We are less than two months away from SolidWorks World 2007.  I thought this would be a great time to hear about your favorite “story” from attending previous SolidWorks World conferences.  It can be a …

SolidWorks World 2007 is coming up fast!  As we get closer to February 3rd, you’ll hear more and more about it.  SolidWorks has begun a Countdown to SolidWorks World Podcast Series that features many of …

So why haven’t I posted much to the blog in the last week?  Here is one reason.  I’ve been setting up a new forum for the North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group.  The all new NASWUG …

SolidWorks 2007 SP2 is now available for download at the Customer Portal.
I’ll be installing it first thing next week since I have a few SPRs that are supposed to be addressed in it.
We have been …

Autodesk has sued the Open Design Alliance over the 2007 .DWG file format.  AECNews has a good article with details.
Rob Rodriguez has started an interesting discussion related to this talking about data exchange in the …

For those of you that use the Weldment functionality in SolidWorks, there is a nice little enhancement that has been included in SolidWorks 2007.
The Structural Member functionality in Weldments allows you quickly create weldment frames …

Steve Wozniak will be the keynote speaker at SolidWorks World next year in New Orleans.  Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Jobs back in 1975.  He designed the Apple I & Apple II computers which …

It’s upgrade time this week for SolidWorks where I work.  I thought this would be a good time to discuss a few things to do in preparation of a major version upgrade in SolidWorks.  …

Many of you are probably familiar with the TenLinks.com website.  I consider it the “go-to” source for CAD/CAM/CAE news.  The TenLinks Daily Digest is one of my “must read” e-mails every day.  (If you don’t …

With the release of SolidWorks 2007, the entire PDM product offering is undergoing some pretty major changes. One of the most noticeable changes has been the renaming of the classic PDMWorks product to PDMWorks Workgroup. …

Here is a really great way to show your product to the World…SolidWorks World that is.  Product Design Showcase gives SolidWorks users a chance to share their product designs in a professionally displayed area in …

There are 4 brand new CSWPs (Certified SolidWorks Professionals)in Alabama this morning.  Four members of the North Alabama SolidWorks User Group (NASWUG) passed their CSWP exam yesterday!
Congratulations go out to:
Richard Hall
Brian McElyea
Randy Thomas
Michael Langley
With these …

I love user group meetings. The part I love the most about the meetings is seeing the looks of discovery that people have when they learn something new about SolidWorks. Throughout my time as a …

If you haven’t seen or heard about it yet, SolidWorks Explorer has been given a complete overhaul with the release of SolidWorks 2007. The entire user interface has been redesigned and has been integrated with …