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Vote NOW for Your Top SolidWorks Enhancements!
SolidWorks is going to be doing something different for the well known “Top Ten SolidWorks Enhancements” that are revealed to attendees of SolidWorks World every year. In the past, voting was limited to attendees of the conference only and the topics were pre-selected. For SolidWorks World 2009, they are opening up voting to ALL customers…
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The S Key Experiment – Part 3
The S Key Experiment continues for me and in this post we dive into Part 3 which covers using the S Key shortcut menu in the Drawing environment of SolidWorks 2009. In case you missed it, I covered the Part Environment in Part 1 and the Assembly Environment in Part 2. I have found the…
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Unique Model Download
Late last week I was asked to verify a mounting pattern for a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) connector that was being placed on a custom PCB that we are developing. This project was a bit unique in that I hadn’t really been involved in it much. Normally I am right in the middle of any…
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The S Key Experiment – Part 2
It has been a little over a week since I turned off ALL my Toolbars AND the CommandManager and so far I can say with certainty I have not DECREASED my efficiency by just using the S Key command. It still takes a little getting used to but so far I REALLY like it. Over…
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The “S” Key Experiment Part 1
Ever since the “S” key shortcut command was added in SolidWorks 2008, I’ve heard some users comment that they use it quite often. This lead me to question whether or not you could function inside of SolidWorks in an efficient manner by JUST using the “S” key shortcut menu. NO CommandManager. NO Toolbars. Just in…
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SolidWorks Video Tip: Layout Sketches and Planes
This SolidWorks Video Tip shows off a few tricks in the utilization of layout sketches in parts and how to create planes that can change with the sketch. As I talk to different users from across the world, one of the options that seems to be forgotten in the Plane creation dialog box is the…
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Mach 4 PhotoWorks Contest Winner!!
Congratulations to Cilas Gimenez who won Rob Rodriguez’s November 2008 PhotoWorks Contest featuring my Mach 4 Racer. It was REALLY cool to see all the different ideas incorporated into the renderings. You can view the entrants and the voting results HERE. Don’t forget you can still download the model from my Downloads page. Stay tuned…more…