PhotoView 360 Rendering Contest: Week 4 Winners
It's that time again. We're in the home stretch of the PhotoView 360 rendering contest, and it's time to unveil the winners of week 4. So here they are. Jim Holland Lars Petersen Jamie Cruz Visit www.solidworksgallery.com to see these,
... ContinuedTechnical Tip: The Shortcut Bar (“S” Key)
This blog post is the sixth in a series of technical tips about the SolidWorks User Interface. Call the series "Everything you wanted to know about —–, but were afraid to ask". The first few posts will be about the
... ContinuedPhotoView 360 Rendering Contest: Week 3 Winners
Yes, we’re ready to announce the winners of the third week of the contest. They are, in no particular order… Chris Cook Christophe Demuynck Scott Woods You can go here to view all of the entries (at much larger
... ContinuedAn update on the SolidWorks Engineering Stimulus Package
I recently sat down with Oboe Wu, the product manager who has been overseeing the deployment of the SolidWorks Engineering Stimulus Package (ESP) to discuss the results. You may recall that we previewed this at SolidWorks World in Orlando. It
... ContinuedJim Lowery Retires
In September 2005, four years ago this month, Jim Lowery was elected President of the San Antonio SolidWorks User Group. Jim had some very large shoes to fill, taking over for SWUGN Lifetime Achievement recipient Lila Theis. You could tell
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2010: Smarter. Faster.
In this economy, we understand your challenges to optimize your product and service launch, reduce your time to market and improve speed and efficiency of innovation. Discover SolidWorks 2010 and find out how it will optimize the core design
... ContinuedSolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2010 Beta: Resource Pain Relief
A few months ago I was talking to my brother, who is an IT manager for a local company that uses SolidWorks for design, and I asked him what his biggest challenges were when rolling out new software. Not surprisingly
... ContinuedThe little things in life… well in SolidWorks 2010
Here is a quick SolidWorks 2010 tip to make viewing around your model nice and easy… Many of us like to view the model in certain directions… be it front, left, right or so on. But sometimes you don’t know
... ContinuedTechnical Tip: Toolbar Flyouts
This blog post is the fifth in a series of technical tips about the SolidWorks User Interface. Call the series "Everything you wanted to know about —–, but were afraid to ask". The first few posts will be about the
... ContinuedGabi Tries Her Hand at….Speaking
If you've ever met Gabi Jack, you know she's a woman of few (spoken) words. That will have to change on September 9th as Gabi is scheduled to present at the Tri-Valley SolidWorks User Group meeting in Dublin, California. The
... ContinuedConfusing terminology
Sometimes you come across a term in simulation that doesn’t make much sense and seems to have been put there to confuse and confound. One such term that I was asked about recently is the purpose of the Jacobian check,
... ContinuedPhotoView 360 Rendering Contest Extended
I just got word that the PhotoView 360 Rendering Contest is being extended for two additional weeks, for a total of five. Entries for week 3 are still due by 4:59 EDT tomorrow, but if you haven’t entered yet, you
... ContinuedTechnical Tip: SolidWorks Heads-Up View Toolbar
This blog post is the fourth in a series of technical tips about the SolidWorks User Interface. Call the series "Everything you wanted to know about —–, but were afraid to ask". The first few posts will be about the
... ContinuedAn End of Summer Ritual – A Lot of SolidWorks User Group Meetings
It's hard for me to accept that summer is coming to an end. Sure, my kids went back to school yesterday, but it's forecast to be 103 degrees here today, with little or no relief in sight. Something I have come
... ContinuedThe SolidWorks 2010 Website Is Live!
I won't waste your time with lots of writing. Just click on this link right here to visit the SolidWorks 2010 website. There's lots of goodies for you.
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