Tweet So I’ve stumbled onto a couple of things in SolidWorks that I thought I’d share. I’m hoping that these weren’t common knowledge… First, have you ever brought a huge piece of equipment into a new assembly only to find that the assembly template’s planes are miniscule? Did you know you can right click on [...]
Tweet I just spent almost two hours in a webmeeting, and on the phone (thank God AT&T has rollover minutes!), with Matt Cummins from TactonWorks. I have to say, in all honesty, I’m impressed with what I saw. What/who is TactonWorks? Well, it is Knowledgebased Engineering software. They are part of Tacton Systems AB, and [...]
Tweet Not just any Mike, though. Specifically, Mike Puckett. I love SolidWorks World, but I try to keep thoughts of it at bay until necessary. I’d been doing quite well, too…until today. Then Mike had to go and talk about the SWW website (see it here) and now I’m off in la-la land thinking about [...]
Tweet …can be a royal PITA!! If things continue this way, I’m going to end up bald. Frankly, I don’t want to be bald. It’s bad enough that I have some gray coming in. That’s right, I’m not aging gracefully. I’m fighting tooth and nail to stay young. However, the ACIS file I’ve been dealing [...]
Tweet Ok, as most of you know, I’m self-employed now. A job opportunity fell into my lap so I started my own company, JRM Consulting & Design, Inc. Not a super catchy name like Matt’s (Dezign Stuff), but it’ll do for now. I’m still not used to referring to myself as "President", but that’s a [...]
Tweet What do Weldments in SolidWorks and my IPod have to do with each other you might ask? Nothing, aside from the fact that I’m listening to ITunes as I write this post. I finally broke down and bought an IPod Nano a few weeks ago and have now spent more money on song downloads [...]
Tweet SolidWorks and NASA are sponsoring a "Create the Future" contest with a top prize of $20,000! Just go http://www.createthefuturecontest.com/ and enter your awe inspiring dream. Remember, I only expect 10% of your winnings… Good Luck!
Tweet I remember when I first saw SolidWorks back in about 1998. I had just become part of the Technical Publications team at Genie, charged with illustrating and writing parts manuals. At the time, the illustrations were created in some convoluted process that included AutoCAD, CorelDraw and an EPS converter. I happened to walk by [...]
