Sustainable Design: it’s time to put yourself in the picture
Cycloc, a brilliant bike storage solution designed in SolidWorks by Andrew Lang and made from 100% recycled industrial plastic DesignTalks, the online community for UK designers and manufacturers, has launched a new image gallery where members can share and comment
... ContinuedWhat Do You Do With 300 2 X 4’s?
The CSWP event at SolidWorks World 2010 is going to feature the Team Associated SC10 Remote Control Offroad Race Truck. In fact we're going to have about 50 of them at the event. The plan is to construct 7 tracks
... ContinuedFriday fun time
One of our resellers sent me links to some videos they made for recent SolidWorks 2010 rollout events. I thought some of you might find them amusing on a Friday afternoon.
... ContinuedA Year in the Life….
Wayne Tiffany knows how to please his KSWUG members with unique presentations, and uses enticing titles and descriptions when he announces them. Last year, Wayne brought in Aukse Kalantaite, Marketing Programs Manager at SolidWorks for a session titled "What's the Deal with SolidWorks Marketing?" "What's
... ContinuedNESWUC Was a Nor'easter (And That's a Good Thing)
Last Friday I attended the second annual NESWUC event and came away with a new appreciation for the good folks that manage the SolidWorks User Groups in the Eastern US. Everything ran smoothly, the technical sessions were outstanding, there was great
... ContinuedTreehouse version 2 now available from SolidWorks Labs
Just in case you don’t subscribe to the SolidWorks Labs RSS feed, here’s a repost. As always, we thank you for your feedback and have updated Treehouse to version 2. Perhaps the most important new feature of Treehouse 2 is
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2010 SP0.0 is Live
If you are a current subscription customer you can get the latest version of SolidWorks right now on the customer portal. If you have ever seen me present SolidWorks you will know that I have my favourite features and tools…
... ContinuedGo Big Red (Shudder)
As much as it pains me to utter that phrase, I’m compelled to use it because of the very nice gift I received from Lynnette Sabatka and the SolidWorks User Group of Nebraska yesterday. The football in the picture was designed. modeled,
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2010 is now available!
If you have a current SolidWorks subscription contract, you can now download SolidWorks 2010 in the SolidWorks Customer Portal. If you're using a SolidNetWork license, there's a slight change that affects you. You can learn about the activation process by
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2010 SP0 is Now Available
From what I’ve seen and heard (from a lot of folks), SolidWorks 2010 just might be the best release ever. SP0 was just made available to all subscription customers. Head over to the Customer Portal to get yours today. As
... ContinuedIt's Pronounced "Nee-Swuk"
At least that's what I was told last year when the New England SolidWorks User Groups put on the first NESWUC event. I wasn't able to attend last year, but I'll be there tomorrow along with 399 (at last count)
... ContinuedGet your SolidWorks models on your iPhone with 3DVIA Mobile
If you haven't already downloaded it, our sister brand 3DVIA now has an iPhone app that you can use to add 3D objects to pictures you take on your iPhone. If you haven't seen it yet, here's an idea of
... ContinuedCut Them in Half
What do you do when your expecting 45 at a user group meeting and 93 show up? That was the dilemma facing Devon Sowell and the MiraCosta College SolidWorks User Group last weekend. The answer was simple – cut the sandwiches
... ContinuedA Ten Year Celebration in Austin, Texas
More than 70 people came out last Thursday night to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Central Texas SolidWorks User Group. It was CTSUG's largest meeting ever, and featured a visit from Rich Welch, SolidWorks VP of Customer Service
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2010 Early Bird Deadline Is Today!
No long spiel today. I just want to remind everyone that you have until midnight tonight to save $200 on registration for SolidWorks World 2010. West / Over and out
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