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SolidWorks What’s New Guides! – Yes, ALL of Them!
Have you ever wished that you could turn back time and look at what previous versions of SolidWorks looked like? Perhaps you have a customer who is a few versions back and you can’t quite remember if they have access to one of the newer features. Perhaps you are just plain curious and would like…
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Ben Eadie on Revision3
Ben Eadie of SolidMentor recently filmed an episode with Patrick Norton at Revision3.com showing off his home built laser scanner. Click the image above to check out the episode! Congrats to Ben for making his first appearance on Revision3!
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SolidWorks 2009 Explosion
No, SolidWorks 2009 has NOT exploded. But it has now “officially” burst onto the scene this week with SolidWorks posting their SolidWorks 2009 Launch site and Industry Magazines putting out stories. The SolidWorks 2009 Launch site is action packed with at least 10 different videos posted on new features and behind the scenes happenings. There’s…
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3dvia Shape
It’s time now for the third installment of my series of reviews on 3dvia. In case you missed it, make sure you check out my first and second reviews. This review will focus on 3dvia Shape which is one of several software applications that are part of the 3dvia site. When you see 3dvia Shape…
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Direct Modeling: The future?
I’ve put it off writing about this subject matter for quite some time now but with the recent announcement of yet another CAD company touting Direct Modeling, CAD 2.0, Non-History based modeling, or whatever other industry term that is out there, I thought the time was right. Siemens announcement yesterday no doubt shook some foundations…
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3dvia – Community and Studio
Well, its time for Chapter 2 in my definition search of 3dvia. In case you missed it, make sure you catch the first installment of my posts on 3dvia. This time out we are going to look into the Community and Studio sections of the site. The Community area can be accessed by clicking on…
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3dvia – What is it?
If you frequent ANY CAD or 3D related web sites these days you can’t help but have run across 3dvia somewhere. I’m sure many of you have been wondering like I have what its all about. I’ll take you along with me as I begin to find out for myself just what exactly 3Dvia is. …
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Bloggers and Press
If you have been frequenting some of the SolidWorks Blogs here lately, you can’t help but find a link back to Roopinder Tara’s CAD Insider Blog where he has been discussing the differences between the Bloggers and the members of the CAD Press. If for some reason you’ve been living under a rock like Patrick…
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DWG wars
Autodesk has sued the Open Design Alliance over the 2007 .DWG file format. AECNews has a good article with details. Rob Rodriguez has started an interesting discussion related to this talking about data exchange in the CAD World. Check out Rob’s post by clicking here. What does this mean for all the companies that are…