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SolidWorks 2007 Pre-Release 1 is available!
It’s official! We have now hit the Pre-Release stage of SolidWorks 2007. Unless things have changed, it should be available for download to all subscription customers. If you haven’t had the chance to check out SolidWorks 2007, you can now download the What’s New guide prior to downloading and installing the software. You can find…
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SW 2007: Boundary Surface
With the public announcement of SolidWorks 2007 last week, several new enhancements related to surfacing were released and demonstrated. This release shows significant improvements in the area of C2 (Curvature Continuous) surfacing tools. One of the tools that provide this functionality is the Boundary Surface command. At first glance, it shares some similarities to the…
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3D PDF coming to SolidWorks!
In last week’s press release, it was announced that starting with SolidWorks 2007, users will be able to “save any file in Adobe Systems’ new 3D PDF format”. In my opinion, this is a GREAT addition to SolidWorks. I think most of us long time users remember the first time they ever saw E-Drawings and…
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SolidWorks 2007 announced
SolidWorks unveiled key new features of SolidWorks 2007 today in Concord, MA. In addition to the press release, a 2007 highlights page has been setup with some video clips of some of the new features. You will be seeing more content added to this blog in the coming weeks specifically for SolidWorks 2007 and some…
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Keyboard Shortcuts – TRY IT!
One of my favorite “customizations” of SolidWorks is programming my own keyboard shortcuts. If you want to save some significant time in model and drawing creation, give it a try! To access keyboard shortcuts in SolidWorks right click any toolbar area (except directly on top of the command manager) and select customize (you must have…
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CATIA & SolidWorks
There has been some recent blog traffic regarding Catia & SolidWorks and how the two programs still cannot exchange native data. This has been a hot topic for years now (pretty much since Dassault bought SolidWorks). For anyone that has ever worked with the Automotive or Aircraft industries, this topic probably has the most meaning. …
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PDMWorks Enterprise: More options for PDM users
A few weeks back SolidWorks announced the purchase of GCS Scandinavia AB of Sweden, the makers of Conisio PDM/PLM software. Eighteen days later a second announcement was made regarding the release of PDMWorks Enterprise (looks to be Conisio renamed). The key advantages of the new PDMWorks offering vs. the “traditional” PDMWorks will be multi-site file…
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Welcome to Ricky Jordan’s Blog!
Welcome to Ricky Jordan’s Blog! The focus of this blog will be topics related to SolidWorks CAD software as well as the CAD community in general. My hope is to provide insight into several aspects of the SolidWorks Community which could include quick feature reviews, user group related topics, SolidWorks Solution Partner product highlights, and…