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Dell M6400 with Windows 7!

Dell M6400 with Windows 7!
January 4, 2010 33 Comments »

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 x64.  Last June I did ... Read More »

SolidWorks What’s New Guides! – Yes, ALL of Them!

SolidWorks What’s New Guides! – Yes, ALL of Them!
April 25, 2009 26 Comments »

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 remember if they have access ... Read More »

Ben Eadie on Revision3

Ben Eadie on Revision3
October 14, 2008 2 Comments »

Ben Eadie of SolidMentor recently filmed an episode with Patrick Norton at Revision3.com showing off his home built laser scanner.  Click the image above to check out the episode! Congrats to Ben for making his first appearance on Revision3! Read More »

SolidWorks 2009 Explosion

SolidWorks 2009 Explosion
August 19, 2008 No Comments »

No, SolidWorks 2009 has NOT exploded.  But it has now “officially” burst onto the scene this week with SolidWorks posting their SolidWorks 2009 Launch site and Industry Magazines putting out stories. The SolidWorks 2009 Launch site is action packed with ... Read More »

3dvia Shape

3dvia Shape
May 11, 2008 13 Comments »

It’s time now for the third installment of my series of reviews on 3dvia.  In case you missed it, make sure you check out my first and second reviews. This review will focus on 3dvia Shape which is one of ... Read More »

Direct Modeling: The future?

April 23, 2008 46 Comments »

I’ve put it off writing about this subject matter for quite some time now but with the recent announcement of yet another CAD company touting Direct Modeling, CAD 2.0, Non-History based modeling, or whatever other industry term that is out ... Read More »

3dvia – Community and Studio

3dvia – Community and Studio
April 20, 2008 No Comments »

Well, its time for Chapter 2 in my definition search of 3dvia.  In case you missed it, make sure you catch the first installment of my posts on 3dvia. This time out we are going to look into the Community ... Read More »

3dvia – What is it?

3dvia – What is it?
April 16, 2008 3 Comments »

If you frequent ANY CAD or 3D related web sites these days you can’t help but have run across 3dvia somewhere.  I’m sure many of you have been wondering like I have what its all about.  I’ll take you along ... Read More »

Bloggers and Press

March 5, 2008 No Comments »

If you have been frequenting some of the SolidWorks Blogs here lately, you can’t help but find a link back to Roopinder Tara’s CAD Insider Blog where he has been discussing the differences between the Bloggers and the members of ... Read More »

DWG wars

November 21, 2006 1 Comment »

Autodesk has sued the Open Design Alliance over the 2007 .DWG file format.  AECNews has a good article with details. Rob Rodriguez has started an interesting discussion related to this talking about data exchange in the CAD World.  Check out ... Read More »