First, I’d like to apologize to anyone who may have stumbled over the previous iteration of this post. After seeing what Ricky and Rob had written regarding this very subject, I realized that I needed to step up more. At SolidWorks World 2006, there was a dispay featuring a wide variety products designed in Solidworks. …
Monthly Archive: September 2006
Sep
29
M90 Review…Photoworks/Animator
Yesterday afternoon I met with a local SolidWorks guru to get some pointers on the melding of PhotoWorks and Animator. The M90, working off of the battery, performed quite well (or at least I think it did). Rendering time was less than 10 seconds/frame. Granted the rendering time is highly dependant on a number of …
Sep
28
M90 Review – Day 1
Okay, first things first. I, believe it or not, made a mistake. It does run dual displays. One just has to be smart enough to set it up correctly. I’m very pleased about that. The amount of time it would have take to clean my desk so that I could rearrange it would have been …
Sep
26
Dell M90 – It’s here!
First, to anyone keeping their fingers crossed, thank you. It arrived on today’s UPS shipment! My first impression? Nice, very nice. I like the look; very sleek. Set up was quick and easy. I’m pleased, too, to see that the screen is clear with no missing pixels as I’d heard sometimes happens. The specs: Dell …
Sep
23
Administrative Images
Do you have multiple seats of SolidWorks? Are you maintaining them individually? Silly Admin, create an image! It doesn’t matter if they’re network licenses or not, maintaining them through an administrative image is the way to go. We only have four seats of SolidWorks, but I maintain my three seats of Office Premium (the fourth …
Sep
22
About Me – The Main Tool
So, I figure if I’m going to be posting reviews about software and hardware mainly for SolidWorks users, you should know a little about me. That way you won’t think I’m just some uniformed hack. My name is Jeff Mirisola. I’m a Certified SolidWorks Professional and, hopefully after next Thursday, a CmfgT. I’ve been using …
Sep
20
Dell M90 – Coming soon
Watch for my upcoming review of the Dell M90. I ordered it today and expect it to be here in just a couple of weeks. I’ve been using my Compaq Presario (AMD Athalon64, 1.25Gigs RAM, nVidia GeForce4 440, 40 Gig hard drive, 15.4" widescreen, WinXP Home) for a year now, although the laptop itself is …
Sep
15
SolidWorks World 2007
While this is supposed to be a software and hardware review blog, I just wanted to take a few moments to talk about SolidWorks World. I attended SolidWorks World 2006 in Las Vegas and was completely blown away. It was complete sensory overload. The lights, the buildings, the people (and there were some *strange* ones). …
Sep
13
SpacePilot – An Odyssey
See, it took me no time at all to post my first review! While I don’t remember exactly when I saw my first SpacePilot, I knew that I had to have one. Look at it, it’s COOL! It’s streamlined, it has lots of buttons to press, and an LCD screen! C’mon, who wouldn’t want one? …
Sep
13
Newbie
A few weeks ago, I met Richard Doyle at the SWUGN Summit in Seattle (where’s my parking money, Richard?). During the course of one of our conversations, I mentioned how I’d like to get more involved in the SolidWorks community. Richard suggested I become a blogger and, voila, here I am! The cool thing is …
About Jeff’s Tool Shed
While most of what I write about will be about SolidWorks, or its partner products, from time to time I have been know to go off on random rants.
Legal B.S.:
The thoughts, opinions and commentary posted herein are mine and mine only. I speak only for myself and no other persons or entities, real or imagined.
To satisfy FTC disclosure rules:
I am provided with non-commercially licensed software and hardware for review by companies, including Dassault Systemes. While reviewing said software and hardware, I am in contact with employees of the companies involved and, occasionally, asked for feedback. I am not compensated for any of this.
DS SolidWorks Corporation has paid for my travel, accommodations, and some meals, for various user group events including SolidWorks World.
Questions, comments or complaints can be posted in the 'comments' section of each post or you can email me directly.
Thanks for reading!
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