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!
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SolidWorks 2012: Drawing Enhancements
Sunday, 13 Nov, 2011 – 21:48 | 4 Comments
SolidWorks 2012:  Drawing Enhancements

In many companies, Drawings are still were “the rubber meets the road”.  Let’s take a look at what I think will be some of the more popular enhancements to the Drawing and Detailing area of …

SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 3 (FINALLY!)
Tuesday, 17 May, 2011 – 0:34 | 36 Comments
SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 3 (FINALLY!)

Almost two years ago I posted two videos to the site detailing the use of SolidWorks Electrical Routing.  I had full intentions of producing a Part 3 but life as it does sometimes had other …

SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 1
Tuesday, 7 Jul, 2009 – 23:03 | 19 Comments
SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 1

After talking about it for quite some time here on the site, today marks the first installment on a series of posts on SolidWorks Electrical Routing.  In this first example I guide you halfway through …

SolidWorks 2009 SP2!
Monday, 19 Jan, 2009 – 23:56 | 13 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 …

First Look: PhotoView 360
Wednesday, 13 Aug, 2008 – 1:04 | 27 Comments
First Look: PhotoView 360

Yesterday I posted a Sneak Peek of PhotoView 360 and today I am posting a First Look of PhotoView 360.  PhotoView 360 Beta is now available for download at the Customer Portal so the rest …

Sneak Peek: PhotoView 360
Tuesday, 12 Aug, 2008 – 0:30 | 22 Comments
Sneak Peek: PhotoView 360

Over the past week or so as I have been reviewing a few of the enhancements of SolidWorks 2009, I have had to hold back what is perhaps my FAVORITE new addition to SolidWorks.  Now …

SolidWorks 2009: Weldments
Monday, 11 Aug, 2008 – 0:05 | 12 Comments
SolidWorks 2009: Weldments

The Weldment functionality received some significant upgrades in SolidWorks 2009.  The general result of these enhancements will be less time spent by the user generating Structural Members and less time needed to trim/extend components.
The first …

SolidWorks 2009: Split Feature
Friday, 8 Aug, 2008 – 0:14 | 12 Comments
SolidWorks 2009: Split Feature

If you have used various commands to split parts in previous versions of SolidWorks you will especially appreciate the enhancements to the Split Feature in SolidWorks 2009.  When you split a solid body into multiple …

SolidWorks 2009: Instant3D
Thursday, 7 Aug, 2008 – 0:29 | 19 Comments
SolidWorks 2009:  Instant3D

Instant3D was introduced to the SolidWorks community in SolidWorks 2008.  Naturally in the first revision since then there are a few new enhancements which are sure to come in handy.  Instant3D can now be utilized …

SolidWorks 2009: CommandManager & PropertyManager
Wednesday, 6 Aug, 2008 – 0:04 | 4 Comments
SolidWorks 2009:  CommandManager & PropertyManager

Some welcome options have been added to SolidWorks 2009 in the areas of the CommandManager & PropertyManager.  First lets start off with the CommandManager.  SolidWorks has added the capability to dock the CommandManger on the …

SolidWorks 2009: Goodbye Colors. Hello Appearances!
Tuesday, 5 Aug, 2008 – 0:15 | 29 Comments
SolidWorks 2009: Goodbye Colors. Hello Appearances!

One of the WELCOME changes in SolidWorks 2009 is the “consolidation” of Colors and Appearances.  Colors/Optics have actually been removed from the software with Appearances left behind to manage it all.  As I pointed out …

SolidWorks 2009 Enhancement Highlights
Monday, 4 Aug, 2008 – 0:00 | 45 Comments
SolidWorks 2009 Enhancement Highlights

IT’S TIME!  12:00AM August 4, 2008.  Although I figured very few people will be reading this when it is posted, I wanted to make sure it got out in my subscriber e-mails which go out …

SolidWorks 2008: Colors and Appearances
Sunday, 29 Jun, 2008 – 23:12 | 12 Comments
SolidWorks 2008: Colors and Appearances

If you frequent any of the SolidWorks forums around the web you have probably seen discussions relating the differences and nuances of Colors and Appearances in SolidWorks 2008.  This is a subject that does have …

SolidWorks Rx 2008
Tuesday, 15 Apr, 2008 – 22:08 | 5 Comments
SolidWorks Rx 2008

One of the enhancements of SolidWorks 2008 that you might have overlooked is the revamping of SolidWorks Rx.  The UI has now gone to a multiple tab interface that groups different features that can be …