SolidWorks World 2012 Top Ten List
Sat, 01/7/12 – 9:43 AM | 2 Comments

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 …

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SolidWorks World 2012 Top Ten List
Saturday, 01/7/12 – 9:43 AM | 2 Comments
SolidWorks World 2012 Top Ten List

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 …

SolidWorks 2012: Drawing Enhancements
Sunday, 11/13/11 – 9:48 PM | 2 Comments
SolidWorks 2012:  Drawing Enhancements

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 …

SolidWorks 2012 Announced
Sunday, 09/11/11 – 10:24 PM | 5 Comments
SolidWorks 2012 Announced

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 …

SolidWorks 2012 Beta 1 is Available
Tuesday, 06/28/11 – 12:22 AM | 7 Comments
SolidWorks 2012 Beta 1 is Available

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 …

SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 3 (FINALLY!)
Tuesday, 05/17/11 – 12:34 AM | 28 Comments
SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 3 (FINALLY!)

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 …

Tornado Relief
Tuesday, 05/3/11 – 8:42 PM | 3 Comments
Tornado Relief

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 …

New SolidWorks Logo
Monday, 04/4/11 – 8:59 PM | 5 Comments
New SolidWorks Logo

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 …

SolidWorks Tip: Import DXF/DWG Set Origin
Tuesday, 03/15/11 – 12:47 AM | 5 Comments
SolidWorks Tip:  Import DXF/DWG Set Origin

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 …

DraftSight Officially Released
Wednesday, 02/23/11 – 10:16 PM | 6 Comments
DraftSight Officially Released

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 …

SolidWorks 2012 Sneak Peek
Thursday, 01/27/11 – 9:15 PM | 9 Comments
SolidWorks 2012 Sneak Peek

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 …

SolidWorks World 2011 General Session Tuesday
Tuesday, 01/25/11 – 12:35 PM | 5 Comments
SolidWorks World 2011 General Session Tuesday

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 …

SolidWorks World Monday General Session
Monday, 01/24/11 – 9:29 AM | 3 Comments
SolidWorks World Monday General Session

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 …

SolidWorks and “Space”
Monday, 01/24/11 – 12:30 AM | 3 Comments
SolidWorks and “Space”

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 …

First Announcement: SolidWorks n!Fuze
Sunday, 01/23/11 – 10:55 AM | One Comment
First Announcement:  SolidWorks n!Fuze

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 …