E-Drawings Viewer for iPad
Mon, 04/30/12 – 10:49 PM | One Comment

E-Drawings Viewer for iPad is now available from the App Store. I’ll have to admit that the first words out of my mouth when I saw this, were FINALLY!
You can view SolidWorks …

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E-Drawings Viewer for iPad
Monday, 30 Apr, 2012 – 22:49 | One Comment
E-Drawings Viewer for iPad

E-Drawings Viewer for iPad is now available from the App Store. I’ll have to admit that the first words out of my mouth when I saw this, were FINALLY!
You can view SolidWorks …

DraftSight Officially Released
Wednesday, 23 Feb, 2011 – 22:16 | 6 Comments
DraftSight Officially Released

Dassault Systemes today took the “Beta” wraps off DraftSight and have announced it’s full release.
With this full release you also get a few enhancements.  Those enhancement include:

Trapezoid command
API Support (Only included with the paid Premium …

SolidWorks 2012 Sneak Peek
Thursday, 27 Jan, 2011 – 21:15 | 9 Comments
SolidWorks 2012 Sneak Peek

One of the favorite parts for many attendees at SolidWorks World each year is the Sneak Peek preview of the upcoming SolidWorks release.  This year at SolidWorks World 2011, we all got a Sneak Peek …

Forecasting the Clouds for SolidWorks V6
Wednesday, 19 Jan, 2011 – 2:29 | 9 Comments
Forecasting the Clouds for SolidWorks V6

Ok…with all the Cloud jokes rolling around I couldn’t help but have a little fun with the headline.  SolidWorks V6 or “The Cloud version” as dubbed by many has been somewhat quietly talked about off …

DraftSight for MAC now available
Tuesday, 21 Sep, 2010 – 21:02 | 30 Comments
DraftSight for MAC now available

In case the news hasn’t made it to your Inbox, DraftSight for MAC is now available for download at DraftSight.com. Since I don’t own a MAC…I’ll just have to listen to the feedback from …

DraftSight for LINUX Screenshot
Thursday, 2 Sep, 2010 – 22:14 | 44 Comments
DraftSight for LINUX Screenshot

Wondering what DraftSight will look like when the Linux version is released?  Well…wonder no more.  Here’s a screenshot!  Looks just as clean as the MAC & Windows versions.  I did not hear exactly when we …

SolidWorks 2011: What’s New Highlights
Wednesday, 1 Sep, 2010 – 7:00 | 12 Comments
SolidWorks 2011:  What’s New Highlights

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 …

First Look: Let’s Go Design Ultimate CAD Chair
Wednesday, 1 Sep, 2010 – 0:04 | 10 Comments
First Look:  Let’s Go Design Ultimate CAD Chair

Part of our activities at SolidWorks today included a tour of Jeremy Luchini’s Let’s Go Design studios.  We got to see the set where all the episodes are filmed.  Jeremy has some pretty awesome “props” …

Coming Soon: FREE DraftSight for MAC
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 22:50 | 8 Comments
Coming Soon: FREE DraftSight for MAC

At the SolidWorks Blogger Press Event today in Concord, MA, we were shown a screenshot of the upcoming DraftSight version for MAC.  DraftSight for MAC will be available as a FREE download here in a …

SolidWorks to Provide Software for Boy Scouts
Sunday, 8 Aug, 2010 – 18:21 | 10 Comments
SolidWorks to Provide Software for Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has brought the Inventing Merit Badge out of a long retirement and SolidWorks has agreed to provide a FREE copy of the SolidWorks Student Design Kit to any scout …

DraftSight – FREE 2D For ALL
Tuesday, 22 Jun, 2010 – 7:18 | 48 Comments
DraftSight – FREE 2D For ALL

Dassault Systemes today announced the introduction of DraftSight, a 2D CAD tool that is available for download for FREE at DraftSight.com.  Last week I was contacted by a PR agency and was asked if I …

Al Predicts the Future of SolidWorks
Sunday, 21 Feb, 2010 – 21:43 | 51 Comments
Al Predicts the Future of SolidWorks

If you are active in the CAD world and haven’t heard of Al Dean and Develop3D, then you are seriously missing out.
Al does a great job of looking at the MCAD Industry as a whole …

SolidWorks in the Cloud
Monday, 1 Feb, 2010 – 18:36 | 38 Comments
SolidWorks in the Cloud

This is just the first post of many to come on this. I’m going to try and hit the highlights and then we will get into some of the details later. Today at …

Dell M6400 with Windows 7!
Monday, 4 Jan, 2010 – 0:19 | 33 Comments
Dell M6400 with Windows 7!

Well…after Vista x64 started giving me a few “blue screens” and the fact that I had a slow week at work, I figured this was an opportune time to update my M6400 to Windows 7 …