Articles by Ricky Jordan
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Have you ever wished that you could turn back time and look at what previous versions of SolidWorks looked like? Perhaps you have a customer who is a few versions back and you can’t quite …
There has been quite a bit going on lately which has resulted in a lack of posts here on the site. I’m still here…just working on some “new” things.
The biggest news for me personally is …
Spring is just around the corner (or already here for some) and usually that means it’s Beta Testing Time for many SolidWorks users. A few days ago I contacted SolidWorks to see if I could …
Here’s a GREAT SolidWorks Tip that was brought to my attention on the latest project I am working on. When you work in the commercial design world, you don’t often run across the need for …
Yes…you read the title correctly. For those of you who just fell out of your chair after seeing me mention another CAD system on this site, welcome back! I work on a wide variety of …
Ok…without elaborating too much, it has been a stressful week for me so far. Lots of things going on which IS good thing. As I was reading my Twitter feed tonight, I came across a …




