Shapeways, the first online consumer co-creation community is proud to announce a great opportunity for all its community members as well as to anyone that is interested in doing 3D printing. One of the most important promises that Shapeways made when they first launched last year was to make 3D printing affordable to everyone. They’ve …
Monthly Archive: March 2009
Mar
23
3DContent Central – Have you been lately?
When was the last time you meandered over to 3D ContentCentral®? Have you ever been there? Whenever people jump onto one of the forums looking for a model, 3D ContentCentral is where they’re inevitably sent. Why? Because there’s over 500,000 CAD users registered. If each of them has contributed just 2 models, that’s a million …
Mar
17
Like talking to yourself? Try Xpresso
Do you enjoy talking to yourself? Are you like me and find that it’s the only way to have an intelligent conversation? On top of all of that, do you use SolidWorks? If you’ve answered yes to these questions, Xpresso may just be your cup of tea. Xpresso…cup of tea. Ok, c’mon, that was a …
Mar
11
SolidWorks World 2009 – See what you missed!
The SolidWorks World 2009 Proceedings site is now up and running. You can see pics of SWW, videos of SWW, download podcasts and (drum roll, please) you can even download videos of the breakout sessions! Kind of like being there without all the walking. The site is easy to navigate and chock full of great …
Mar
11
Windsave – Helping Homeowners Go Green
But not with envy. Windsave®, a Scottish company founded in 2002, is helping homeowners and small business in the U.K. cut their energy costs by up to 30%. Their micro-wind turbine systems are designed with SolidWorks and SolidWorks Simulation Professional. An exerpt from a SolidWorks press release (found here): Founded in 2002 in Glasgow, Windsave …
Mar
10
Engineering Stimulus Plan – Details Emerge
The idea is to help displaced engineers and designers sharpen their skills in order to make them more employable.
Mar
09
SolidWorks in your Bathroom
DECOLAV® is working to change the landscape of your bathroom via SolidWorks. Based out of Deerfield Beach, Florida, DECOLAV uses SolidWorks and PDMWorks Enterprise to bring their unique designs to the marketplace. Whether it is for residential, or the hospitality industry, they’re coming up with some pretty cool looking designs. You can check out the …
Mar
04
SolidWorks Help Files
More often than not, I don’t dog SolidWorks. It’s my bread and butter. Honestly, were it not for SolidWorks, I wouldn’t be where I am today. But, ugh, the help files. This is a sore subject for many SolidWorks users, and for good reason. Truth be told, the help files are lacking in many areas. …
Mar
03
Stop The Presses! SolidProfessor inside of SolidWorks?
Once again, I’ve stumbled across something that caused me to come to a screeching halt and write a quick post. Check this out. This, in my opinion, is friggin’ cool: Do you see that? SolidProfessor right there in your Task Pane. Don’t know how to create an extruded cut? Type it into the search field …
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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