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Entries for July, 2009

Creaform – Scan your way to success

Tweet 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 [...]

July SASPUG Meeting

Tweet 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 [...]

Off topic, but more important than most

Tweet 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 [...]

Hiatus

Tweet 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 [...]

Increase Performance with AMD and ConnectPress

Tweet 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 [...]

How do you learn?

Tweet 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 [...]

  
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