Sean Dotson, a CAD Community Icon
Sean Dotson has been getting some extra press lately and I’m happy to jump on the bandwagon. I had the pleasure of meeting Sean at COFES more than three years ago and we’ve become good friends since then. A leader
... ContinuedThumbwheel controls
Slider controls have long existed in SolidWorks as an quick and intuitive way to “dial in” to an approximate value without having to type in a number. But what if the value that can be inputted could be an
... ContinuedYour Feedback is Welcome
At SolidWorks we are always looking for feedback on how to improve our products. We are looking for feedback on some of the productivity tools in SolidWorks Office Professional. Take a moment to provide us your feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=902122446646 Thanks Fielder
... ContinuedBulk Load Custom Properties Into Templates
Recently, Joy Garon, a SolidWorks Product Manager, shared an email with me that she received from Devon Sowell who is not only a SolidWorks user, but, someone who spends time helping other SolidWorks users. Devon, recently launched his own Blog
... ContinuedMore realistic motion
One of the big challenges in 2D is that you can’t tell how a design will interact until you build the first prototype. SolidWorks introduced Dynamic assembly motion several releases back to let you test component interaction in 3D before
... ContinuedSolidWorks Celebrity Sighting in Austin
Matt Lombard paid a visit to the Central Texas SolidWorks User Group last night and thrilled the crowd with his Hybrid Modeling presentation. Matt’s at his best when shooting from the hip, and the attendees took full advantage of his
... ContinuedThrow out those calipers
How often have you had physical parts that you needed to represent in CAD? Many customers spend time with calipers manually remodeling parts to use in CAD. Other times expensive service bureaus are used to save time. That was
... ContinuedBig Community, Small World
It seems like everywhere I go I run into someone I’ve met through my association with SolidWorks. Last week when I arrived for the Redwood Empire SolidWorks User Group meeting, I ran into Steve Rebensdorf of Dimension Printing. I met
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2007 registration is now live
SolidWorks World 2007 registration is now live. Register today and save $200 off a full conference pass for SolidWorks World 2007, February 4-7 in New Orleans, LA! Visit https://www.solidworks.com/pages/swworld07/index.html for details. Regards,SolidWorks Corp.
... ContinuedStop Over Engineering
That is the message when people talk about analysis. Structural frames for machines are a classic example of this. These are big heavy machines that often benefit from weight. Things have changes though with the cost of materials continuing to
... ContinuedSearching for your design data
Computers make generating a ton of data very easy. Finding it is often not so easy. CAD does the same thing for engineers making it very quick to make iterations of parts, assemblies, and drawings but until now CAD has
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2007 Update
The SolidWorks World website is now live. The agenda is still being developed, but there’s plenty of good reasons to visit the site: Call for Papers If you’re still thinking about speaking at SWW, the call for papers is still
... ContinuedSWIFT DimXpert
I have talked a lot about how SWIFT can help to let any user design like an Expert. SolidWorks has a tool to help with the application of dimensions and tolerances. It’s easy to apply them for manufacturing with any
... ContinuedRhino to SolidWorks
Many consumer products start as one of many concepts done by a designer trying to achieve a unique aesthetic look. One of the most popular tools for 3D conceptual design is Rhino. Typically engineers have tried to take a designer’s
... ContinuedKansas City SWUGN summit
Had the opportunity to attend the Kansas City SWUGN Technical Summit. Great event and turn out (90+ attendees). These are one day user group events with 2 technical presentation tracks. I would like to thank everyone that came, Richard and
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