For whatever reason, SolidWorks employees working on beta cannot hear you when you tell them about bugs that exist in previous versions. It’s as if its “somebody else’s job” –…
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SolidWorks 2011 is being announced. It’s not ready to install, it’s not ready to ship, it’s just being announced. It is currently in beta 3. Next come a couple of…
I think if you were to skip a release (in addition to 2008) in the last 10 years, SW2011 one would be the one to skip. But not for the…
SolidWorks 2010 is kind of modest in the interface changes department. Thankfully. One of the things they added was what some folks were calling “marking menus”, or command donuts or…
Well, SolidWorks has shipped it, so they must be feeling pretty good about it. They branded it sp0 and out it goes. I spent a fair amount of time using…
This was the first annual International press event for the new SolidWorks 2009 release. The purpose of the event was to show off the new version of software to the…
I was a little skeptical about the concept at first. You’re going to get a bunch of CAD press and make them use the SolidWorks software. No telling what might…
(image courtesy Smack, apologies to Ralph, I know it’s an immensely long flight from Vancouver) The enhancements demo is really just a sales demo. It’s not at all a what’s…
It is no secret that I thought that many of the changes in 2008 constituted a full-on train wreck. The implementation of the most extreme changes was reckless. If I…
\n\nFar be it from me to be one of those blindly optimistic sorts who sees only Prozac induced bliss around every announcement from SolidWorks Corp. Still, all cynicism aside, sometimes…