Articles by Ricky Jordan
The SolidWorks World 2012 Top Ten List candidates are posted. You can log in to the SolidWorks Forums (link provided above – click the picture) and vote your favorite ideas up or down. Idea submission …
In many companies, Drawings are still were “the rubber meets the road”. Let’s take a look at what I think will be some of the more popular enhancements to the Drawing and Detailing area of …
I just got back from a 10 day road trip for some family commitments, so I’m sharing the news about SolidWorks 2012 a little later than most.
On September 6th, SolidWorks officially lifted the …
Its a little later in the year than usual, but the time has arrived for SolidWorks 2012 Beta Testing. You can download the SolidWorks 2012 Beta 1 software from the Beta Site if you are …
Almost two years ago I posted two videos to the site detailing the use of SolidWorks Electrical Routing. I had full intentions of producing a Part 3 but life as it does sometimes had other …
It has been quite an eventful week here in North Alabama. For me it all started with an early morning wake up call last Wednesday of intense lightning and thunder. Those storms were just the …
As I was logging into the Knowledge base earlier today I just happened to notice a bit of a change in the SolidWorks logo. As you can see in the image above, it is quite …
I ran across this today when importing a DXF file from a vendor. I’m not quite sure how long it has been there, but this is the first time I have noticed it.
When …
Dassault Systemes today took the “Beta” wraps off DraftSight and have announced it’s full release.
With this full release you also get a few enhancements. Those enhancement include:
Trapezoid command
API Support (Only included with the paid Premium …
One of the favorite parts for many attendees at SolidWorks World each year is the Sneak Peek preview of the upcoming SolidWorks release. This year at SolidWorks World 2011, we all got a Sneak Peek …
The Tuesday General Session is now over and SolidWorks World is nearing it’s halfway point. The focus of today’s session was on The SolidWorks User Groups and SolidWorks Customer Stories.
Fielder Hiss led off the with …
The first General Session is over and WOW we have had quite the beginning to SolidWorks World.
Jeff Ray kicked off the event by sharing how companies using SolidWorks assisted in the rescue of …
A couple of weeks ago there were two “Space” related SolidWorks announcements. I have a personal interest in both of them (one more so than the other). So here goes, let’s take them …
Yesterday on the SolidWorks Blog, SolidWorks n!Fuze was announced. This is the long rumored and delayed “first cloud product” that was demonstrated at SolidWorks World last year. As mentioned in the article, it …




