SolidWorks 2010:  Awesome Tables!
Sun, 02/21/10 – 11:55 PM | Comments

Sometimes when testing newer versions of Software you discover some “unreported” enhancements that really can be a time saver.  That type of enhancement is the source of this post, but first we’ll take an overall …

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Dassault Systemes in NASCAR
Monday, 10/12/09 – 10:24 PM | Comments
Dassault Systemes in NASCAR

If you are a NASCAR fan and a CAD user like myself, you might have noticed a little something different at this weekend’s race at the California Speedway.  Dassault Systemes was the primary sponsor for …

SolidWorks 2010: Hole Wizard!
Monday, 09/28/09 – 12:09 AM | Comments
SolidWorks 2010: Hole Wizard!

It’s been a while since I have had a chance to post.  I have been working some crazy hours on various projects.  Hopefully some of them I can share with you one day.  Its time …

SolidWorks 2010: Multibody Materials
Friday, 09/4/09 – 12:02 AM | Comments
SolidWorks 2010: Multibody Materials

Way back in late 2002, SolidWorks users received what I call a “game changing” enhancement in SolidWorks 2003.  This was the version of SolidWorks that first introduced the ability to model multiple solid bodies in …

SolidWorks 2010: Drawing Dimension Enhancements
Sunday, 08/30/09 – 10:54 PM | Comments
SolidWorks 2010: Drawing Dimension Enhancements

As I said in my first post on SolidWorks 2010, Drawings received A LOT of enhancements!  Today we are going to take a look at a few of them that relate to dimensioning.
Rapid Dimension is …

What’s New in SolidWorks 2010 Guide Posted
Tuesday, 08/25/09 – 7:34 PM | Comments
What’s New in SolidWorks 2010 Guide Posted

The What’s New Guide (PDF) has been posted to my What’s New Guides page. If you missed the post a few months back this is the page I created that hosts EVERY What’s New guide …

SolidWorks 2010 Enhancement Highlights
Monday, 08/24/09 – 1:07 AM | Comments
SolidWorks 2010 Enhancement Highlights

Well folks, it’s now officially August 24, 2009 and the NDA on SolidWorks 2010 has been lifted!  With this post, I’m going to just quickly highlight what I consider to be the most notable enhancements …

Gearing up for SolidWorks 2010
Thursday, 08/6/09 – 11:04 PM | Comments
Gearing up for SolidWorks 2010

This week I was fortunate enough to take a trip up to SolidWorks headquarters with several other Bloggers to see first hand the new features of SolidWorks 2010. Since I am a Beta tester, …

ALL NEW SolidWorks Community (Forum)
Thursday, 07/16/09 – 12:56 AM | Comments
ALL NEW SolidWorks Community (Forum)

Users of the SolidWorks Forums were treated to a NICE upgrade today with the launch of the revamped forum which has been renamed to “SolidWorks Community”.  With the new features of the forum, I feel …

SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 2
Monday, 07/13/09 – 1:20 AM | Comments
SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 2

Most users of SolidWorks Electrical Routing use the product to determine wire & route lengths.  This video is a direct followup to the Part 1 video.  In this segment, we will take the 3D Electrical …

SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 1
Tuesday, 07/7/09 – 11:03 PM | Comments
SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 1

After talking about it for quite some time here on the site, today marks the first installment on a series of posts on SolidWorks Electrical Routing.  In this first example I guide you halfway through …

SolidWorks Video Tip: Roll View
Monday, 06/29/09 – 12:56 AM | Comments
SolidWorks Video Tip: Roll View

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 …

Dell M6400 Review
Tuesday, 06/9/09 – 9:52 PM | Comments
Dell M6400 Review

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 …

Up Next: SolidWorks 2010 Beta
Tuesday, 06/9/09 – 12:45 AM | Comments
Up Next: SolidWorks 2010 Beta

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 …

I’m BAAACCKK!
Monday, 06/1/09 – 12:08 AM | Comments
I’m BAAACCKK!

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.  …