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Additional Notes to the Knoxville User Group Post
I added some additional notes and links to photos tonight to the previous post on the Knoxville User Group Meeting that I attended last night. All of the additional notes were in reference to Jon Hirschtick’s discussion of the Future of CAD. Check it out when you get a chance!
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Knoxville SolidWorks User Group Meeting
Tonight I had the privilege of attending the Knoxville SolidWorks User Group meeting which featured SolidWorks founder Jon Hirschtick. I’ve been hearing LOTS of great things about this group and their new leader, Jeff Bohanan. I was not in the least disappointed. It was evident that Jeff had meticulously planned EVERYTHING in detail for the…
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Download and RENDER The Mach 4 Racer!
The Story Most if not ALL of the items I design on a daily basis are proprietary which means I cannot share the models with the public. One of the goals I set this year was to create a complex model in SolidWorks that I COULD share with the SolidWorks/CAD Community. Over the years I…
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SolidWorks Video Tip: 2009 Missing Reference Ghosting
When working with any parametric modeling package references are something a user constantly has to be aware of. Often times when you make modifications to a model, child features based off of entities changed can fail to regenerate properly due to the nature of the changes made. SolidWorks 2009 introduces some time saving enhancements that…
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Ben Eadie on Revision3
Ben Eadie of SolidMentor recently filmed an episode with Patrick Norton at Revision3.com showing off his home built laser scanner. Click the image above to check out the episode! Congrats to Ben for making his first appearance on Revision3!
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SolidWorks 2009 & SNL
No…I’m not talking about Saturday Night Live. They have had some pretty darned funny skits on the Presidential candidates lately though….but I digress. I’m talking about the SolidWorks Network License (SNL). If you wish to upgrade to SolidWorks 2009 in the next few weeks, you will need to download a temporary network license file to…
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NASWUG Happenings
We had a special guest at our North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG) meeting last week. Follow the links below to check out the write up and some images from the meeting. SolidWorks User Groups are a GREAT way to learn more about SolidWorks and network with your peers. If you aren’t currently involved in…
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FREE 30 Day Trial of SolidWorks Premium (US only)
If you click on the image above it will take you to a website that will allow you to sign up for a Free 30 day evaluation copy of SolidWorks Premium 2009. Unfortunately for some folks, this offer is only available to those in the United States. If anything changes with that, I’ll post it…
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SolidWorks Video Tip: 2009 BOM Restructure
SolidWorks 2009 has been out long enough now that most of the “major” enhancements have probably been talked about on quite a few sites across the web. Here’s an enhancement that I have noticed hasn’t gotten much press. That enhancement is the ability to restructure Bills of Materials (BOM) in Drawings. This video tip will…