After the SolidWorks 2013 media day a couple weeks ago, we heard people coming out of the meeting saying that “solidworks handled it with class“, or something to that effect.…
Author: matt
Wayne Tiffany lost a brief but intense battle with colon cancer yesterday at 2:20 pm. This is the second SolidWorks user group leader friend that I’ve lost to this disease.…
Everybody has a different take on this, but this is my take. I’ll go through each heading in the What’s New and pick out stuff I like. Interface: Flat FeatureManager.…
I was going to put a verb in that title, but I’m not sure what it is. Announced. Released. Rolled out. Not that it matters. You can’t get it now…
A few weeks ago I brought up the idea of taking on a public project that people could contribute to. The main point of the project would be to get…
I’m as surprised as anyone that SolidWorks seemed to have corrected their position on whatever this unnamed Catia V6 based product that we’ve been hearing about for almost 4 years…
It looks like the plan to replace the SolidWorks software with a cloud based fiasco have been gutted. They are backing off, and the V6 delivery in 2013 will be…
I keep talking about Ilya’s demo. So here it is. He shows that Synchronous Technology has far more flexibility than history. But you have to remember that on top of…
I don’t get to see this kind of stuff too often, but a recent project that pushed me to the limits had some rewarding results. A local company, Crenshaw Lighting…
I think when you understand this kind of flexibility, you will not look back to a history based system, particularly for prismatic parts. It’s not just direct edit, it’s the…