One of my early memories from getting started in engineering and CAD was those super-cool gizmos on the desks of the old Unigraphics workstations. The very first Spaceballs I remember…
Month: January 2019
Tolerancing is one of those practices that is applied very unevenly across the field of engineered parts. Some people are meticulous about applying tolerances, and figure stackups, reject rates, possibly…
Let’s imagine that you could start your own CAD company. This CAD company has to deliver functionality for the next 20 years. What are you going to do? What will…
I always applaud a CAD company, or any company, really, trying to really understand what their customers want. Forums are a great way to do that indirectly. You set up…
Alin Vargatu pointed out that I left out some options on my initial review of Section Views in SolidWorks. Graphics Only Section is an option I can’t test or demo…
Sometimes I get people who email me SolidWorks technical questions. You know, like I’m tech support and get paid for this. Worse yet, they send me complaints. Like I can…
Is AI in design just a myth? Will artificial intelligence ever be able to do or contribute to design? Right now the public face of AI is a bunch of…
I’m not really one to make New Year’s resolutions. I think if something is work resolving, you should do it without regard to the calendar. If a resolution is so…