Sep
07
When I ventured back to Boston on vacation a couple of weeks ago, I made my annual pilgrimage to SolidWorks headquarters in Concord, Mass. I’d gone with the hope of meeting up with a few friends and doing a few interviews. However, Kristen Wilson, PR Manager for SolidWorks, managed to wrangle me a two-hour preview …
Nov
24
360 Enterprise Software (Mecanica Solutions) 3D QuickTools Ltd. 3Dconnexion Altium Inc. AMC Bridge LLC AMD Inc. AMV s.r.l. Barry-Wehmiller International Resources CAD Partner GmbH Camtek GmbH Capvidia CD-adapco Cideon America, Inc. COMSOL, Inc. Creaform Custom Tools Dassault Systèmes Delcam plc Dell Inc. DriveWorks Ltd. DS SolidWorks Corp. Edgecam – a Planit Co. ElectroMagneticWorks EnvisionTEC ESPRIT/DP Technology …
Nov
14
Let’s get this legalese out of the way first: I was provided with a copy of Template Wizard to review. At no point in time was it implied that acceptance of said software would result in a favorable review. Let’s be real here, anyone who knows me knows that I’m not a sell out. I …
Sep
08
Asheen Phansey, the PM for SolidWorks Sustainability, came up to show us Sustainability. “Show” isn’t really the right word. Asheen is so passionate about sustainability, I felt guilty for not recycling the gum I chewed earlier in the day. Here’s the deal for me, though: I get sustainability. I recycle, I try to minimize waste. …
Sep
07
Admittedly, Simulation isn’t my cup of tea. I use it minimally, but leave the hardcore stuff up to those that know. However, I am learning more about it. I may even take the exam some day…maybe. Stephen Ensby, the Simulation Product Manager, was quite happy about the changes they’ve made to Simulation. Their thought was …
Sep
06
That’s what customers are saying, according to Shaun Murphy, no more bells and whistles. What does that mean for the development folks at SolidWorks? It means they’re going back into the code to make it better, more robust. To that end, a major focus for the 2011 release was lowering the memory footprint. We’ve all …
Sep
05
I was one of the lucky ones to be flown to Concord, put up in a hotel and fattened up on some great food last week. So much for the diet I’ve been so strictly sticking to. Although, being able to go home, see family and friends, enjoy a few cups of Dunkins and get …
Aug
27
At 10:00 tonight I’ll be on an airplane heading to the east coast. I’ll spend the weekend with family before heading to Concord to get my first real glimpse at SolidWorks 2011. The only time I’ve seen it was at SWW back in January, so it will be interesting to see what they’ve come up …
Aug
16
Most people are well aware of SolidWorks up front capabilities, i.e. creating 3D models. However, there are nuggets within the basic package of SolidWorks that some are aware of. Things like SimulationXpress, FloXpress or DriveWorksXpress. You can find these tools under, strangely enough, the ‘Tools’ drop down or on the ‘Evaluate’ tab on your Command …
Jul
14
First, I should ask if you’ve heard of Mechanical Mashup. No? It’s another one of Ben Eadie’s ideas, he of SolidMentor and SolidJott fame. Mechanical Mashup is for the DIY’ers out there. From their ‘About’ page: This site is for you if…. -If you own something that you can’t wait for it to break so …
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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