I realize that this is supposed to be a software/hardware review blog, but there’s a blockage in the pipeline that, I’m told, is being fixed. So, instead of leaving all (3) of my loyal readers hanging, I figured I’d jump on the SWW bandwagon with Richard Doyle and Rob Rodriguez. Rather than speaking as a [...]
Oct
26
SolidWorks World 2007 – Guess who’s talking?
I’ve just heard from a reliable, well, mostly reliable, source that the keynote speaker at SWW ’07 is going to be Steve Wozniak. Woz, as he is known, is one of the founders of Apple and has become quite the philanthropist. I’m not a big fan of Apple, but I certainly can respect someone like [...]
Oct
23
Reminiscing…
I started following Roopinder Tara’s training diary, and it’s brought back some memories of when I started using SolidWorks. Back in ’98 or ’99 is when I started using SolidWorks. Keep in mind, I’m not an engineer and I had no experience with CAD, aside from about 20-30 hours with AutoCAD. (I actually referred to [...]
Oct
19
M90 – The last installment…maybe
Ok, so I’ve had the M90 for almost a month now and figured I’d let you know how things were with it. I’m still really liking it, in spite of what happened today. I definitely think it was worth the money that was spent. I’ve had a couple of crashes, but nothing I could attribute [...]
Oct
16
SolidWorks Pack ‘N Go
Ok, forgive me for being behind the times but I love that pack n’ go! I had a client who needed me to send him the assembly I’ve been working on. Normally, I’d burn it to CD and give it to him but he needed it tonight and there was no way we were going [...]
Oct
13
BLANKWORKS – The Review
Ok, given the fact that I’m not in the forming field, my review is going to be pretty basic. I tried out BLANKWORKS yesterday afternoon and, to be honest, I’m rather indifferent. Being the typical guy that I am, I went ahead and used it without reading the instructions. It was pretty straight forward and [...]
Oct
12
BLANKWORKS – No, I’m not mad at SW
No, SolidWorks hasn’t ticked me off…yet. This is about BLANKWORKS, one of SolidWorks’ partner programs. Developed by Forming Technologies Incorporated, BLANKWORKS is said to be "the most accurate blank development tool for estimators and tool engineers in SolidWorks." You can see more stats and features here. Well, that’s all fine and well but I’ve never [...]
Oct
03
Dell M90 – Musings
I love it. I really do. While, at times, it seems slow booting up, I really don’t have any complaints at all. Whether I’m in the office with it docked, at home, or at the coffee shop (I know, how "Seattle"), I haven’t had any real problems at all. No freezing or lagging. Performance has [...]
Oct
01
SolidWorks Lessons online
This is a SolidWorks Lesson Plan and Tutorial developed by Marie Planchard for use by Students, Eductors and Teachers for Instruction and Demonstration to reinforce Education of SolidWorks 3D CAD Mechanical Engineering Design Software. Find more lessons and resources at: http://blogs.solidworks.com/teacher/. Did you know that you can find SolidWorks lessons online in video format? Below [...]