This is one I’m surprised to hear about from time to time, but I’m always surprised every time I hear about it. Devon (Sowell) recently reminded me in the comments…
Category: in-context
I recently had a conversation with Alin Vargatu about external and circular references in SolidWorks. This discussion came up because we were talking about the order of calculations in assemblies.…
The history of history-based modeling is not that long, really. We can talk about all sorts of variations, but it boils down to two things: Pro/Engineer, and then SolidWorks and…
I’ve done a fair bit of consulting, and generally visiting CAD users from beginners to advanced. Between my time working for resellers and working for myself, I’ve been invited to…
What is your favorite SolidWorks enhancement in the last 5 years? I’ve got a couple, but I’ve only gone through a small percentage of all the new stuff. So far,…
My last post here talked about Top-Down Design – a big selling point for some CAD software – actually turning out to be a best-practice nightmare. And it is. Besides…
During the years that I’ve worked with CAD, there was one thing that I found that just terrified a lot of users and even CAD managers: In-context design. It’s…