SolidWorks 2011:  What’s New Highlights
Wed, 09/1/10 – 7:00 AM | View Comments

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 …

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SolidWorks 2010: Sketch Pictures in Drawings
Monday, 17 May, 2010 – 22:57 | View Comments
SolidWorks 2010:  Sketch Pictures in Drawings

With my schedule relaxing a bit, I’m finally back in the groove and am excited to bring some new posts to the site.  This one is kind of a “reminder post” of a new feature …

SolidWorks 2010: Awesome Tables!
Sunday, 21 Feb, 2010 – 23:55 | View Comments
SolidWorks 2010:  Awesome Tables!

Sometimes when testing newer versions of Software you discover some “unreported” enhancements that really can be a time saver.  That type of enhancement is the source of this post, but first we’ll take an overall …

SolidWorks Help in your Browser!
Wednesday, 28 Oct, 2009 – 0:52 | View Comments
SolidWorks Help in your Browser!

As reported here a few months back, SolidWorks 2010 introduced an option for Online Help.  The Online Help has some enhanced search features which includes sorting by subject and links to the Knowledge Base.  In …

SolidWorks 2010: Hole Wizard!
Monday, 28 Sep, 2009 – 0:09 | View Comments
SolidWorks 2010: Hole Wizard!

It’s been a while since I have had a chance to post.  I have been working some crazy hours on various projects.  Hopefully some of them I can share with you one day.  Its time …

ALL NEW SolidWorks Community (Forum)
Thursday, 16 Jul, 2009 – 0:56 | View Comments
ALL NEW SolidWorks Community (Forum)

Users of the SolidWorks Forums were treated to a NICE upgrade today with the launch of the revamped forum which has been renamed to “SolidWorks Community”.  With the new features of the forum, I feel …

SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 2
Monday, 13 Jul, 2009 – 1:20 | View Comments
SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 2

Most users of SolidWorks Electrical Routing use the product to determine wire & route lengths.  This video is a direct followup to the Part 1 video.  In this segment, we will take the 3D Electrical …

SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 1
Tuesday, 7 Jul, 2009 – 23:03 | View 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 Video Tip: Roll View
Monday, 29 Jun, 2009 – 0:56 | View Comments
SolidWorks Video Tip: Roll View

I’m sure all of us have had this happen before.  You stroll around through the UI of your favorite software package and find a button that somehow you have missed seeing before.  I have never …

SolidWorks Tip: Heli-Coil Tap Drills
Monday, 30 Mar, 2009 – 23:34 | View Comments
SolidWorks Tip: Heli-Coil Tap Drills

Here’s a GREAT SolidWorks Tip that was brought to my attention on the latest project I am working on.  When you work in the commercial design world, you don’t often run across the need for …

SolidWorks Video Tip: Working with ProE files
Thursday, 19 Mar, 2009 – 22:55 | View Comments
SolidWorks Video Tip: Working with ProE files

Yes…you read the title correctly.  For those of you who just fell out of your chair after seeing me mention another CAD system on this site, welcome back!  I work on a wide variety of …

BIG NEWS on Renaming Configurations!
Saturday, 28 Feb, 2009 – 1:29 | View Comments
BIG NEWS on Renaming Configurations!

Well, it looks like SolidWorks slipped a little “enhancement” in on us.  While I’m not completely sure when this new feature was added, all indications point to SolidWorks 2009 Service Pack 2.0.  So what is …

SolidWorks Video Tip: Using Mates for Animation
Wednesday, 28 Jan, 2009 – 22:27 | View Comments
SolidWorks Video Tip: Using Mates for Animation

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 …

The SolidWorks Secret Weapon: The Wrap Tool
Friday, 2 Jan, 2009 – 0:39 | View Comments
The SolidWorks Secret Weapon: The Wrap Tool

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 Video Tip: 2009 Numeric Sketch Input
Monday, 8 Sep, 2008 – 0:05 | View Comments
SolidWorks Video Tip:  2009 Numeric Sketch Input

Here’s a great little video tip showing off the Numeric Sketch Input function that is brand new inside SolidWorks 2009.  By changing a couple of settings, some sketch entities can automatically create dimensions as you …