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Matt Speaks….in Huntsville
The North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG) started off 2007 with a strong turnout tonight. Matt Lombard was in town to present his Misc. Debris: Tips and Trix SolidWorks 2007 Presentation. We had 33 people at the meeting tonight. (Even with winter weather coming to our area this evening.) Not everyone gets to go to…
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Are we there yet!
Three days away from the start of SolidWorks World. Am I excited? OH YEA! I feel like a kid in the back seat of his parent’s car that has to fight the urge to ask those infamous questions every two minutes….Are we there yet? Is it time? How much longer? (That old countdown clock is…
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Countdown to SolidWorks World….literally
Richard Doyle and I have been talking about getting a countdown clock added to our Blogs for SolidWorks World. If you take a look at the “vertical link bar” on this Blog or Richard’s Blog you’ll see that we were able to get one added. (A big thanks to Patrick for helping us with this!)…
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2007 SWUGN Summits Announced
The SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN) today announced the dates and locations for their 2007 Technical Summits. Click HERE to see a complete list of the events. One particular date and location I am excited about is the April 24th Summit in Nashville, TN. Nashville is about an hour and a half drive for most…
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Richard Doyle’s SolidWorks World Podcast
Richard Doyle’s Countdown to SolidWorks World Podcast went live today. For those of you who don’t know Richard, he is the User Community Coordinator for SolidWorks Corporation. Richard is also heavily involved in organizing SolidWorks World. He also authors the SolidWorks Community Blog. Richard is one of the few folks I know who has been…
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SolidWorks Tip: Converting Drawing Views
When working in SolidWorks sometimes it is necessary to convert Model Views in a Drawing to Vector entities (lines and arcs) so that the view is NOT tied to the geometry of the solid model. An example of this would be a view of an electrical connector’s pin numbers for a cable/harness drawing. In cases…
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Experience SolidWorks World – FOR FREE!
Are you having a hard time gathering funds to attend SolidWorks World? Well, here is a deal for you! What if you could experience parts of the conference for FREE? The great news is you CAN! If you go to the SolidWorks World website and register with this code, SWEX07105, you will receive a complementary…
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New Boundary Surface Video
Mark Biasotti has posted a really nice Boundary Surface Video Tutorial. If you use surfacing at all, I highly recommend you check it out. With Mark’s permission, I have made the model available for download here. In the tutorial, Mark shows how powerful adding connectors can be within the Boundary Surface feature itself. This is…