The Geometry Pattern option in feature patterns has been misunderstood from the very beginning. When I was a budding reseller application engineer, I remember SolidWorks tech support telling me that Geometry Pattern…
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It’s interesting sometimes the lengths you have to go to solve a little problem. I frequently get emails or calls from folks who maybe I’ve met once upon a time,…
When I worked in AutoCAD, I guess I got used to working with the UCS and WCS and whatever. I learned how to manipulate stuff in 3D, but you had…
Since this challenge will be running while SolidWorks World runs at Disney, I thought it would be nice to do a Disney related theme. Kim suggested Cinderella’s glass slipper. Showing…
All of the “Xpert” features in SolidWorks are really pieces of functionality that are written to help automate tasks for non-experts. Other Xperts are the DimXpert, TolXpert, DraftXpert, and a…
Ok, you guys got me started on this. Now I can’t stop. I’ve been reading a book about Rhino 4.0. After writing my own book, suddenly the flaws in other…
There’s a whole slew of stuff you can do with the Alt key in SolidWorks. I threatened one time to do a SolidWorks World presentation just on that one button.…
The next part of the Model A to tackled are the running boards. I’m not particularly proud of the way they turned out. With each project you do, you learn…
Ok, we’re all back from Thanksgiving. I promised a while ago that I’d go through how I modeled the Model A model I created for the Happy Valley user group.…
This is a topic that gets hit from time to time on the SolidWorks forums. Recently, it resurfaced again. This time it’s not someone asking why SolidWorks doesn’t have conics…