Splines make some people squeamishly uncomfortable. You can’t put dimensions on them, so how do you manufacture it? How do you make parts fit together if you use splines? How…
Sometimes I get such great questions from readers, that I have to just make a new post based on the question. I’ve had several questions like this recently, not just…
I’ve been wanting to do an antique car for a while. A visit to a friend with a Model A street rod kind of inspired me. It took a…
Before you read this article, go over to Jeff’s Blog and read his post on Reverse Compatibility. I’ll wait here patiently until you finish. It’s short and uses small words so it shouldn’t…
The Display Pane is that little panel that flies out of the side of the FeatureManager using the double arrow icon at the upper right corner of the FeatureManager. If you are not using it, and…
Here’s a part that Stan, a friend of mine from near Buffalo, NY sent to me to ask why it doesn’t seem to do the right thing. This represents a…
I’ve spent a fair amount of time yelling about the documentation in SolidWorks. Face it, it has really been getting worse – it has become sparse and they were removing…
Commenters have asked some great questions about Synch Tech. I’ll try to answer them as best I can. Kevin Quigley …parametrics with no history is more of a 2D…
If you’re the kind of person who needs to have things perfectly nailed down and defined, you might possibly be better served by some other blog. I sometimes get involved…
Thanks to the comment from Dale Dunn from the previous post for pointing out that the main problems with history modeling are really with the implementation. It is possible that other…