If your 2008 command manager looks like the one in the picture, here’s a fix I stumbled across:• Turn off the command manager (RMB in the toolbar area).• Drag any remaining toolbars into the graphics area.• Turn the command manager back on. I don’t know who, what or why, but this fix worked on my [...]
Nov
16
But I don’t want it to be perpendicular!
I’m constantly (well maybe not constantly) trying to think of things to write about here. I always hope to be able to write a post that that will make the SolidWorks community, en masse, slap their collective foreheads and yell, "Doh!" Then it dawned on me that there are users out there who would love [...]
Nov
14
Human Tetris at SolidSmack
For those of you who don’t read SolidSmack, a blog written by Josh Mings, you have to go check out his latest post. He has this video posted of a Japanese game show that is, essentially, Human Tetris. Need a good laugh? Head over to SolidSmack and check out the video! Josh is a master [...]
Nov
13
SolidWorks 2008 Training – For $25!
The folks over at i.get.it.com are running a promotion to help all of you SolidWorks users get up to speed on SolidWorks 2008 for only $25. With over 250 enhancements, that comes out to less than $0.10 per enhancement. Seems like a great deal to me! Just click here to get all the details.
Nov
08
DriveWorks Training – Day 2 (For Ian)
Man, I don’t know where to start. When you’re dealing with as powerful and versatile a tool as DriveWorks a SolidWorks gold partner), there’s obviously going to be a lot of information to learn, but damn! My mind is almost completely fried, and I still have more to learn today, plus taking the certification exam [...]
Nov
06
DriveWorks – Yes, I’m writing about it again
As I write this, I’m sitting in the first day of a 3-day training course for DriveWorks, a SolidWorks Gold Partner. I’ve written about DriveWorksXpress quite a few times in the past and have touched upon DriveWorks (the big brother). From what I’ve seen, and learned, today, this is one powerful tool. For any of [...]
Nov
01
DimXpert – Automated GTOL
Let’s talk some more about SolidWorks 2008 improvements, shall we?SolidWorks has taken their "Autodimensioning" to a whole new level. No matter how you’ve actually dimensioned your model, you can automatically create geometric dimensions and tolerances according to ASME Y14.41-2003 3D specs. After applying said dims and tols, you can easily tell if the model is [...]