I’m sure all of us have had this happen before.  You stroll around through the UI of your favorite software package and find a button that somehow you have missed seeing before.  I have never …

Hardware reviews is not something I have done much on this site, but when I mentioned sharing my thoughts once my new Dell M6400 came in, I got some comments and even some e-mails asking …

The time is almost upon us for SolidWorks 2010 Beta testing.  A few months back I received some information regarding target dates for some of the Beta releases and it turns out that they were …

A month ago when I started this whole buying a new house saga I had no idea that it would take SO much time away from my ability to generate new posts for this site.  …

Have you ever wished that you could turn back time and look at what previous versions of SolidWorks looked like?  Perhaps you have a customer who is a few versions back and you can’t quite …

There has been quite a bit going on lately which has resulted in a lack of posts here on the site.  I’m still here…just working on some “new” things.
The biggest news for me personally is …

Spring is just around the corner (or already here for some) and usually that means it’s Beta Testing Time for many SolidWorks users.  A few days ago I contacted SolidWorks to see if I could …

Here’s a GREAT SolidWorks Tip that was brought to my attention on the latest project I am working on.  When you work in the commercial design world, you don’t often run across the need for …

Yes…you read the title correctly.  For those of you who just fell out of your chair after seeing me mention another CAD system on this site, welcome back!  I work on a wide variety of …

Ok…without elaborating too much, it has been a stressful week for me so far.  Lots of things going on which IS  good thing.  As I was reading my Twitter feed tonight, I came across a …

Well, it looks like SolidWorks slipped a little “enhancement” in on us.  While I’m not completely sure when this new feature was added, all indications point to SolidWorks 2009 Service Pack 2.0.  So what is …

I’ll be headed off to Knoxville, TN tomorrow to present my SolidWorks Tips and Tricks at the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley User Group.  The group leader, Jeff Bohanan, has been doing a GREAT job in …

This year at SolidWorks World I gave a presentation on Custom PCB Design with SolidWorks.  It covers not only useful features in SolidWorks that can help make the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design process faster, …

Ok…I still need to type up my COMPLETE post of Wednesday’s General Session.  LOTS of cool things were shown…but for the folks wondering about SolidWorks 2010, here is a quick list of what was shown:

New …