All posts by Ricky Jordan
SW 2007: Boundary Surface
With the public announcement of SolidWorks 2007 last week, several new enhancements related to surfacing were released and demonstrated. This release shows significant improvements in the area of C2 (Curvature Continuous) surfacing tools. One of the tools that provide this ... Read More »
3D PDF coming to SolidWorks!
In last week’s press release, it was announced that starting with SolidWorks 2007, users will be able to “save any file in Adobe Systems’ new 3D PDF format”. In my opinion, this is a GREAT addition to SolidWorks. I think ... Read More »
SolidWorks 2007 announced
SolidWorks unveiled key new features of SolidWorks 2007 today in Concord, MA. In addition to the press release, a 2007 highlights page has been setup with some video clips of some of the new features. You will be seeing more ... Read More »
Keyboard Shortcuts – TRY IT!
One of my favorite “customizations” of SolidWorks is programming my own keyboard shortcuts. If you want to save some significant time in model and drawing creation, give it a try! To access keyboard shortcuts in SolidWorks right click any toolbar ... Read More »
CATIA & SolidWorks
There has been some recent blog traffic regarding Catia & SolidWorks and how the two programs still cannot exchange native data. This has been a hot topic for years now (pretty much since Dassault bought SolidWorks). For anyone that has ... Read More »
PDMWorks Enterprise: More options for PDM users
A few weeks back SolidWorks announced the purchase of GCS Scandinavia AB of Sweden, the makers of Conisio PDM/PLM software. Eighteen days later a second announcement was made regarding the release of PDMWorks Enterprise (looks to be Conisio renamed). The ... Read More »
Welcome to Ricky Jordan’s Blog!
Welcome to Ricky Jordan’s Blog! The focus of this blog will be topics related to SolidWorks CAD software as well as the CAD community in general. My hope is to provide insight into several aspects of the SolidWorks Community which ... Read More »
