Richard Doyle and I have been talking about getting a countdown clock added to our Blogs for SolidWorks World.  If you take a look at the “vertical link bar” on this Blog or Richard’s Blog …

The SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN) today announced the dates and locations for their 2007 Technical Summits. Click HERE to see a complete list of the events.
One particular date and location I am excited about …

Richard Doyle’s Countdown to SolidWorks World Podcast went live today.  For those of you who don’t know Richard, he is the User Community Coordinator for SolidWorks Corporation.  Richard is also heavily involved in organizing SolidWorks …

When working in SolidWorks sometimes it is necessary to convert Model Views in a Drawing to Vector entities (lines and arcs) so that the view is NOT tied to the geometry of the solid model. …

Are you having a hard time gathering funds to attend SolidWorks World?  Well, here is a deal for you!  What if you could experience parts of the conference for FREE?  The great news is you …

Mark Biasotti has posted a really nice Boundary Surface Video Tutorial.  If you use surfacing at all, I highly recommend you check it out.  With Mark’s permission, I have made the model available for download …

Here is a link to the SolidWorks World Online Challenge.
It’s a trivia game that asks you specific questions about SolidWorks World.  It’s even got an animated John McEleney!  If you play the game you can …

Over the past year, the Move Face tool has become one of my favorite tools in SolidWorks. It was originally introduced as a tool that helps users make modifications to imported bodies (parts with NO …

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 …