Really like your books. Just purchased Solidworks 2013 Bible for my iPad and cannot find the downloadable content at http://booksupport.wiley.com. When I enter the ISBN number it reports no records found! Where can I get to the downloadable content?
Long story short, you need to check out NX. I think you’ll find that many of the shortcomings you have been unhappy about in SW are already solved. Just not in SW !
Non-history based parametric “sketching”, is a standard function in NX. It also handles multiple bodies within the one part file as if it was meant to be like that.
My main CAD experience for many years was Rhino3D and Icemsurf, which I used to model complex 3D surfaces. So compared to that, I found parametric modelling to be like modelling on autopilot. I’m not a current Solidworks user, although I did use it for about a year back in ’06. I’ve also breifly used Solidedge, Catia, and Inventor.
I’ve been using NX5 full time for 2 years now. I’m hoping the company I work for will be upgrading to NX7.5 soon. Although I haven’t had a massive amount of experience in all softwares, I’m confident to say that since going to NX5, I couldn’t imagine “regressing” to anything else.
Yes NX costs more. But at the end of the day, if CAD is the tool of your trade, and you’re a master tradesman working with your tools for 8-10 hours a day, then the additional cost could be justified.
Dassault needs to get their heads out of the “cloud”, and start developing functionality that the people who actually use the software want. Not some bullshit marketing hype aimed at dazzling IT departments…
I’ve recently completed multiple CAD courses using most of the popular software packages including solidworks. I’ve become proficient with all the tools but I feel like I may have missed some of the finer points with regard to best practices, i.e. geometry creation, feature organization, model tree etc. I just purchased (not received) your 2011 parts book and plan to get the surfacing book as well. Do you discuss best practices in any of your books and if no could you recommend one?
HI I’m student working on car design. I’m trying to model a car in solid works. Asusal its hard for me to design But i’m trying my best to design it. I would like to know how to design a gear! Not only spur gear but all the types of gear. I would really appricate if you can provide me how to draw all the types of gears in any deisgn software. As your master in design softwares can you please help me out with this? I’m trying to learn to design a gear in a Soildworks from past 10 days but failed all the time. Please help me out in desining. In between I have all the dimensions required like pitch, base, root, outside diameters, pressure angle, adendum dedendum clearance.
Hi Jess,
Thanks for that… interestingly I have tried the following in SolidWorks:
1. A Fentek (www.Fentek-Ind.com) high precision LTracX Large Trackball – it was difficult to use the buttons while rolling the ball @ the same time. Maybe feet operated buttons would be the go?
2. An expensive 3DConnexion (www.3dconnexion.com) SpaceNavigator – the SpaceMouse Pro MIGHT be useful with buttons assigned to Standard Views. Used the SpaceNavigator on a HUGE (imported) Assembly & it didn’t cope at all well. Get this – you still need a mouse too for other App’s!
3. A Logitech (www.logitech.com) MX Revolution M-RBQ124 – nice & comfortable laser mouse, but started playing up (this could have been the root cause of my pain, but I’ll put it down to its age (when rechargeable batteries start to go I figure it’s time for a new mouse & maybe fluff got into the button workings too)
4. I now have an Evoluent (http://www.evoluent.com) Wireless VerticalMouse 3 – VERY NICE mouse the good thing being there’s hardly any learning curve (buttons are the same as a 3 button mouse & your hand is vertical rather than horizontal… BRILLIANT!)
I understand other 3D packages don’t have the same ease of View manipulation that SolidWorks has & this is where the likes of the 3D Mice come into their own
Long story short – just get an Evoluent VerticalMouse & have a go
I don’t know if you’re following the SW forum this morning or not, but someone is looking for one of your surfacing books and there appears to be a problem with the price shown at Amazon’s site. Maybe you can help him? https://forum.solidworks.com/message/274861#274861
@Liam Biggs
Liam, to make that cut, I used the ruled surface with the Cut With Surface command. The surface was a Ruled Surface feature, using the Normal To Surface option. http://www.dezignstuff.com/blog/?p=6398
Matt, I have purchased from Amazon.con in December a copies of SolidWorks Administration Bible and SolidWorks 2011 Assemblies Bible to go along with my SolidWorks 2011 Parts Bible. The problem is that the SolidWorks 2011 Assemblies Bible is missing pages 451 thru 498 which includes Chapter 20 Amazon has sent me a replacement book but that is also missing the same pages. Are you aware of this problem? It looks like this problem is with the binding of the book (Wiley’s mistake) Amazon is going to look into this but I wanted to give you a head’s up. I know you have nothing to do with this at this point, but mabe you can let Wiley know there is a problem (if they do not already know)
Please send us a copy.
James Adkins
BACON SWUG
1247 Jimmie Kerr Rd
Graham, NC. 27302
Ok, you’re #13 on the list. 7 more to go.
OK. Thanks, Matt.
@Scott Austin
They have told me they are a little behind in editing. I would expect editing to take another week or two.
Hi Matt,
Do you know when the SW 2013 Advanced and/or Bundle products will be available for purchase on InfiniteSkills.com?
@Joe Posge
Joe, the link is in the first page of the introduction, xli (roman numerals)
Hello Matt,
Really like your books. Just purchased Solidworks 2013 Bible for my iPad and cannot find the downloadable content at http://booksupport.wiley.com. When I enter the ISBN number it reports no records found! Where can I get to the downloadable content?
Sincerely,
Joe Posge
Hello Matt,
I found your part series on master model, but I can’t seem to find part 1 and 2… Are they still available?
Thank You
Hello Matt
If we follow this link we had from your blog the next fraze is there.
http://ontheedge.dezignstuff.com/
Please insert another quarter and pull knob.
What is wrong here?
Regards Donald
I’ve seen several folks with that. My site provider can fix this, but not sure if its per individual or what. I’ll get it fixed.
Matt,
Long story short, you need to check out NX. I think you’ll find that many of the shortcomings you have been unhappy about in SW are already solved. Just not in SW !
Non-history based parametric “sketching”, is a standard function in NX. It also handles multiple bodies within the one part file as if it was meant to be like that.
My main CAD experience for many years was Rhino3D and Icemsurf, which I used to model complex 3D surfaces. So compared to that, I found parametric modelling to be like modelling on autopilot. I’m not a current Solidworks user, although I did use it for about a year back in ’06. I’ve also breifly used Solidedge, Catia, and Inventor.
I’ve been using NX5 full time for 2 years now. I’m hoping the company I work for will be upgrading to NX7.5 soon. Although I haven’t had a massive amount of experience in all softwares, I’m confident to say that since going to NX5, I couldn’t imagine “regressing” to anything else.
Yes NX costs more. But at the end of the day, if CAD is the tool of your trade, and you’re a master tradesman working with your tools for 8-10 hours a day, then the additional cost could be justified.
Dassault needs to get their heads out of the “cloud”, and start developing functionality that the people who actually use the software want. Not some bullshit marketing hype aimed at dazzling IT departments…
Matt,
I’ve recently completed multiple CAD courses using most of the popular software packages including solidworks. I’ve become proficient with all the tools but I feel like I may have missed some of the finer points with regard to best practices, i.e. geometry creation, feature organization, model tree etc. I just purchased (not received) your 2011 parts book and plan to get the surfacing book as well. Do you discuss best practices in any of your books and if no could you recommend one?
Thanks
crack disc, just go to you’re local library and check the book out. They had it at our liberty system.
Any idea how I can replace my broken SolidWorks 2010 Bible media disk. I never had a chance to back up before it cracked.
HI I’m student working on car design. I’m trying to model a car in solid works. Asusal its hard for me to design But i’m trying my best to design it. I would like to know how to design a gear! Not only spur gear but all the types of gear. I would really appricate if you can provide me how to draw all the types of gears in any deisgn software. As your master in design softwares can you please help me out with this? I’m trying to learn to design a gear in a Soildworks from past 10 days but failed all the time. Please help me out in desining. In between I have all the dimensions required like pitch, base, root, outside diameters, pressure angle, adendum dedendum clearance.
@matt
Hi Matt,
Thanks, great source of info
I will add my findings in the Blog
dvd working perfect now.thanks
working perfect now.thanks
just bought solidworks 2011 parts bible.have tried playing accompanying dvd but am getting no pictures,only sound.any ideas please?
Techsmith codec. should be on the dvd. Download it here:
http://download.techsmith.com/tscc/tscc.exe
Hi Jess,
Thanks for that… interestingly I have tried the following in SolidWorks:
1. A Fentek (www.Fentek-Ind.com) high precision LTracX Large Trackball – it was difficult to use the buttons while rolling the ball @ the same time. Maybe feet operated buttons would be the go?
2. An expensive 3DConnexion (www.3dconnexion.com) SpaceNavigator – the SpaceMouse Pro MIGHT be useful with buttons assigned to Standard Views. Used the SpaceNavigator on a HUGE (imported) Assembly & it didn’t cope at all well. Get this – you still need a mouse too for other App’s!
3. A Logitech (www.logitech.com) MX Revolution M-RBQ124 – nice & comfortable laser mouse, but started playing up (this could have been the root cause of my pain, but I’ll put it down to its age (when rechargeable batteries start to go I figure it’s time for a new mouse & maybe fluff got into the button workings too)
4. I now have an Evoluent (http://www.evoluent.com) Wireless VerticalMouse 3 – VERY NICE mouse the good thing being there’s hardly any learning curve (buttons are the same as a 3 button mouse & your hand is vertical rather than horizontal… BRILLIANT!)
I understand other 3D packages don’t have the same ease of View manipulation that SolidWorks has & this is where the likes of the 3D Mice come into their own
Long story short – just get an Evoluent VerticalMouse & have a go
Regards
Ian
@Ian
Hello,
Look at http://www.evoluent.com
they have vertical mouses.
I bought one and love it.
Great!! I’ll pass the word around to my fellow solidwork user’s…. And i’ll try this tonight… after im done with the walking dead…lol…
@Richard Salgado
You have to install the TechSmith Codec. This should be documented on the dvd, and the codec should be on the disk. Download the codec from here: http://www.techsmith.com/download/codecs.asp
Is it just me? Or is it hard play the dvd? I cant play the solidworks 2011 bible dvd… what the heck… suggestions ANYONE ? Please….
Hi matt, looking for a cad designer who can work with computer mice. Solidworks 2012 is the system. http://www.cityergonomics.com
@Glenn S.
Thanks for the heads up.
Matt,
I don’t know if you’re following the SW forum this morning or not, but someone is looking for one of your surfacing books and there appears to be a problem with the price shown at Amazon’s site. Maybe you can help him? https://forum.solidworks.com/message/274861#274861
@Liam Biggs
Liam, to make that cut, I used the ruled surface with the Cut With Surface command. The surface was a Ruled Surface feature, using the Normal To Surface option. http://www.dezignstuff.com/blog/?p=6398
Hi Matt
I am looking at post http://www.dezignstuff.com/blog/?m=200907. Where you flatten a sticker.
Could you tell me how you cut the sheetmetal part while it was still curved?
Many thanks
@Keith Bullinger
Yes, I’m aware of the problem, but can’t do anything about it. On the Wiley site is some customer care contact information : http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-301456.html
They will be able to help you.
Sorry for the screw up.
Matt, I have purchased from Amazon.con in December a copies of SolidWorks Administration Bible and SolidWorks 2011 Assemblies Bible to go along with my SolidWorks 2011 Parts Bible. The problem is that the SolidWorks 2011 Assemblies Bible is missing pages 451 thru 498 which includes Chapter 20 Amazon has sent me a replacement book but that is also missing the same pages. Are you aware of this problem? It looks like this problem is with the binding of the book (Wiley’s mistake) Amazon is going to look into this but I wanted to give you a head’s up. I know you have nothing to do with this at this point, but mabe you can let Wiley know there is a problem (if they do not already know)
@Ian
Thanks for the comments.
Try your link again. I was able to do some database hacking and revive some of the trackball posts.
Hi Matt,
Got some of your books & appreciate the honest approach you have
I found this interesting blog http://www.dezignstuff.com/blog/?p=4510 you had going about ergonomic mice & got a fentec trackball I’m using
I’ve chucked my hard copy out now & typical my Boss wants to investigate ergonomic mice too
Do you know how I can check that blog out again?
Thanks in advance