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Hometown: Medina, Ohio About: Jason graduated from Ohio State University in March with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He worked on the university’s Formula SAE team designing
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