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 “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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Only 24 days left until the start of SolidWorks World 2009 in sunny Orlando, Florida.  I will be attending this year’s conference as a member of the Press and will be presenting as well.  (More …

Have you ever wanted to place a logo on a SolidWorks model?  There are of course a number of ways to do this.  If you want the logo to be embossed or cut you probably …

SolidWorks is going to be doing something different for the well known “Top Ten SolidWorks Enhancements” that are revealed to attendees of SolidWorks World every year.  In the past, voting was limited to attendees of …

The S Key Experiment continues for me and in this post we dive into Part 3 which covers using the S Key shortcut menu in the Drawing environment of SolidWorks 2009.   In case you missed …

Late last week I was asked to verify a mounting pattern for a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) connector that was being placed on a custom PCB that we are developing.  This project was a bit …

It has been a little over a week since I turned off ALL my Toolbars AND the CommandManager and so far I can say with certainty I have not DECREASED my efficiency by just using …