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E-Drawings Viewer for iPad
E-Drawings Viewer for iPad is now available from the App Store. I’ll have to admit that the first words out of my mouth when I saw this, were FINALLY! You can view SolidWorks Parts, Assemblies, & Drawings along with e-Drawing files, DXF/DWG, and Draftsight files. The software has a couple of sample files that you…
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SolidWorks 2013 Sneak Peek
One of the things attendees of SolidWorks World always look forward to is the Wednesday General Session which is normally the day where we get a Sneak Peek of the next version of SolidWorks. Any hopes of seeing “SolidWorks V6” or the “new platform” were dashed on Monday as it was said that it will…
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SolidWorks World 2012 – Wednesday General Session
The ever-popular Wednesday General Session at SolidWorks World 2012 showed some new features coming in SolidWorks 2013 as well as highlighting some new technology from companies using SolidWorks. First up were the Model Mania contest winners. As usual, Mark Schneider played a video showing how the part was built and then modified. The picture below…
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SolidWorks World 2012 – Tuesday General Session
SolidWorks World 2012 Tuesday’s General Session kicked off with Fielder Hiss showing off some video clips of the CSWP event from the Midway aircraft carrier the previous night. With the number of CSWPs continuing to grow, the event next year will be limited to CSWEs (Certified SolidWorks Expert) only. My guess is we will see…
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SolidWorks World 2012 – Monday General Session
SolidWorks World “officially” began this morning with the first General Session of the week. The conference kicked off with some nice CG Animations of a robot band featuring a bot named “NAO” (pronounced “Now”). (The Robot was designed in SolidWorks.) The video ended with a NAO robot on stage introducing SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot. Bertrand…
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Next Up: SolidWorks World 2012
That time of the year is almost upon us. I’ll be flying out to SolidWorks World on Sunday and should arrive mid-day in San Diego. It looks like it will be a busy conference. What will be shown this year? Soon we will find out. Two years ago at SolidWorks World 2010 in Anaheim the…
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SolidWorks World 2012 Top Ten List
The SolidWorks World 2012 Top Ten List candidates are posted. You can log in to the SolidWorks Forums (link provided above – click the picture) and vote your favorite ideas up or down. Idea submission is already closed but voting will be open right up until just before SolidWorks World 2012 begins. For the sixth…
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SolidWorks 2012: Drawing Enhancements
In many companies, Drawings are still were “the rubber meets the road”. Let’s take a look at what I think will be some of the more popular enhancements to the Drawing and Detailing area of SolidWorks 2012. I’ve tried to keep the descriptions short and sweet because like me, I’m sure many of you don’t…
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SolidWorks 2012 Announced
I just got back from a 10 day road trip for some family commitments, so I’m sharing the news about SolidWorks 2012 a little later than most. 🙂 On September 6th, SolidWorks officially lifted the embargo on sharing details about SolidWorks 2012. You can read the official announcement HERE and you can browse the What’s…
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SolidWorks 2012 Beta 1 is Available
Its a little later in the year than usual, but the time has arrived for SolidWorks 2012 Beta Testing. You can download the SolidWorks 2012 Beta 1 software from the Beta Site if you are currently on subscription service with SolidWorks. I highly recommend you visit the Forum and download the What’s New document for…
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New SolidWorks Logo
As I was logging into the Knowledge base earlier today I just happened to notice a bit of a change in the SolidWorks logo. As you can see in the image above, it is quite different than the old one. Is it newsworthy? …Well maybe not so much, but I thought that the fact that…
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SolidWorks 2012 Sneak Peek
One of the favorite parts for many attendees at SolidWorks World each year is the Sneak Peek preview of the upcoming SolidWorks release. This year at SolidWorks World 2011, we all got a Sneak Peek of SolidWorks 2012. Like many years in the past, the new features were revealed in the form of a “skit”. …
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SolidWorks World 2011 General Session Tuesday
The Tuesday General Session is now over and SolidWorks World is nearing it’s halfway point. The focus of today’s session was on The SolidWorks User Groups and SolidWorks Customer Stories. Fielder Hiss led off the with an award for HP who is a platinum sponsor for SolidWorks World. He then introduced Richard Doyle, User Community…
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SolidWorks and “Space”
A couple of weeks ago there were two “Space” related SolidWorks announcements. I have a personal interest in both of them (one more so than the other). So here goes, let’s take them on one by one. Apollo 13 Heroes to Headline SolidWorks World 2011 Apollo 13 Commander Capt. James Lovell and Apollo Flight Director…