I really like the Sheetmetal functionality in SolidWorks. I like that it’s fairly intuitive and does a nice job of creating your part. There is one aspect of it, however, that many people seem to miss. That would be the unfold/fold commands. When you have a part that’s been bent, and you need to cut …
Monthly Archive: September 2008
Sep
24
Sep
22
North East SolidWorks User Conference
What an excellent job the NESWUG committee did organizing this event. The conference center they chose was excellent, the vendor turnout was great and, most impressively, was the attendance. 180+ users showed up to learn about SolidWorks. The conference started with a nice continental breakfast during which Ed Gebo spoke about the day’s breakout sessions. …
Sep
14
Helping Others
One of my favorite things about having this blog is helping others. Sometimes it’s via a review of a partner product or a tip or trick I might post. My favorite way is through the questions I get through email. I love it when a random email shows up in my inbox asking if I …
Sep
12
My BIG Project
I know I’ve alluded to the project I’m working on here and there, but I thought I’d talk a little more about it for a couple of reasons. One, I think it’s pretty damn cool. Two, though I need to be vague due to confidentiality, I thought some of you might think it’s pretty damn …
Sep
12
NESWUG Conference
Next Thursday, yours truly will be presenting at the NEWSUG Conference in Westford, MA. My presentation is going to be on COSMOSXpress and DriveWorksXpress and I figured they’d make a good post as well. Did you know that they both come in every seat of SolidWorks? Yup, you get a first-pass analysis tool and a …
Sep
04
Confessions of a SolidWorks Addict
I’ve been trying to write this post for a week now. It seems like everytime I sit down to start it, something pulls me away. Hopefully, I’ll get through it this time. My name is Jeff Mirisola and I’m a SolidWorks addict. I’ve been using SolidWorks for 10 years now and can’t get enough of …
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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