Just a friendly reminder that SASPUG will be meeting tomorrow night. Radpid Product Development Group, Inc. will be presenting followed by our local SolidWorks guru, Adam Smith, who will show us some tips and tricks with SW Animator. Click here for more information and to register. As always, free pizza!
Monthly Archive: January 2007
Jan
23
SolidWorks Help Files & Tutorials
I often see questions on the SolidWorks Forums or Eng-Tips forums that can be more quickly answered if the poster took a minute to search the help files in SolidWorks (Help/SolidWorks Help Topics), rather than waiting for someone to respond to his or her post. For new users, taking the time to go through the …
Jan
19
Richard Doyle – The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Anyone who has been involved in the SolidWorks community for any amount of time has at least heard of Richard Doyle. Now everyone can see and hear him! As many of you know, SolidWorks has been doing this whole podcast series about SolidWorks World 2007 and it’s now Richard’s turn in the spotlight. Click here …
Jan
19
SolidWorks Success Stories
Have you been to the Customer Success pages? Every once in a while I go to see if something new has been posted. I’ve gotta tell ya, there are some amazing things being done with SolidWorks. At least I think they’re amazing. Check out the Bucyrus video. They build those HUGE excavators that you see …
Jan
17
Win a FREE 3Dconnexion SpaceExplorer or SpaceNavigator
Nope, this isn’t spam or some kind of phishing experiment. Simply fill out a 5 questions survey (CLICK HERE!!), print the coupon and then find me at SolidWorks World. It’s all anonymous. No email addresses, phone numbers or anything required. I have a SpaceExplorer and a SpaceNavigator to give away to the first two people …
Jan
15
SpaceExplorer – Read the review, enter to win it!
Ok, I know you’ve all been anxiously waiting for this. I really like the SpaceExplorer, 3dConnexion’s mid-range offering. While not as feature laden as the SpacePilot, this unit still provides increased productivity. It has a nice ergonomic shape, feels good in your hand and performs excellently. It has the typical programmable buttons and easy-to-use controller …
Jan
09
SolidWorks World 2007 – I’m Excited
So SolidWorks World 2007 is quickly approaching and I, like so many others, am excited. I was invited to participate in Alpha testing of 2008 which, for me, is a big deal. Bear in mind, I am, for the most part, self-taught in SolidWorks. I’ve said many times that it’s because of SolidWorks that I …
Jan
05
Want a FREE pass to SolidWorks World?
Ok, so it’s an exhibition hall pass (retail value $199), but you get some other stuff with it, too! Hey, I had to get you to read this somehow, right? If you go to http://www.solidworks.com/pages/swworld07/ and enter this code: SWEX07103, you can get a free Exhibit Hall Only pass. This pass will get you into …
Jan
04
Correction – My bad
To my loyal readers: I made a mistake. I know, I know, I had trouble believing it myself but it’s true. I erroneously referred to the SpaceNavigator as a SpaceExplorer in my review of said SpaceNavigator. Please forgive my oversight. I got confused. The SpaceNavigator is what I was reviewing, the SpaceExplorer review is a …
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.
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