Bottles are a very common showcase for complex shapes. Plastic bottles, glass bottles, you name it. This challenge may be too ambitious, but I’m gonna see what you folks come…
At SolidWorks World in Orlando, Jon Hirschtick approached me with an idea. His idea was to get me together with some SW folks and talk about some functionality options. Maybe…
This is a project Jeff Mirisola sent to me from a company called Status Racing. They have an existing car seat, but didn’t have CAD data for the mold, so…
Anna Wood is a name you recognize if you go to any of the SolidWorks forums. She is a fountain of great advice with a can-do spirit. Besides answering…
Devon Sowell and I first met on the old comp.cad.solidworks usenet newsgroup several years ago. Devon is an independent contractor/consultant who does primarily machine design projects, and CAD implementation consulting.…
Back in 1998 I submitted an assembly model to what was then the SolidWorks Library, and they posted it. The model was terrible, and didn”t really have any endearing qualities,…
I’ve got to admit, I had a bit of difficulty getting a propeller that was even recognizable. This challenge may be more difficult than it looks. Consumer product, “artsy surfacing”,…
This is part 1 in a series just on Toolbox. It has started from the series on CAD Admin. Toolbox is not a topic that you can talk about…
[rant warning] The phrase “We suck less” was famously uttered by a former CAD company CEO from the main stage at a famous international user convention. What would you think…
I have to admit, I’ve been kind of dreading writing the article on Toolbox. It will involve installing the software several times, breaking and fixing Toolbox, going through all the…