SolidWorks 2011:  What’s New Highlights
Wed, 09/1/10 – 7:00 AM | View Comments

DS SolidWorks Corporation today unveiled SolidWorks 2011, the latest release of the most popular 3D CAD software on the market. There are many new features to talk about, but today I’m going to hit …

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BIG NEWS on Renaming Configurations!
Saturday, 02/28/09 – 1:29 AM | View Comments
BIG NEWS on Renaming Configurations!

Well, it looks like SolidWorks slipped a little “enhancement” in on us.  While I’m not completely sure when this new feature was added, all indications point to SolidWorks 2009 Service Pack 2.0.  So what is …

Knoxville Bound!
Monday, 02/23/09 – 10:47 PM | View Comments
Knoxville Bound!

I’ll be headed off to Knoxville, TN tomorrow to present my SolidWorks Tips and Tricks at the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley User Group.  The group leader, Jeff Bohanan, has been doing a GREAT job in …

SolidWorks World 2009 Presentation: Custom PCB Design with SolidWorks
Sunday, 02/15/09 – 9:06 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks World 2009 Presentation: Custom PCB Design with SolidWorks

This year at SolidWorks World I gave a presentation on Custom PCB Design with SolidWorks.  It covers not only useful features in SolidWorks that can help make the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design process faster, …

SolidWorks 2010 – The Quick List
Wednesday, 02/11/09 – 10:05 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks 2010 – The Quick List

Ok…I still need to type up my COMPLETE post of Wednesday’s General Session.  LOTS of cool things were shown…but for the folks wondering about SolidWorks 2010, here is a quick list of what was shown:

New …

SolidWorks World 2009 Tuesday General Session
Wednesday, 02/11/09 – 12:00 AM | View Comments
SolidWorks World 2009 Tuesday General Session

OK folks….it’s a long post…but quite a bit happened in the General Session today. Lots of GOOD STUFF!
Tuesday’s General Session at SolidWorks World 2009 started off with Fielder Hiss, who is the Director of …

SolidWorks World 2009 Monday: A Special Honor for a Special Guy
Tuesday, 02/10/09 – 11:27 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks World 2009 Monday: A Special Honor for a Special Guy

At the end of the day Monday the 2009 SWUGN International User Summit was held.  It is the annual User Group Meeting held at SolidWorks World that is open to SolidWorks User Group Leaders, Members, …

SolidWorks World 2009 Monday: Custom PCB Design in SolidWorks
Tuesday, 02/10/09 – 10:56 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks World 2009 Monday: Custom PCB Design in SolidWorks

For the third year in a row, I got to participate in a Breakout Session Presentation at SolidWorks World.  Today was not only the start of the conference, but also the day of my presentation …

SolidWorks World 2009 Monday General Session
Monday, 02/9/09 – 2:22 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks World 2009 Monday General Session

SolidWorks World 2009 “Officially” got off to an AWESOME start this morning with the first of three General Sessions.  Today’s General Session featured the normal welcoming ceremonies plus an on stage interview with Sir Richard …

SolidWorks World 2009 Sunday
Sunday, 02/8/09 – 4:21 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks World 2009 Sunday

Its approaching late afternoon here in Orlando at SolidWorks World 2009.  It has been a very interesting day thus far.  Today I attended Round Table sessions on SolidWorks Toolbox and Surfacing.  I also have been …

SolidWorks World 2009 Saturday & The TweetUp!
Sunday, 02/8/09 – 8:10 AM | View Comments
SolidWorks World 2009 Saturday & The TweetUp!

Well, due to an early morning start on Saturday with not much sleep from the previous night, my Saturday report on SolidWorks World is coming on Sunday!  All my Flights yesterday pretty much were about …

SolidWorks World 2009 Coverage Begins Tomorrow!
Friday, 02/6/09 – 9:53 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks World 2009 Coverage Begins Tomorrow!

Its almost that time again!  My flight leaves EARLY in the morning for SolidWorks World 2009 in sunny Orlando, Florida!  I’ve added a couple of new features to the site that will be posted for …

SolidWorks World Roll Call
Saturday, 01/31/09 – 11:40 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks World Roll Call

Through the magic of Social Networking (Twitter, Facebook, & Blog Comments) I have a mental list of folks who frequent this site that will be attending SolidWorks World next week. But I know that …

SolidWorks Video Tip: Using Mates for Animation
Wednesday, 01/28/09 – 10:27 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks Video Tip: Using Mates for Animation

Recently I have had a few questions about ways to create animations with assembly motion.  These questions brought to mind this great tip on using Mates to generate assembly motion.  Using Mates to create motion …

SolidWorks 2009 SP2!
Monday, 01/19/09 – 11:56 PM | View Comments
SolidWorks 2009 SP2!

Well, Friday night just happened to be the perfect time for me to upgrade our seats at work to SolidWorks 2009 SP2.  Overall things went smoothly and I was on my way home in time …