Ever since the “S” key shortcut command was added in SolidWorks 2008, I’ve heard some users comment that they use it quite often.  This lead me to question whether or not you could function inside …

This SolidWorks Video Tip shows off a few tricks in the utilization of layout sketches in parts and how to create planes that can change with the sketch.  As I talk to different users from …

Congratulations to Cilas Gimenez who won Rob Rodriguez’s November 2008 PhotoWorks Contest featuring my Mach 4 Racer.  It was REALLY cool to see all the different ideas incorporated into the renderings.  You can view the …

Rob Rodriguez’s PhotoWorks Rendering Contest for November is now closed and voting has begun.  Click the image above to go to the voting site.  There are some EXCELLENT entries this month which featured my Mach …

Today marks the next phase of my site changeover to WordPress which started back at the beginning of August.  I’m proud to present to you a brand new site layout which I think takes this …

There’s only 3 days remaining to submit your rendering of the Mach 4 Racer to Rob Rodriguez’s November PhotoWorks Rendering Contest. The contest closes Friday October 21, 2008 and voting will end the following Friday, …

Hot off the presses today is the news that entrepreneur extraordinaire Richard Branson will be a Keynote Speaker at SolidWorks World 2009.  Richard is the man behind the Virgin Group which started as a record …

Today’s SolidWorks Video Tip shows an example of how you can use ScanTo3D to extract surface data from mesh files.  This example was inspired by a file I recently helped fellow Blogger Mike Puckett with.  …

This SolidWorks Video Tip shows the use of multiple trim tool features in the Split command.  The example shows the creation of a simplified polyurethane tool using the Combine and Split commands found inside the …

I added some additional notes and links to photos tonight to the previous post on the Knoxville User Group Meeting that I attended last night.  All of the additional notes were in reference to Jon …

From Left to Right: Jon Hirschtick, Rodney Hall, Ricky Jordan, & Jeff Bohanan
Tonight I had the privilege of attending the Knoxville SolidWorks User Group meeting which featured SolidWorks founder Jon Hirschtick.  I’ve been hearing …

The Story
Most if not ALL of the items I design on a daily basis are proprietary which means I cannot share the models with the public.  One of the goals I set this year was …

When working with any parametric modeling package references are something a user constantly has to be aware of.  Often times when you make modifications to a model, child features based off of entities changed can …

7:37pm – I’m a little behind…thank goodness for DVR!
7:39pm – Into the second episode of Time Warp now – Watching the “Will it Blend guy”
7:40pm – They just blended an iPhone….that was painful to watch….but …