The section of Chapter 7 in my new book that covers fillets is 27 pages long. I’ll try to summarize it here in a blog post short enough for you…
Category: tech tips
There are a lot of different selection methods available in SolidWorks for use in different situations. I’m sure I won’t hit them all here, so feel free to chime in…
This is going to turn out to be one of those multi-part posts. It started as a user group presentation for Daniel Herzberg’s user group in Fredricksburg, Virginia on January…
I can’t take credit for the name. Some guys I work with from time to time actually named this. The idea is that every now and then you get a…
The Freeze Bar was my favorite feature in 2012. Until, that is, I started using it. It was one of the things that was supposed to show up in 2011,…
Indent is one of those features that has been out for several releases, but you don’t hear too much about it. To me, it is one of those magical features…
In the course of my day-to-day work, I often come across stuff I like, or that I think works particularly well. The Trim sketch tool is one of those things.…
There’s a bit of a conversation over on the Top10 site going on about the Shell feature. The conversation is worthwhile, and I just wanted to share some specific cases…
The kind of things I’m working on lately are all surfaced on the outside, and all shelled, ribbed and bossed on the inside. Recent projects have included sports equipment, and…
I tend to have some opinions on how to communicate on forums that came from Usenet style etiquette. There were a lot of Usenet Nazis who were very rigid about adhering…