John Stoltzfus is a guy that I, like a lot of you, I assume, met on the SolidWorks forum. Helpful guy, full of information that he’s willing to give away.…
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So much of what SolidWorks users assume about assembly modeling appears to come from the official SolidWorks training. The official SW training has been around for a good long time, and it receives high…
On Saturday, before SolidWorks World started, I met with Matt Cummins, Brian Titus and Johan Ernfors of Tacton to get the low-down on their product TactonWorks. Tacton is a…
For me personally, these two World events were immensely different. First of all, last year my book was not yet published, so I was only known by people who haunt…
The name Relationship Counseling is of course playing off of the marriage counseling bit, and is doubly funny to me, thinking of my self as any sort of relationship counsellor.…
Why do SolidWorks users as a class of CAD users need more relationship counseling than, say, Pro/E users? The answer is going to sound sarcastic, but I honestly believe it…
I promise that I’m not getting distracted from the modeling project discussion. I just have to tell this one more story from Solid Edge University. This is the story Billy…
2012, even though it’s a lightweight year for modeling, does have a couple of nice enhancements. Some easy crowd pleasers like Select All (with filters – very nice and about…
Just as a warning, there is a lot to say on this topic, and this is going to be a huge post. Maybe you should read it in chunks, but…
When I worked with AutoCAD 15 years ago, working in 3D was tough. You always had to keep the UCS or WCS (user or world coordinate system) in your head. When…