SolidWorks 2011:  What’s New Highlights
Wed, 09/1/10 – 7:00 AM | View Comments

DS SolidWorks Corporation today unveiled SolidWorks 2011, the latest release of the most popular 3D CAD software on the market. There are many new features to talk about, but today I’m going to hit …

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First Look: Let’s Go Design Ultimate CAD Chair
Wed, 09/1/10 – 12:04 AM | View Comments

Part of our activities at SolidWorks today included a tour of Jeremy Luchini’s Let’s Go Design studios.  We got to see the set where all the episodes are filmed.  Jeremy has some pretty awesome “props” in there which are products that were all designed in SolidWorks.  After checking out the studio, Jeremy took us out back to his Fabrication shop where he is building the “Ultimate CAD Chair” featured on his latest episodes.  We were given an exclusive first look at the chair, which is still being built.  Let me tell you, this thing was AWESOME!  I can’t wait to see the finished product at SolidWorks World 2011 in San Antonio.  Below are some images I snapped along with a YouTube video of the studio and fab shop.

That’s one BIG Gantry system!

Me in the CAD Chair!

This is me trying to figure out how I’m going to get this into my office!  :-)


Here is a YouTube video showing the tour

DISCLAIMER:  DS SolidWorks Corp paid for my travel, accommodations, and some meals for the SolidWorks 2011 Blogger Press Event.

Coming Soon: FREE DraftSight for MAC
Tue, 08/31/10 – 10:50 PM | View Comments
Coming Soon: FREE DraftSight for MAC

At the SolidWorks Blogger Press Event today in Concord, MA, we were shown a screenshot of the upcoming DraftSight version for MAC.  DraftSight for MAC will be available as a FREE download here in a …

SolidWorks to Provide Software for Boy Scouts
Sun, 08/8/10 – 6:21 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks to Provide Software for Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has brought the Inventing Merit Badge out of a long retirement and SolidWorks has agreed to provide a FREE copy of the SolidWorks Student Design Kit to any scout …

DraftSight – FREE 2D For ALL
Tue, 06/22/10 – 7:18 AM | View Comments
DraftSight – FREE 2D For ALL

Dassault Systemes today announced the introduction of DraftSight, a 2D CAD tool that is available for download for FREE at DraftSight.com.  Last week I was contacted by a PR agency and was asked if I …

SolidWorks 2011 Beta – Coming Soon!
Sun, 06/20/10 – 10:14 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks 2011 Beta – Coming Soon!

Well, its that time of the year again folks.  SolidWorks 2011 Beta appears to be just a few weeks away.  No official dates have been given, but according to the SolidWorks Customer Portal site, the …

Part Numbers and Configurations
Tue, 05/25/10 – 11:16 PM | View Comments
Part Numbers and Configurations

If you do a little searching around the net, there are many discussions on the subject of internal company part numbers.  Many of the discussions center around the great debate of intelligent part numbers vs. …

SolidWorks 2010: Sketch Pictures in Drawings
Mon, 05/17/10 – 10:57 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks 2010:  Sketch Pictures in Drawings

With my schedule relaxing a bit, I’m finally back in the groove and am excited to bring some new posts to the site.  This one is kind of a “reminder post” of a new feature …

SolidWorks 2010: Awesome Tables!
Sun, 02/21/10 – 11:55 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks 2010:  Awesome Tables!

Sometimes when testing newer versions of Software you discover some “unreported” enhancements that really can be a time saver.  That type of enhancement is the source of this post, but first we’ll take an overall …

Al Predicts the Future of SolidWorks
Sun, 02/21/10 – 9:43 PM | View Comments
Al Predicts the Future of SolidWorks

If you are active in the CAD world and haven’t heard of Al Dean and Develop3D, then you are seriously missing out.
Al does a great job of looking at the MCAD Industry as a whole …

SolidWorks 2011 Sneak Peek
Fri, 02/5/10 – 1:05 AM | View Comments
SolidWorks 2011 Sneak Peek

One of the things that attendees look forward to the most when attending SolidWorks World is the sneak peek of the next version of SolidWorks. Attendees were treated to TWO previews this year since …

SolidWorks in the Cloud
Mon, 02/1/10 – 6:36 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks in the Cloud

This is just the first post of many to come on this. I’m going to try and hit the highlights and then we will get into some of the details later. Today at …

SolidWorks World Sunday Part 2
Mon, 02/1/10 – 3:45 AM | View Comments
SolidWorks World Sunday Part 2

Well, Sunday has now wrapped up and everyone is getting geared up for the first General Session tomorrow morning starting at 8:30am PST.
The rest of my day included a few more Roundtable Sessions followed by …

SolidWorks World Sunday Part 1
Sun, 01/31/10 – 6:36 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks World Sunday Part 1

Well…I’ve got a small amount of time between sessions here so I thought I would post a few pictures of the convention center areas.  Below is the Convention Center entrance.  Nice Sign!

Here’s a further out …

Arrival at SolidWorks World 2010
Sun, 01/31/10 – 3:19 AM | View Comments
Arrival at SolidWorks World 2010

Well after some flight delays, I finally made it to Anaheim about 4:30pm PST this afternoon.  While at the baggage terminal we ran into Alex Ruiz who was there to pick up Jeff Mirisola.  Alex …

New Product Announcement at SolidWorks World?
Sun, 01/31/10 – 2:23 AM | View Comments
New Product Announcement at SolidWorks World?

One of the interesting things on the press agenda for SolidWorks World 2010 is a press conference scheduled for Wednesday morning regarding a “New Product Announcement”. This is the only reference I have seen …