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SolidWorks 2008 Podcast with Lou
A few weeks back Jeff Mirisola and I participated in a Roundtable Discussion with Lou Gallo over at the SolidWorks: Heard! Podcast site. The subject was of course SolidWorks 2008. It was a lot of fun! Lou and Jeff are both great guys and it’s always fun to talk shop with them. Click HERE for…
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I Need Your Neutral CAD Data!!
I am still trying to finalize what I will be presenting at SolidWorks World next year. My topic of choice right now is “Importing and Repairing Models Part 2” which builds upon my presentation from SolidWorks World 2007. So now, I turn to you for help. I need some really “messed up” neutral CAD data. …
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SolidWorks 2008: FilletXpert
With vacations over with and some due dates met, I’m finally getting some time now to post more reviews of the new features in SolidWorks 2008. One of the requested subjects from my earlier post looking for feature review ideas was FilletXpert. FilletXpert is not itself new in SolidWorks 2008, but there has been some…
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SolidWorks 2008 SP0 Early Visibility
SolidWorks 2008 SP0 Early Visibility is now available for download at the Customer Portal. This of course means that First Customer Ship (FCS) is right around the corner! As Rob Rodriguez and others have pointed out, SolidWorks has a pretty cool launch page for SolidWorks 2008 that you should check out. It includes links to…
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SolidWorks and Transformers?
I don’t post links to press releases here too often, but this one really caught my eye today. Growing up in the 80’s, I was a HUGE Transformers fan. I had quite a few of the Transformers toys from Hasbro (some of which have been passed on to my son). It was a big deal…
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COSMOSWorks 2008 Arrives in Huntsville
An impressive turnout of 38 NASWUG members were treated to a special event tonight as Dana Parrish of SolidWorks Corporation made his second trip of the year to Huntsville to present at our user group meeting. Any successful SolidWorks User Group has topics that are member driven. The topic of this meeting was a result…
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SolidWorks 2008 Pre-Release 2 is out
Well that was quick! SolidWorks 2008 Pre-Release 1 (PR1) came out about a week ago and Pre-Release 2 (PR2) was made available yesterday! Luckily this is just in time for me as I was going to install PR1 today! Subscription customers can get SolidWorks 2008 Pre-Release 2 from the Customer Portal. I thought I would…
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SolidWorks 2008: Configurations
Enhancements to Configurations don’t often get much press when it comes to new releases, so I thought I would highlight two new features of SolidWorks 2008 in the area of Configuration functionality. I’ll include a brief description of both, but as they say, seeing is believing, so I have included a link to a video…
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What Enhancements in SolidWorks 2008 do YOU want to see?
I asked this question last year and got a few responses, so I thought I would do the same this year. I have some particular subjects and features in mind to review here, but I would like some input from you, the readers, on what new features or areas of concentration you would like to…
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SolidWorks 2008 Pre-Release 1 is out
SolidWorks 2008 Pre-Release 1 became available for download late last week. It is available to all subscription customers at the SolidWorks Customer Portal. Stay tuned for more on SolidWorks 2008 soon!
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Ricky Jordan’s Blog has moved!
My Blog address has now changed to www.rickyjordan.com. This is the domain name I wanted originally and is the best address long term for the site. Please update any links or feeds (Feedburner address is still the same) to the new address. Thanks to all of you who read the Blog. Stay tuned for more…
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SolidWorks 2008: Inserting and Mirroring Parts
One of the REALLY handy new items in SolidWorks 2008 is the added options to the Insert Part/Insert Mirror Part commands. Here is the quick synopsis of what has been added: When you use the Insert-> Part command, you now have the added ability to transfer unabsorbed sketches, absorbed sketches, custom properties, and coordinate systems…
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SolidWorks World 2008 Website is LIVE!
The SolidWorks World 2008 website is now LIVE! Next year’s conference will be held in sunny San Diego, CA. The conference dates are January 20-23, 2008. Catch all the details at the website. I hope to see you there!
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Fun with The Simpsons
Thomas Parel and Rob Rodriguez made there own Simpsons Avatars so I thought I would join in the fun! The only thing they were missing to have me pegged was a shirt with a collar! (I did put the khaki pants in though!) See my avatar below.