A couple of weeks ago, I was visited by Daniel Brown of Creaform. He flew in to demo one of their scanners for me. While I was familiar with them somewhat, it was good to have another up close and personal viewing. Daniel took some time to go over Creaform’s 3D Laser scanner product line, [...]
Jul
29
July SASPUG Meeting
Last night I helped to host the Seattle Area SolidWorks Power User Group meeting. It’s the first SASPUG meeting I’ve been to in a year, and I was very happy to see such a large turn out, especially where I’d organized the meeting. I suspect part of the draw was that Mike Puckett flew in [...]
Jul
22
Off topic, but more important than most
Just over a year ago, my sister’s fiance lost his battle with cancer. Obviously, it was a highly emotional time for her, as well as for both extended families. My sister, not being one to take things lying down, took part in the Jimmy Fund’s annual walkathon, raising about $1000 for cancer research. She’s participating [...]
Jul
16
Hiatus
To my loyal readers, I apologize for the lack of content lately. I was laid off a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been utilizing the time as a vacation. Ok, so vacation may not be the correct term. I’ve been working around the house and taking care of various odds and ends that I’ve [...]
Jul
09
Increase Performance with AMD and ConnectPress
Hey you! How would you like some top-secret information on increasing SolidWorks performance? I knew you would, and I’m going to point you towards the people that know. AMD and ConnectPress bring to you Allen Bourgoyne, a graphics industry veteran, who will present tips and tricks on getting more out of SolidWorks. Where is this [...]
Jul
05
How do you learn?
How do you learn? Are you a ‘doer’? A ‘studier’? A ‘watcher’? Personally, I’m a ‘doer’. I need to get in there and get my hands dirty. Reading just doesn’t do it for me. I have yet to read how to do something that captured everything. What’s prompting this particular post? Well, I’m currently on [...]