I’ve been busy lately, super busy. I figure I’m averaging almost 60 hours per week here at my new job. Why you might ask? Because of the crap I’ve been trying to polish. I was brought in to replace a couple of engineers who just weren’t getting things done and, it turns out, what they …
Category Archive: Software Review
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Jun
03
DJO – Supporting athletes one knee at a time
If you watch College football, you’ve seen their products. If you’re a Chargers fan, you’ve seen their products. Bengals or Packers? Yup, you too. DJO, Inc. designs and produces state-of-the-art knee braces, among other things. 90% of NCAA Division I teams use them. Shawn Merriman, Mark Tauscher, Chad Clifton and Carson Palmer use them. What’s …
Feb
26
DriveWorks World 2010 – The Movie
No, that’s not a misprint. The incredibly intelligent, although slightly whacked, team over at DriveWorks are making a movie. Glen Smith, CEO and co-founder, admitted that the idea came to be whilst indulging in a drink or five one night after work. Once they’d made the commitment, there was no turning back. For those of …
Feb
09
3DConnexion steps it up
I’m a few days behind on this, but 3DConnexion has improved the driver for their 3D mice (mouses?) by automatically determining the optical center of rotation. I was part of the beta testing of this driver and I really like what they’ve done. Rather than defaulting to the origin, or having to select a particular …
Dec
08
SolidWorks Resources
The SolidWorks task pane. We’ve all seen it, right? Probably used it a time or two for drawing view insertion or to dig something up out of a design library. When was the last time you clicked on the ‘home’ tab and looked at what it has to offer? Granted, starting a new document, or …
Dec
07
AMV Steelworks
First, I owe an apology to Gabriele Meluzzi from Steelworks. Gabriele, mi dispiace. I took way too long to complete this review, especially after all of your patience. In a nutshell, this program rocks. While it took me a bit to muddle my way through, I really ended up liking it. The tutorials are pretty …
Oct
29
AMV SteelWorks
I’m going to end up having to do a couple of posts on AMV SteelWorks. There’s just a lot to cover on this particular SolidWorks Solution Partner’s software. Frankly, I’m quite excited to be trying out this particular product. After having gone through trying to create a steel-based structure last summer, I’m already wishing we’d …
Aug
25
Coming Soon!
First, I’m back to work. It was a long two months, but I survived. I’m thankful that I didn’t have to go without employment for as long as so many others. Believe me, I didn’t take my job for granted before and I certainly don’t now. Just like the previews you see, here are some …
Aug
07
I want my 3D print in Stainless Steel!
That’s right, you heard me, gimme my prototyped part in steel. Now, Shapeways can give you just that. They just announced the first stainless steel printing technology. How cool is that? Why get that bracket in some cheap plastic when you can get it in cool stainless steel? As with other 3D prints, these parts …
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 …
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.
Legal B.S.:
The thoughts, opinions and commentary posted herein are mine and mine only. I speak only for myself and no other persons or entities, real or imagined.
To satisfy FTC disclosure rules:
I am provided with non-commercially licensed software and hardware for review by companies, including Dassault Systemes. While reviewing said software and hardware, I am in contact with employees of the companies involved and, occasionally, asked for feedback. I am not compensated for any of this.
DS SolidWorks Corporation has paid for my travel, accommodations, and some meals, for various user group events including SolidWorks World.
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